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“Yeah, that’s the place,” Hurricane said.
“I love that place,” she agreed, “but, it will have to be early. I have to work at nine. Can we meet at seven-thirty?”
“Seven thirty works for me,” he agreed. “I’m sure we’ll get Chasity back to you, Tina,” he assured.
“I hope so,” she whispered. “She’s all the family I have left.” Tina stood and took his offered hand, ignoring the way that he looked at her. It had been a long time since any man looked at her that way. She was just being overly sensitive right now, and reading way too much into the way that the sexy biker held her hand and looked into her eyes. He was a distraction, and that wasn’t something that Tina needed right now. She needed to concentrate on getting Chasity back—that was all that mattered.
Hurricane’s House (Yonkers, NY Chapter Royal Bastards MC Book 2) Coming in soon!
Don’t miss the rest of K.L.’s Royal Bastards! Here is the reading order for the Huntsville Chapter:
Savage Heat->https://books2read.com/u/brq7pA
Whiskey Tango-> https://books2read.com/u/bQdX6v
Can’t Fix Cupid-> https://books2read.com/u/b6Kpj0
Ratchet’s Revenge-> https://books2read.com/u/m0KB0l
Patched for Christmas-> https://books2read.com/u/bWGQrM
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Dizzy’s Desire->https://books2read.com/u/mBwxqp
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Legend-> https://books2read.com/u/mBVrKM
Spider-> https://books2read.com/u/38nWA6
Blade’s Christmas Ride-> https://books2read.com/u/bQeqdd
Lost in Yonkers-> Coming soon!
Yonkers, NY Chapter:
Hurricane’s House-> Coming soon!
Reacher’s Christmas Joy-> Coming soon!
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Ross
Ross Ballerini wasn’t sure how he was going to get through the next few hours, but he had to. He promised his father that he would try to be strong for his mother and little sister, but who was going to be strong for him?
When his father called him into his hospital room, he knew that he was going to be given instructions about what to do when the inevitable happened. His father had stage four lung cancer and there was no getting past the fact that he was going to die. The doctors were amazed that he had made it past the six months that they had given him. His dad was on borrowed time, and they all knew it. That’s why he handed Ross a manila folder full of life insurance policies, banking information, and even instructions about how he’d like to be laid to rest. It was too much for his mom, Ross knew that much. He wished that he could tell his father that he didn’t want to have to handle it either, but he was the only one left who’d be able to take care of everything for him. At just twenty-eight years old, Ross had become the head of his family, taking his father’s place, as if that were even possible.
He hated that his father left him in charge of his business, but he knew that someday that would happen. If Ross had his way, he’d sell everything that his father had built and take some time to travel, but then, he’d leave his mother and sister high and dry, and he just couldn’t do that. They’d need someone to take care of the two of them now that his dad was gone.
There was also the fact that his father’s business associates wouldn’t just let him walk now. He knew too much about his father’s business dealings and to say that they weren’t on the up and up was an understatement. His father had started training him at an early age to be ready to take over the family business someday. When he was younger, he didn’t realize that he was being groomed to be the new head of the Ballerini mafia family his father had begun with two of his best friends, who were like uncles to him, before Ross was even born. Hell, he didn’t even know that his father ran a mafia family until he walked in on his father and his “Uncle” Tony beating the hell out of a guy for not paying back a loan on time when he was just seventeen. His so-called uncle laughed it off, even saying that they had done much worse than what he had witnessed, but his father wasn’t laughing. He sat Ross down and told him the truth about his business and what he would be expected to do someday, once his dad was gone.
That day came a lot sooner than Ross had planned, and when he told his uncles that he wanted out, they told him that there was only one way out of the business—in a body bag. He wanted to believe that they were kidding, but they weren’t. Their sons were being groomed to take over for them someday, and Ross had a sick feeling that the vicious cycle might not ever end—unless he never had kids. No one would be left to take over for him and that suited him just fine. His lifestyle wouldn’t really lend to him getting a woman pregnant anyway, since he liked men—something that he’d never told anyone but his mother and sister. His bloodline and the Ballerini name would die with him, and he’d never have to force one of his children to take over for him once he was gone. He’d never leave that heavy responsibility on anyone else’s shoulders. He’d carry on his father’s business, for the sake of his mother and sister, but he’d do things his way—whether his uncles approved or not.