want to come?” Asher asked the next morning as he stacked the breakfast dishes in the washer.
“Yeah. Finals start tomorrow and I am stressing about it. It will do me good to get away from it for a while.”
“We’ll go for a ride afterwards, how about that?” Asher asked.
“Sounds lovely. Once school is out, I want to get away. Go somewhere for a couple of weeks. Just you, me, the bikes, and the open road. Maybe ride up to the North Carolina Mountains or something.”
Asher smiled. “Deal. Assuming the Hamasaki plan goes down like we think, I should be free of it. Maybe that will give you dad some time to get his head right when he isn’t seeing me every day or two.”
“Maybe,” Jenny muttered as she shrugged into her riding leathers.
“You okay?” he asked as he gently turned her to face him.
“Yeah, I guess. Between finals, this shit with Hamasaki, and most especially with Dad, I’m about fed up. I’m about ready to tell the whole world to just go fuck itself.”
“Does that include me?”
“No. You, I want fucking me,” she said with a slight smile. “But all this other shit makes it hard for me to enjoy everything else.”
“What can I do?”
“Just put up with me for a few more days and get this Hamasaki problem fixed. Then I will deal with Daddy because I am fed up with him most of all. He is sucking all the fun out of having you around.”
“Well, we can’t have that,” he said as he picked up the two helmets, handing Jenny hers.
“No. And if he doesn’t straighten his ass out, I’m going to stomp him into a greasy spot.”
Asher chuckled as he opened the door. He wouldn’t bet against her.
“Hey Jenny. I want you to meet—” Rachel began as she sat down in one of the four comfortable arm chairs.
“What happened to you?” Jenny gasped, cutting her off after seeing the bruise on the side of her face.
“It’s nothing,” Rachel said, feeling the spot.
“Nothing hell,” a third woman said. “She and Hearts locked up.”
“Meet Sophie and Angel,” Rachel said. “Sophie is Tank’s squeeze and Angel is Dozer’s.”
“Nice to meet you,” Jenny nodded then turned her attention back to Rachel. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, it’s nothing.”
“Goddamnit, it’s not nothing!” Jenny snarled. “You should kick her ass.”
Sophie and Angel settled into the other two chairs. “That’s fine, coming from you,” Sophie said bitterly.
“What do you mean? Just because I’m John’s daughter?”
“Yeah,” Sophie sighed.
“But if all the girls got together?” Jenny asked.
“And do what? Hearts is here because the club wants her here. Nothing we can do about it,” Angel added.
“You mean to tell me your men won’t listen to you?” Jenny asked.
“No. Hearts will put out for anyone. Even Marbles. Plus she does a good job running the clubhouse. The men, they just don’t see the problem. When I talked to Dozer about it he just gets pissy and tells me to handle it.” Angel looked at her fingers. “It’s easier to just steer clear of her.”
Jenny shook her head in disbelief. “And when you can’t?” she asked with a nod at Rachel. “Hearts did that to you because you were being nice to me, right?”
“Probably,” Sophie said.
Jenny tossed her hands up in frustration. “Have it your way. But I still think you should grow a spine and kick her ass.”
“Whatever,” Rachel said. “Listen, I was telling Sophie and Angel about you and we wondered if you wanted to go shopping later.”
Jenny smiled. “I would love to go, but Asher and I already have plans.” She saw the three women begin to cool toward her. “But,” she said, pushing as much good cheer into her voice as she could, “finals will be over middle of next week. Can we go after that? I would really enjoy it. Maybe we could do lunch or
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