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“Sweet girl, you pacing around is making me tired,” Muffin said as he stood in the doorway to the kitchen with his arms crossed. “What can I make you to eat?”
“You can’t help me,” Nova said. “She can.”
Nova pointed to Maggie.
“What?” Maggie asked.
“I need a drink. My nerves are shot right now.”
“Get our sweet girl a drink,” Muffin said to Maggie. “Keep her buzzed and not drunk. I’ll find something to cook.”
The clubhouse was quiet but not silent. Music played in the background. The enforcers all shot pool. The prospects were out in the junkyard digging for parts that Deed could clean up and Darrow could sell. Custer and Warren sat at a table like two beat-up soldiers, mumbling about their old outlaw days.
Maggie poured Nova a drink. “Sorry for assuming, not asking. You just looked like you needed some space.”
“Is it always this way?” Nova blurted out.
She stared at Maggie. Maggie did not provide an answer. It was silence.
Nova sipped a drink and looked toward the clubhouse door. Temptation to follow hit her. It hit her hard. She reminded herself the last time she followed Linc and the club, she saved them.
This felt different. Very different. Also, somewhere in her gut she feared what her brother was really up to. Missing for days. No contact. No communication.
The clubhouse door opened. Nova almost stood up. When she saw Mara, she almost ran toward her to hug her. Mara saw the look on Nova’s face and hurried toward the bar.
“Hey,” Mara said, reaching for Nova.
The two women stood there holding each other’s arms.
“It’ll be okay,” Mara said. “It’s not easy when they leave.”
“They’re doing this for me,” Nova said. “To find my brother. That’s why I’m here. My emotions are all over the place right now.”
“Do you have a drink?” Mara asked.
Nova nodded.
“Good. Sit down. Let’s talk.”
The two women sat next to each other. Maggie poured Mara a drink.
“Wait a second,” Nova said.
She reached for Maggie’s hand.
Yes, for a second, she wondered if that was the same hand that had stroked Linc’s cock to orgasm…
“You should have a drink too,” Nova said. “With us. Nobody else needs anything right now.”
“Of course,” Maggie said.
“Great,” Mara said. “Drinking with a slut. How fun.”
Maggie smiled, shook her head, and poured herself a drink.
“I’m not going to ask any personal questions,” Mara said to Nova. “But I can tell you some crazy stories. Times when they went out for runs and other things.”
“Makes your heart sink, right?” Nova asked. “You worry about Fitz a lot?”
