I have always hated shopping, I would never go with Lisa, always let her go with her girlfriends while I was out riding with my brothers. But when Socket said she was going shopping with Cordelia I knew Evie would be scared, thought maybe if I was there I could help her feel safe.
"Why do you care so much?" Cordelia asks narrowing her eyes at me
"I just saw her panicking yesterday figured it would be better for her if I come too instead of just you and her." I shrug
"She isn't some girl you can charm, fuck and leave Reaper." She says poking my chest as I roll my eyes
"I'm just offering my help because everyone else is busy and I'm just sitting at the bar." I reply.
"Fine, but she's been through a lot and I will be watching you, you hurt her, I'll shoot you." She says as she pulls her .38 from her purse.
I saw Evie looking at me in the mirror as I rode behind Cordelias truck, I'm hoping seeing me made her feel safe. I haven't done babysitting duty since I was a prospect but I just stood back and let Evie and Cordelia shop as I stand by the door. I saw Evie looking at me every so often but I can't read her to see if she's good with me or scared of me.
When they went to the dressing rooms I hovered by the entrance but it was only minutes until I heard Evie gasping for breath again
"Cordelia Evie is panicking." I say as I stand in front of Evie's stall
"Well fuck, I'm naked hang on." Cordelia replies but we can't wait, I pull back the curtain and kneel in front of her.
"You're safe Evie, I'm here." I say but I realise she can't hear me. She flinches as I reach up and pull out one of her ear buds.
Her breathing calms down and Cordelia gets her to try on the clothes while we guard the curtain
"How you doing Evie?" Cordelia asks
"Everything is too big." Evie replies
"Ok I'm going to leave Reaper guarding while I go grab some smaller stuff, is that alright?" Cordelia asks
"Don't be long." Evie replies after a long pause, maybe she decided she can trust me. I don't say anything, just stand guarding the door. Sure I'm getting looks from the girls around me but I don't care, Evie needs this. She's definitely been through something really fucked up and I'm guessing her fear of men is because of that. If I got my hands on a mother fucker who enjoyed hurting girls, I'd make him fucking suffer.
"You alright in there miss?" One of the employees asks around me, a scowl on her face as she looks down her surgically perfected nose with her hands on her hips
"Reaper?" Evie asks, a hint of fear and panic in her voice, but I'm right here
"I'm still here, you're safe." I say as I look down on the little redhead
"Can I come in?" Cordelia asks as she walks up holding smaller clothes. Evie pulls back the curtain and looks at me for a second as Cordelia steps in.
"We're fine." I say to the redhead before she stomps off back into the store.
The guys would laugh their asses off if they saw me now. Walking behind Cordelia and Evie as I carry their shopping bags. Evie still has her music playing and is holding that flashlight but she seems a little more comfortable.
"How do you feel about going in there for some lunch?" Cordelia asks and Evie looks at the diner
"I'm not hungry." She says looking down at the floor
"Well I'm starving from carrying all these damn bags, how about we take that booth in the back and I'll block you in." I say as I point to an empty booth against the wall of the diner
"I'll try." She says as we begin walking into the diner. Cordelia sits one side and I put all the bags next to her as Evie slips into the booth with her back against the wall. I slip in beside her but leave a gap so she doesn't have to worry about me touching her
"Anyone comes over, they gotta get through me first." I say as I smirk at Evie before picking up a menu
"Give me your cell." Cordelia says holding her hand out to Evie, she pulls it from her pocket and hands it to Cordelia
"There we go, you have my number so you can call me any time you need me." Cordelia says holding Evie's cell but before Evie can get it I take it
"You can call me too." I say as I put my number in then quickly call myself so I have her number.
"Thank you." Evie says looking between both of us.
Finally the shopping trip is over and we are back at the clubhouse
"Maybe you aren't a complete asshole." Cordelia laughs as I sit at the bar. Indigo puts out a beer for me and Cordelia
"I just wanted to help out." I shrug
"Well I appreciate it." Cordelia replies
"Hey Reaper, you coming to Scars?" Ice says walking into the bar
"Sure." I say as I finish my beer and stand up
"Sluts." Cordelia smirks as I follow Ice out to our motorcycles.
As I sit twirling the whiskey in my glass Angel spins around the pole, her long blonde hair tickling the dance floor like it tickled my chest the other night as she was riding me.
And yet my thoughts seem to keep going back to Evie, with her long black hair that hangs down to her waist, that she hides her beautiful face behind. I can't help but wonder what she would look like if she smiled, then I find myself wondering how I could make her smile.
She hides behind her hair and her baggy clothes and she barely talks, I want to get to know her better, see the girl underneath all that. I mean Socket is a crazy asshole with one fucker of an attitude, was Evie like that before whatever happened to her? Was she feisty? I could see her hand on hip laying into some asshole that pissed her off. But whatever happened to her and turned her into a frightened little bunny, on edge, jumpy and hiding in her rabbit hole.
Evie: Thank you for today
My cell buzzes in my jacket pocket with a text from Evie and I type a quick reply before finishing my drink. For the first night since I got here, apart from Scarlett's fucking punishment, I head to my room at the clubhouse alone.
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MC's Nomad (Broken Demons MC #5)
ChickLitReaper hasn't belonged to a chapter of the Broken Demons since his wife was killed 10 years ago. He prefers to live alone on the road travelling to different chapters of the club, never staying too long. However on his latest visit with Killers clu...
