Page 2 of Colton (Raging Barons MC #17)

-:- COLTON -:-

It’s going to be a busy day, and Axel has asked me to spend time with Lincoln, Bones and Arrow, as Knuckles has jobs to complete for Silver at Club Whisky. He’s also on the twins’ school runs with Mia. Bless him, he loves the twins but they run rings around him, much to Mia and Jo’s amusement.

“We need to get you somewhere to lease because bunking at Knuckles and Jo’s place isn’t going to be fun.” I chuckle and give Lincoln a look, which tells him exactly what he’ll have to put up with staying at their house. “Honestly, guys, you don’t want to be there more than one or two nights.”

“No, aw no, I’m not listening to my sister getting up to no good!” Lincoln snarls, which, of course, has the rest of us snorting with laughter.

Chaos appears from somewhere and chuckles.

“Well, you’ll have to stay away from the storerooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, cloakrooms, and any other room you can think of.

They have christened everywhere they’ve been.

Even the fuckin’ hospital they were at it, while we all had to cover their backs because of the noise they were making. ”

Lincoln sticks his fingers in his ears, and starts in on a tune, “La, la, la, la, la…” Now that is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while.

“Come on, dipshits, let’s go find you somewhere to live.”

We head out from the compound in the club’s truck and I make my way to the realtor’s office.

I’m sure he’ll have something that the guys can lease, for a while at least. They all three are light-hearted and fairly excited about seeing Club Whisky and TJs.

Not sure myself it’s that exciting, but I suppose if you’ve been in the military a long time then just to be free is classed as fun! Me, I was only there last evening.

An hour of looking at different places on the realtor’s computer screen, then walking around two rentals before the three of them settle on a three-bedroom property.

It’s a little on the rundown side, but it’s habitable, and has a cheap lease.

From what we’ve been told, it would be a good purchase, as the owner is happy to sell at a knock-down price.

“Can we get the keys today, if we sign the contract for say, three months?” Arrow asks.

“Let me give them a quick call, but to be honest I don’t see why not,” Terrance, the realtor replies, but steps away to have a quiet word with the owner.

“Don’t go overpaying on the lease. The place is needing some TLC.” I look around at the old sink and cabinets where we are standing in the kitchen.

“I reckon we should rent it for three months, buy it between us. Do the place up, then buy another one, until we all three have our own place. That way, we can save a packet on purchasing.” Bones looks around, opening and closing cabinet doors.

“That’s a good idea, Bones,” Lincoln replies, and we all turn when we hear Terrance returning.

“Yeah, she’s okay with that. She’s given a lower lease on it too, and a figure if you want to purchase at the end of the lease term.

” Terrance jots down the figures and hands them to Lincoln.

Bones and Arrow look over Lincoln’s shoulder, and nod in agreement so we head back to the realtor’s office to complete the paperwork .

From the realtor’s office we go to Club Whisky, and it’s fairly busy already as it has the lunchtime crowd who are stuffing their faces. Plus, the kids are having a time of it in the play area.

We are sitting eating our basket meal, which Tony has made especially for us.

Our table is laden with food and I’m licking my fingers when a woman stares at me as I suck my finger.

She swallows and I hear Arrow chuckle beside me.

“Don’t even go there, Colt, because she looks like a clinger.

You’ll never get rid of her if you dip your stick with her. ”

Now, I quite like he’s called me Colt. It’s not something most would call me, but it feels brotherly. “Yeah, I get your meaning, and I’m looking for my woman, same as Knuckles has Jo, and Meat has Star. The Ol’ Ladies are worth waiting for.”

“Well, I’m not ready to settle down, but if and when I do, it isn’t going to be with someone like her. Now, the one at the bar I could think seriously about.” Bones leans forward and places his elbow on the table, chin resting on the palm of his hand, sighing dramatically.

When I turn to look, the woman has her back to us, so I can’t tell what she looks like, but she looks fit.

She’s laughing along with Dylon, the bartender, and Fay, one of the day servers.

She has a great laugh, and it’s one of those that has you smiling even though you don’t realize you are at the time.

When Helen walks over to ask if we need anything, I can’t help but ask, “Who’s the woman speaking with Fay?”

“Oh, that is Steph, she’s quite new to town. She’s looking for her friend who it seems dumped her on a night out. She only wants to make sure she is okay, not cause any trouble.” Helen gives me a shrug after taking our drinks order, which is coffee and bottles of water to take with us.

“Wonder what happened to her friend?” With a questioning glance, Arrow asks, and the confused shaking of our heads confirms we are just as clueless as he is.

“Come on, let me show you the place so you know where everything is. If Silver is about, he’ll give you some hours of work too.

We are losing doormen faster than we can keep them, but the pay is good, so I don’t understand why.

” The three follow me as I enter the kitchen and introduce everyone, then the bar staff, servers and last, Silver, who is sitting behind his desk looking at a schedule for the club.

After I invite everyone into the office, I give Silver a smirk, “Well, here you are Silver, I have Three Amigos for you to put to use on the door.”

“NO! For real?” Silver asks, looking excited when I nod that I am serious.

“I’m sure you remember Lincoln, Jo’s brother. These here are his team buddies, all new in town and ready to work.” I again smirk.

Silver steps around the desk and gives a brother’s welcome to all three, but slaps Lincoln hard, which has him taking two steps forward.

“Now, I’ve got to say you should have taught your sister to be less active.

Do you know her books have every damn woman in the club acting out the scenes? Yes, I mean those scenes.”

“Sex? Are you talking about sex scenes?” Arrow asks.

“Oh, I sure am. We hear Jo and Knuckles at it all the fuckin’ time, and then of course the book comes out.

The women get their hands on it, and bam, we all got our pants down around our ankles.

” Silver gives the biggest grin I’ve ever seen.

“Now, I’m not complaining as such, but you know some of that shit is pretty damn raw material. ”

Bones grins, looks at me, then Silver, “I gotta get my hands on one of her books.”

“Oh, you’ll want to read them all,” I state, and waggle my eyebrows at him. “The women get free copies, so I’m sure you can nab one without having to buy. In fact, from what I’ve heard Jo’s books sell out within twenty-four hours of releasing.”

“NO WAY!” Lincoln half states, and half asks.

“Way!” I respond, just like I’ve heard the women do, much to Bones' amusement, I might add.

“Okay, down to it.” Silver rushes around his desk and checks the schedule for the next month, and hums happily as he jots in the three names alongside, mine, Garth’s, Mav’s and Knuckles’.

After handing us our duties, I check mine are not going to conflict with TJs hours, but as Mav and Knuckles are doing the most there at the moment, I didn’t have to worry.

However, tonight Knuckles is at Club Whisky.

Arrow is down to work on the door tonight, which has me chuckling at the shocked look on his face. Knuckles will show him the ropes, so I’m not going to worry about him.

“Come on, let’s get back to the clubhouse so you can grab your gear and take it to the house. You’ll need to get some food but speak to Meat ‘cause he’ll hand you some smoked stuff, and other shit, I’m sure.” I lead us all to the truck and quickly make our way back to the clubhouse.

As Axel speaks to the three of them in the office, I wait quietly in the common room. The more I think about having a fight training club the more I like the idea. We could help kids get into genuine competitions, rather than having to fight underground and get seriously hurt or worse, killed.

Garth takes a seat at the side of me, and sighs as he rests back. “Been a long day, and I’m on duty with you tonight at TJs. Hannah is gonna kill me if I don’t spend some time at home soon.”

“We have new doormen. Jo’s brother is home, and he’s brought two of his team with him. They are going to help on the doors.”

“Oh, thank fuck for that.” Garth closes his eyes for a minute, then smirks. “I’ve got a date with a Jo book tomorrow, so I gotta keep some strength.”

“Christ, I’ve gotta get myself a woman, ‘cause you’re all pissing me off with your book nights. You know Jo put out extra books this year, and the last one Hammer put his back out, he couldn’t hardly walk for a week.”

I look at Garth when he throws his head back, laughing loudly. “Yeah, that was a tough one. I felt mine tweak a bit.”

“I don’t want to know…” I state, and frown when Lincoln is standing next to me asking, “What don’t you want to know?”

Standing and ready to move out, I snarl, “And you sure don’t want to know…”

Garth laughs even louder, and I get the fuck out of there, leaving them all to work out what they want to tell Lincoln and his teammates.

Stepping out the front door, I come to a grinding halt when Wings walks towards me in a pair of tight briefs with a woman holding what looks like his package. Obviously it’s a picture, but as he smirks while passing by me I look at his butt which has a picture that looks like he’s shit himself!

Shaking my head before running my hand over my face, I frown again when I see Meat wearing a tutu, with a rifle over his shoulder as he’s standing guard on the treehouse walkaround. Underneath the treehouse is Star doing backflips, before shouting to Meat, who in turn shouts, “It’s a ten, babe.”

No, I don’t want to know. I’m off to work. That’s exactly what I do, I jump on my girl, head out, and leave all the drama and bullshit behind. Not forgetting all the sex talk. But that reminds me I still have to get my hands on Jo’s latest release!