Page 33 of Colton (Raging Barons MC #17)
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I don’t know what…but my ladies are up to something.
They have been whispering nearly all morning, and every time they see me looking at them they give me the smile!
You know, the guilty smile that you see kids have, when they know they have done something naughty.
I’ve heard compound, Star, truck and dark mentioned, but that’s not giving me enough information about what is going on.
I’m going to ignore what they are doing until I see or hear something solid that I can throw at them.
Talking to Alf is like talking to the stove because he’s really going to do nothing about anything these four get up to.
Heather laughs and just says, “Oh, they are darlings.” Yeah, they are darlings all right!
After wet mopping the kitchen floor, I put the cleaning products away and rush to the door when the doorbell chimes. I’ve no idea who has set this thing, but it’s playing, Man! I Feel Like a Woman by Shania Twain . You know, the little madams know all the words, too.
“Oh, hello,” I say as I open the door. It’s someone I’ve not met previously, in a leather biker jacket that tells me he’s one of the Raging Barons brothers.
“Hi. Are you Nyx?”
“I sure am.” I give him a cheeky grin, and note his name is Fist on the patch on the jacket.
“Well, I’ve brought you an SUV from Alf. I have to take the truck to have it serviced, resprayed, and the business logo put on. Prominently, mind you.” Winking at me, I can tell he’s messing with me, but knowing Alf he probably said that to him.
I laugh at the grin on his face, and turn to the hall table where I always place the keys to the truck. I take off my house keys and hand the truck keys to Fist. “Here you go. Do you have any idea how long you’ll have the truck?”
“Probably two weeks because I have a lot of jobs on. But I promised Alf I would try to do it in ten days. If a job falls through, I’ll get it done faster for you.”
“Thank you. I know it’s a work vehicle, but you know, I love driving it. Of course…” I drop my voice, “It can carry all the stuff my ladies purchase in the truck bed too.”
Laughing loudly, Fist takes the keys and hands me the keys to the SUV. “You’ll like this vehicle, too. It’s nice and smooth to drive. Automatic too, so easy.”
“Thank you for bringing it.”
“Hey, no sweat, all part of the job.” Fist gives me a brief salute and a wink, then dashes over to the truck and climbs inside. I watch him drive away before I go back into the house and listen to more freaking whispering.
While the ladies are eating lunch, I step outside and make the call to the realtor. It rings a few times before he picks up. “Hello, Tony Appleshaw speaking.”
I grin a little to myself, as his name for some reason amuses me, and in my mind I always think of him as Tony Applesauce. “Hi, this is Nyx Broadhurst. I’m sorry I haven’t gotten to you sooner. ”
“Good day, Nyx. That is perfectly fine. I spoke to my superior and as the client wanted to lock down the sale quickly, we allowed the sale to continue through the relevant channels.”
“Oh, that is great to hear. Is it a family that have purchased? You know it is a gorgeous family home, and it deserves a family that will enjoy living and loving within it.” I smile to myself because my mother loved that house, and in turn, so did I.
“Yes, it’s a family. Husband, wife, and three children. They fell in love with the place as soon as I opened the front door, and they stepped inside.”
“I’m happy about that. When you see them tell them I wish them all the best, and that I hope they will love living in the house as much as my mother and I did.” I rub my chest with the ache that is the feeling of the loss of my mother.
“I will do that as the sale has concluded this morning, which I hadn’t realized. I’m looking at my PC at the moment, and the updated information is showing you should receive the money for the sale within the next two or three days.”
“Thank you. You have been great throughout this sale, and I appreciate you getting the sale quickly and through all channels efficiently. It is harder I know, when I’m not available to come into your office, but I’m more than grateful that we have been able to conclude business.
” I rub my chest once more, then turn back to the house after closing out the call.
Before I step inside the back door my phone rings and checking the caller ID, I’m a little surprised it’s my lawyer. “Hello, Mr. Jenkins.”
“Hello Nyx. I am just calling to update you on the latest contact with your father. He received the letter recording your parental estrangement and responded with a non-too polite comment. I’m not even going to tell you what that was because I honestly think you don’t need to know what a cock-up of a father he is.
Now, basically he is going to have no contact with you from this time onward, and he has totally severed you from his life,” sighing before continuing, “basically saying he’s cut you out of his life and will. ”
The last part of his comment has me laughing. “Oh, Mr. Jenkins, my father has nothing to leave to me, or anything I might want. That is so amusing, and totally bullshitting you he has something to hold over my head. I suggest we don’t respond, and I get on with my life.”
Mr. Jenkins chuckles on the other end of the call, “I agree. We did check out his situation with his lawyer, and to be honest he wasn’t that impressed with his client, and even less so with the client’s wife.”
Saying thanks and goodbye to Mr. Jenkins I step back into the house. The ladies are finishing up lunch and are arguing about who is going to feed and change Arabella. Penny is shaking her head at them all, and I can see how relaxed she is compared to how she was when I first met her.
“Let’s take Arabella for a walk,” Tina suggests, and of course, everyone jumps onto the idea. That is how we end up walking along the sidewalk just behind the ladies, and by we, I mean Penny and Ruger. We are giving the ladies a little space, as we must feel overpowering to them at times.
I notice a man power walking towards the ladies, and as Arabella had started crying Joan had at that moment taken her out of the stroller .
Now, everything happens fast. The man makes a snatch for Arabella, Joan screeches, Penny shouts “NO, DARREN!” and I don’t wait. I rush forward as Joan turns her back to this asshole hanging onto Arabella tightly, making sure the man cannot take her.
I don’t even think. I jump on his back, knocking him to the ground with the force.
I then wrap one arm around his neck and lock my legs tight around his torso.
A flash of memory crosses my mind, and I bring my free arm up and smash my elbow down onto his face, where I hear a loud crack as I break his nose.
Ruger is on him in a second as the asshole is screaming for me to get off him. But you know my legs are locked tight. I bring my arm up and smash my elbow down once more, just for the fun of it. Although, you know it does hurt your elbow when you do this!
Ruger punches who we now know is Darren in the temple, and it only takes one punch to knock him out. “Wow, way to go, Ruger.” I smirk.
“Well, I’m impressed with your moves, Nyx,” Ruger chuckles, taking his phone out and making a call to Sheriff Forest.
Realizing I’d copied the moves I’d seen Star do when she helped the Sheriff I grin more to myself than anyone else, but the more I think about it the giddier I feel.
Looking at Penny who is smiling at me while holding Arabella after taking her from Joan, she calls out to me, “Well, I said I wanted to be Star when I grow up…”
Before she can say more I do a jig, and singing out of tune I might add, “I’M ALL GROWN UP, JUST CALL ME, STAR!! I’M ALL GROWN UP, JUST CALL ME, STAR!!”
It doesn’t take long for the Sheriff to arrive with Deputy JP. I leave it for Ruger to deal with as I shepherd my ladies back home, and a well-earned mug of coffee .
Ruger appears a while later and updates us on the charges Darren will face, which include attempted kidnapping. Since Arabella doesn’t have Darren on her birth certificate it has made it easier for the Sheriff to charge him.
“He is pissed that his mother has been imprisoned for fifteen years for embezzlement and threatening the life of her own lawyer. Not sure her elevator reaches the top floor,” Ruger says with a blank face.
“Oh, Colton said to tell you that tonight we are having a cookout at the club, and you and the ladies are invited.”
Now, he should not have said that because the ladies jump to their feet and babble between themselves about what they are going to wear to ‘said’ cookout.
Penny giggles as we watch them rush out of the kitchen and to their rooms, where I’m sure they are going to try on every piece of clothing they own.
“I’m going to tell Star you copied her moves,” Penny giggles, and I give her the stink-eye right before I realize how funny this is and laugh along with her.
No, no, and no, I am not believing what I am seeing. Where the…did my ladies get fake tattoos? I’m looking at my four old dears wearing leather pants, white t-shirts, and leather vests. But their arms have fake tattoos on, and to top it off they are all wearing bandanas with skull designs.
Penny and Ruger are laughing but doing their best not to show that fact. Me, I’m standing here with my mouth flapping because, honest to goodness, what do you say to this?
Five hours later, I’m watching my ladies being herded into an SUV by Ruger and Wings, who I have to say has been more than a little attentive to my ladies.
They have latched onto him and enjoyed flirting and messing with him.
He has, by the look of it enjoyed his time with them too, which I’m more than grateful for.
The Three Stooges I noticed, got all the information they needed on where my ladies got their clothing from, and how they had it delivered so fast. Plus inviting them to Sunday morning breakfast.
Colton is laughing his ass off at everything going on, and I’m just befuddled with it all, which only worsens when I watch Wings jump onto his hog to follow Ruger and the ladies home.
Wings picks up his helmet, which had been hanging on his handlebars, but as he lifts it and turns it to place on his head, glitter falls out like fast rain on a sunny morning.
The air sparkles as it floats down landing on top of his head.
He is sparkling now from his head to shoulder, so are his thighs, and even his hog seat and tank are lightly coated.
“I’m gonna kill ya, Heather!” Wings states. While hearing giggling, I look behind me and see Heather jogging happily on the spot.
Wings continues nonetheless with his helmet and settles it onto his head. I burst out with laughter when Wings switches on the bike and glitter bursts out of the exhaust coating everywhere around him. The area sparkles along with Wings and if I were a child, I’d call it magical.
Heather runs past and heads for the clubhouse. Wings is pointing but not saying a thing. I reckon retribution is in the cards. Colton is holding me to him, and I can feel his body shaking with laughter. Bending down, he kisses the top of my head, and mumbles, “These two never stop with the pranks.”
Blake walks over and grabs my hand. “Come on, Nyx, let's go talk to the girl gang. Kya is explaining to Beer the information on ladies' night. ”
Colton lets go of me, and I blow him a kiss as I walk away with Blake.
Taking a seat around a firepit, I listen to ideas on ladies’ night at TJs, and hold my hand up when they vote on it, being literally just ladies on that night.
No fancy dress, no theme or anything. Just ladies enjoying a quiet evening with cocktails on offer at discounted prices.
Star keeps giving me a smile, and when she throws me a thumbs-up, I can’t stop the huge smile that appears on my face. She’s been informed of my Darren moves, and is, by the look on her face thrilled that I remembered and emulated her take down.
The rest of the evening runs smoothly, but I can’t wait to get home with Colton and to our new bedroom where I have a new set of lingerie I want to try out on my man.