Page 25 of Sinner's Storm

“Malice, not that I’m not grateful for the food and company, but why are you here?”

“I volunteered. So did Happy.”

“The man with Harlow is called Happy?”

Malice nodded.

“I don’t understand,” I muttered. “Neither of you know me or Harlow. Yet you volunteered to be here. Why?”

“Because you are one of us.”

“I am?”

Malice nodded. “Yep.”

“You don’t talk much do you?”

He said nothing, just took another bite of the apple.

“Malice. Can I ask you something?”

He looked at me, waiting.

“What did you mean by I am one of you?”

“You’re Storm’s woman.”

“I’m not though. I’m just Harlow’s mom.”

“And Storm is Harlow’s dad.”

“I still don’t see how that makes me one of you.”

“It just does.”

I was right.

Malice didn’t talk much, and what he did say was confusing.

“Did he say anything else?”

Shaking my head, I leaned back in my chair as Finley paced Harlow’s room. With everything going, I still hadn’t gotten around to telling the other girls, especially Robin, that her brother was Harlow’s father. As it was, I was still trying to come to terms with that myself.

Everything I knew about Jason Calloway was from my friends or what I read about him in the paper. According to the New York Times, the CEO of Calloway Investments was a socialite bachelor who had never had the same woman on his arm twice. Linked to debutants, actresses, and political figures, Jason Calloway was nothing more than a player.

A player who owned the city’s most exclusive investment firm and worth billions. We were so far apart; we might as well be from different planets.

He owned a multi-billion-dollar company. I worked as a part-time waitress.

He owned a penthouse at the exclusive Davenport Tower. I rented a studio apartment near Port Authority.

He drove expensive cars and could buy anything. I used subway tokens and could barely afford to buy food.

We were nothing alike.

“Finley,” I whispered, looking at my friend. “How did you know where to find him? I mean, how did you know he was the biker I was talking about?”

“He’s the only biker I know that has ties to the Bar & Grill.”