I don't know why but I'm really starting to care about Evie. The way Socket was treating her pissed me off, that's why I offered to bring her here, she obviously needs some one who can be patient with her and give her time to process things, Socket definitely doesn't do that.
I'm sat in the foyer of this mental health facility looking at all the posters on the wall, just waiting for Evie so I can walk her back to the truck and take her home.
We get into the truck and she lights a cigarette
"You ok?" I ask as she offers me one, I accept it and light up
"Fine." She shrugs
"How would you feel about stopping somewhere for lunch with me? I'm starving." I say as I start the engine of the truck
"Where?" She asks as she looks around
"Dunno, let's see what we drive passed." I shrug as I pull out and begin the drive back, she pulls her legs up and rests her head on her knees as she looks out of the window at the passing traffic.
I've spent every day for over a week watching over Evie and although she spends all day locked in her room I've started to notice a few things about her. She always has music playing, anything from metal to rap to pop, I don't think it's what she likes I think she just wants noise. She's never without that flashlight, even though she always has the lights on. She doesn't eat much, because she only comes out of her room when Socket brings food at night and I know she isn't sleeping because every night when she leaves her room the dark circles under her eyes are darker.
"How about there." I say as I point to a sign for an upcoming diner
"Whatever." She mumbles and I sigh
"If you don't want to you're allowed to say no, I just thought it would be good." I shrug and she turns to look at me
"Sorry." She says quietly. I pull into the diner and park out front
"So do you want to go eat or do you just want to go home?" I ask as I point at the diner in front of us and then at the road behind us
"We can eat here." She sighs as she climbs out of the truck. She walks behind me as I enter the diner and a cute young waitress comes to guide us to a table
"No we'll sit over there." I say as I point to the booth on the back wall, it seemed to work when we went shopping last week. I motion for Evie to sit and I slide in beside her
"Are you ok?" I ask and she nods as she looks down at the table.
"Well no one can get to you, you can see the whole diner from here, so you're safe." I assure her as I pick up my menu.
The waitress comes to take our order and I notice Evie has put her headphones back in and I can faintly hear music coming from them
"What are you listening to?" I ask
"Twenty one pilots." She says as she takes out one earbud
"Is that the kind of music you like?" I ask
"I don't care what I listen to as long as it makes noise." She shrugs, I thought as much.
The waitress brings our food and we eat in silence although Evie plays with her food and I notice she doesn't eat much. I'm going to have to start knocking on her door with lunch.
"Can we go home now?" She asks when she notices my plate is empty
"Sure." I say as I put cash on the table and stand up. She follows me to the truck and as soon as she's in she lights a cigarette, offering me one too. I turn the radio back on and she removes her headphones
"Why did you ask me to leave my gun?" I ask and she looks at me briefly before looking back out the window
"I don't know." She whispers
"There was a reason, you can tell me." I reply
"I didn't want to be alone in a car with you if you had a gun." I almost didn't hear her reply it was so quiet
"I'll never hurt you Evie, I carry it for protection, not to hurt innocent girls."
"But you're a man." She whispers and I frown. That right there pisses me off, whatever the fuck happened to her I'd love to find the assholes responsible and make them pay.
We arrive back at her place and she goes straight to her room, locking the door behind her and I go back to my usual position sitting on the couch
"Thanks for today man." Socket says as he pulls a beer from the refrigerator.
"Anytime, let me know when her appointments are and I'll take her, I know how busy the garage is lately." I say as I take a beer from him
"Yeah, when Killer gets back he's going to hire more staff, since Mullen's garage closed down we've been getting all their business too, it's crazy." Socket sighs as he sits at the counter
"I better head out, I'll see you tomorrow." I say as I finish my beer and head for my motorcycle. I don't bother going to the clubhouse, I just head to Scars and I find Ice, Ace and Needles in a booth upstairs watching the girl spinning half naked around the pole
"Where you been hiding man?" Needles says as I sit down and Daisy brings me a drink with her little seductive smile
"Been helping Socket out." I say before taking a sip of my whiskey
"Have you met his sister? Is she hot?" Ice asks and I smirk
"She's like 350lbs dude, you'd be terrified of her." I reply and hold back my laughter
"Damn, I wonder if he's got any more female relatives, there's gotta be a hot one somewhere." He groans, I know I'm not exactly innocent but Ice is the biggest man whore I've ever met, he's funny as hell to drink with though.
The night carries on with girls falling over us and drinks flowing when Socket walks in and takes a seat with us
"What you doing here?" I ask as Daisy serves his drink
"I'm sick of her shit, I needed a break." He groans as he throws back his drink and points for Daisy to serve more.
I pull out my cell and get up Evie's number
Reaper: Are you alright?
Evie: Fine
Reaper: Socket is here, he left you alone didn't he? Are you sure you're ok?
Evie: It's fine, I need to learn.
"Well I think I've had enough for one night, I'm heading back to the clubhouse, see you tomorrow." I nod to the guys as I head out and to my motorcycle.
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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...
