Hostile Fates: A Dark, MC Romance (Steel Stallions MC Book 2) by India R. Adams

Author:India R. Adams [Adams, India R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

Quite a distance from where we started, we now sat in a Walmart parking lot. Pops said, “Besides what we’re here for, anyone need anything?”

Even though every man in the truck knew Pops didn’t give two fucks if we wanted anything, we all answered, “Nope. All good.” Then waited.

Elle’s tongue sucked on her front teeth.

I chuckled. “Don’t need anything for the road trip?”

She itched her neck as she tried super hard to keep her lips shut.

“Babe, nothing is too much.”

Vice teased, “Nothing? Already forgetting about the yacht issue?”

I laughed. “Okay, correction. Nothing in that Walmart is going to break my bank.”

“I’m fine,” lied Elle.

“Babe!”

She rapidly asked, “Does this store have coloring books? Coloring pencils? Drawing paper?”

Getting out of the truck, Vice waved me off. “Never mind the yacht comment. We’re good.”

While Vice was inside buying burner phones, Pops, Dag, and I were being careful of our surroundings, when Elle asked, “What is it like in one of those stores?”

I was quickly learning, if I had a dime for every time Elle shocked me with something so odd as never having been inside a store most shopped in weekly, I would be a king of silver.

Pops asked, “What kind of stores have you been in?”

“Little boutiques, but only on special occasions. Usually, I am dressed and fitted on one of Lorenzo’s yachts.”

There are many women in the world who would find that to be a luxury dream, but Elle spoke the words as if it were only another cage she experienced daily.

Since I was stunned into silence, and Pops’ wheels were turning again, Dag teased her, “Walmart ain’t no ‘boutique’ so don’t feel like you’re missing out on much.” He attempted to grab my attention, “Lynx, maybe on a date night you can take her in one, in Austin.”

Shaking off my dismay at her sheltered yet tortured life, I smiled. “Anywhere she wants.”

Vice got back in the truck, behind the driver’s seat. After handing Pops a bag, he handed an overstuffed one to Elle. “There ya go!”

With a blinding smile, she held the bag. “Oh my goodness.” She rifled through it without delay. “I can color for days!”

The truck fell silent, us men watching this woman reverting to a child, in a sense. Eyes wide with amazement, she was ripping open a package to touch the pencils.

Possibly to break the heartbreaking moment, Pops pointed over the dashboard. “Do you boys see what I see?”

Dagger grinned. “Some golden arches?”

Vice started the engine. “That’s right. That McDonald’s is calling my name.”

Elle’s jaw dropped. “You’re getting food from there?”

The young man was now on a mission, headed straight for a drive-through. “Better believe it. I’m starving!”

Her gaping mouth had me chuckling, even though it wasn’t sincere because I was still trying to recover from her glee over the coloring books. “Babe, you ready to order the menu, too?”

Sitting forward, Elle grabbed the seat in front of her. “What’s on it?”

The truck went silent again.

Blink. Blink. “Babe, have you never eaten at a McDonald’s?”

“No.” She was exasperated.

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