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it going to be called? He’s Over Here?”
Jamie burst into giggles. “No, but that’s a pretty good name. The working name is just Boyles.”
Leo looked at Will chatting up a girl that had come in. Counting himself, that made eight customers. “Do you think you can tear yourself away early tonight? If you’re not too busy that is.”
Jamie looked around and made thinking noises. “Mmmm… maybe. Will! You’re closing tonight,” she called to him. When he gave her wave, she turned back to Leo. “Yeah, I think I can make it.”
***
“Where are we going?” Jamie called from the back of Leo’s bike.
“My thinking place,” he shouted over his shoulder before he opened the taps on the Harley a little more. He just needed to get some space between him and Lima 6, but he also needed Jamie’s calming influence. They rode along highway 170, paralleling the United State and Mexican border through Big Bend Ranch State Park, passing close enough to the Rio Grande that they could see it occasionally. Finally, Leo rolled the bike to a stop in a natural widening in the road, again in sight of the river.
“Why are we stopping?” Jamie asked as she stepped off the bike and remove Leo’s helmet.
Leo took her by the hand and led her down the embankment to a flat and smooth rock that he sometime came to sit on. The night was cooling, which meant it was becoming almost tolerable for him, but he knew Jamie would be getting cold soon, and she would enjoy the rock giving off the warmth it had collected during the day.
They sat in silence as the darkness became complete, the moon still below the horizon. Leo lay back on the rock, hands under his head, as looked at the uncountable millions of stars.
“What’s bothering you?” she asked softly as she turned her body and lay back to form a “T” with him, her head lying against him. She was surprisingly comfortable.
“It’s the club. I was so sure we were the good guys. But now? I don’t know anymore. And Ron. I punched him out today.”
“For what? Threatening extortion?”
“Yes. But more specifically, extortion against you. I was so mad I wanted to kill him.”
“What did he say?”
“Nothing really.”
“Leo… I know you better than that. There was more to it than simply trying to get me to pay protection money. What was it?”
He paused, but she waited quietly. “He said that if you couldn’t pay in cash, there were other ways to pay.”
She felt her face flush in anger and embarrassment. “My knight in shining armor,” she teased to cover her discomfort.
“It’s no laughing matter.”
“No, but the club shot him down, so it’s done. Right?”
“I hope.”
She sighed and listened to the sound of distant flowing water. It was nice out here, alone in the quiet dark with Leo, among the trees and under the stars. The rock was too damned hard to do much, but his nearness and their isolation was beginning to affect her. She rolled over and tucked in tight, propping on him so she could bring her lips to his. He accepted her kiss then she pulled back and caressed his cheek. Almost instantly she felt the tension drain out of him, and she smiled in amazement and satisfaction that her simple touch affected him so profoundly.
“Make love to me, here, under the stars?” she whispered before touching his lips again. The rock was sufficiently smooth so that if they didn’t get too energetic she would be comfortable enough.
He pulled her into the kiss, his actions answering her question. The last time they had made love he had tried to drive her through the mattress, but now his kisses were soft, gentle, and loving. He always seemed to be able to read her mood and know just what she wanted. She heard a car pass on the road above, but she didn’t care.
Leo rolled Jamie softly to her back and removed his colors, folding and tucking them under her
Jamie burst into giggles. “No, but that’s a pretty good name. The working name is just Boyles.”
Leo looked at Will chatting up a girl that had come in. Counting himself, that made eight customers. “Do you think you can tear yourself away early tonight? If you’re not too busy that is.”
Jamie looked around and made thinking noises. “Mmmm… maybe. Will! You’re closing tonight,” she called to him. When he gave her wave, she turned back to Leo. “Yeah, I think I can make it.”
***
“Where are we going?” Jamie called from the back of Leo’s bike.
“My thinking place,” he shouted over his shoulder before he opened the taps on the Harley a little more. He just needed to get some space between him and Lima 6, but he also needed Jamie’s calming influence. They rode along highway 170, paralleling the United State and Mexican border through Big Bend Ranch State Park, passing close enough to the Rio Grande that they could see it occasionally. Finally, Leo rolled the bike to a stop in a natural widening in the road, again in sight of the river.
“Why are we stopping?” Jamie asked as she stepped off the bike and remove Leo’s helmet.
Leo took her by the hand and led her down the embankment to a flat and smooth rock that he sometime came to sit on. The night was cooling, which meant it was becoming almost tolerable for him, but he knew Jamie would be getting cold soon, and she would enjoy the rock giving off the warmth it had collected during the day.
They sat in silence as the darkness became complete, the moon still below the horizon. Leo lay back on the rock, hands under his head, as looked at the uncountable millions of stars.
“What’s bothering you?” she asked softly as she turned her body and lay back to form a “T” with him, her head lying against him. She was surprisingly comfortable.
“It’s the club. I was so sure we were the good guys. But now? I don’t know anymore. And Ron. I punched him out today.”
“For what? Threatening extortion?”
“Yes. But more specifically, extortion against you. I was so mad I wanted to kill him.”
“What did he say?”
“Nothing really.”
“Leo… I know you better than that. There was more to it than simply trying to get me to pay protection money. What was it?”
He paused, but she waited quietly. “He said that if you couldn’t pay in cash, there were other ways to pay.”
She felt her face flush in anger and embarrassment. “My knight in shining armor,” she teased to cover her discomfort.
“It’s no laughing matter.”
“No, but the club shot him down, so it’s done. Right?”
“I hope.”
She sighed and listened to the sound of distant flowing water. It was nice out here, alone in the quiet dark with Leo, among the trees and under the stars. The rock was too damned hard to do much, but his nearness and their isolation was beginning to affect her. She rolled over and tucked in tight, propping on him so she could bring her lips to his. He accepted her kiss then she pulled back and caressed his cheek. Almost instantly she felt the tension drain out of him, and she smiled in amazement and satisfaction that her simple touch affected him so profoundly.
“Make love to me, here, under the stars?” she whispered before touching his lips again. The rock was sufficiently smooth so that if they didn’t get too energetic she would be comfortable enough.
He pulled her into the kiss, his actions answering her question. The last time they had made love he had tried to drive her through the mattress, but now his kisses were soft, gentle, and loving. He always seemed to be able to read her mood and know just what she wanted. She heard a car pass on the road above, but she didn’t care.
Leo rolled Jamie softly to her back and removed his colors, folding and tucking them under her
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