Page 56 of Biker's Enemy
My cheeks glow with frustration. After all the mess I just got into with the club, the last thing I want to concern myself with is having a discussion with women. I want to see Quin but having a discussion with her is the last thing on my mind.
“I just got back from a long road trip. I don’t have time for this.”
“Your mom found out about Avery,” Tylee says.
Fuck.
“What do you mean, she found out?”
“Listen. We all know your mother. I did the smart thing and came straight here.”
“Where is she?” I growl.
Aunt Deb scoffs. “She’s your mother. You know where she is.”
“She’s hunting down the whore my father knocked up with a shotgun in the front seat?” I respond with a sigh.
My mom has been chasing down my father’s various “whores” and affair partners throughout my entire life. I thought after Doc passed away, she would at least have some peace of mind that the man she stayed faithful to her entire life couldn’t screw with her again.
He just had to leave her with one last screw up on the way out.
“I got here as fast as I could,” Tylee says. “Literally booked a flight and rented that Honda to get out here from the airport. Isaac is pissed.”
“You left your husband?” I snap at her. Tylee is constantly doing foolish, impulsive things like this and it’s a damn miracle that Isaac Sinclair hasn’t tied her ass up. Tylee’s eyes narrow and she starts yammering at me like I’m the one out of pocket here.
“She called me,” Tylee says. “I think she’s going to blow that woman’s brains out.”
Yes. We all know my mother is crazy. She has a temper – always has. Right now, I don’t want to deal with it. If she wants to keep fighting my father’s ghosts, I don’t want to stop her.
“I don’t have time for this,” I growl. “If my mother wants to shoot someone in the head and spend the rest of her life in prison… so be it.”
“After what my husband did for Quin, I think you owe me.”
My eyes dart to Quin who looks suddenly suspicious and uncomfortable. She’s still ignoring my eye contact.
“Yes…” I reply, though I don’t have a clue what she’s talking about aside from the fact that it relates to Quin’s big secret. “Your husband helped her out significantly. I remember.”
“She’s going to kill that woman, Tanner. You have to do something.”
“The only thing I can do is keep Avery out of trouble.”
Aunt Deb stands up and gives me a knowing look. We discussed this in the past and I promised her that I wouldn’t let it come to that.
“What’s happening?” Quin asks, sensing the secretive communication between me and Aunt Deb with only our facial expressions.
“I’m taking Avery back to Missouri to Wyatt’s little place for me,” she says. “It’s the deal I made with Tanner if anyone comes after her.”
“Wait, what?” Quin says. “I can come with you.”
Obviously there’s no chance in hell I would ever let Quin do something like that, but the fact that she could even think about leaving her unsettles my stomach.
“No,” I snap impulsively, betraying my emotions to everyone in the room – not like any of them care. “You’re staying here. Avery will go with Deb.”
“What about your mother!” Tylee yells.
I turn to her sharply. “I already told you that I have enough problems. If my mother wants to shoot some white trash whore, that’s her choice.”
Tylee looks like she’s about to slap me, so I make some effort to soften her temper.