Running on Empty: The Crows MC #1 by Megan J. Parker & Nathan Squiers

Author:Megan J. Parker & Nathan Squiers [Parker, Megan J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Booksprout ID bMlBWAg0zOOcfRMex9N1f4CwEKX5Yc-V
Publisher: Literary Dark Duo Publishing
Published: 2021-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

“What? You’re not too full for that?” I teased as Jace reached for the dessert menu after he’d finished off the lonely fry on his otherwise cleaned plate.

“Not even close,” he chuckled, beginning to scan the colorful pictures of treats. “So,” he said absently, seeming to be preparing another of his “just getting to know you”-questions, “what led you down this path?”

I blushed at the question. It was a great deal more complex than my favorite color, but I supposed it was still, in its own way, a “just getting to know you”-question. Reminding myself that he’d already proven that he didn’t see prostitution as a shameful job—telling myself that it wasn’t any different than him asking what might’ve gotten me into selling keychains off a table on the side of the street—I decided to get as close to the truth as I was willing to go without hurting my own feelings.

“My brother,” I finally said.

Jace frowned at that. “Your brother got you into this work?” he asked.

I bit my lip and shrugged. “I mean, not directly. It’s not like he meant for it to come to this. In fact, I’m not sure if he even knows. But he got into some trouble with the Carrion Crew, racked up a bunch of debt or something, and I guess I…” I stopped myself there, realizing that Jace had enough on his plate with his own gang going up against the Carrion Crew without worrying about their methods—kidnapping me, beating me, practically holding me hostage with threats to my family—and decided to offer him a slightly happier version of things: “And I guess I took the easiest means of paying them back,” I finished with a shrug.

Jace scowled at that and shook his head. “Sounds like a bunch of bullshit. It shouldn’t be your responsibility.”

I shrugged, trying to hide just how much I appreciated him showing outrage to the situation. No one seemed to understand just how awful the situation had been for me. Sure, Candy had been sympathetic, but she’d been working for them a lot longer than I’d started. I took a deep breath and looked down, not wanting to sound as pitiful as I felt at that moment.

“I know, but… well, my brother got arrested—he’s in jail now—and it’s not like he can do anything to pay it off. I was between jobs—just out of college and not really sure what to do next, actually—and this gave me a chance to help out my brother while getting a roof over my head and such. Yeah, it’s a shit deal, but it is what it is,” I finally coughed out.

He bit his lip at my comment and I could see that he didn’t quite agree. However, seeming to believe that I was content with the way things were, he didn’t push to know more or try to convince me that I’d made the wrong choice. Once again, I found myself appreciating his character, even if I could feel a part of me thrashing around inside my chest, demanding to be free of this life.

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