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Addison was still learning the schedule, but it was a slow process. For the most part, there was always something happening at the club whether it was a bigger party or a gathering of bikers and women.
“Cross is on a run, so I’m flying solo.”
“The biker got you to stay, huh?” Ava smirked.
“Who would’ve thought?”
Ava shrugged, sipping her drink. “It happens to the best of us.”
Addison stilled mid-sip, glancing over the rim of her glass. That was an interesting response. And a little telling?
“Talking from experience?” Addison arched her brow.
“Unfortunately.” Ava snorted. “It was a long time ago.”
“And I’ve got time to hear this story.”
Ava chuckled. “Years ago, my friend convinced me to go to a MC party. I was in my twenties, living my best carefree life, and thought why not, right? Partied the entire weekend and met a guy. And that was where the mistake began. The beginning of the end.”
“In Killcreek?”
“No, he was a member of a club in Lawry. Pretty big one, and he’d been with them for years. He was older.” She sighed. “Much older.”
How much older?
“Ten years?”
Ava fisted her hand, raising her thumb and gesturing upward.
“Fifteen?”
She motioned again for higher.
Addison widened her eyes. “Twenty?”
“Twenty-three.”
Now that’s an age gap.
“We were together for about a year. I spent all my time at the clubhouse, partying all night, sleeping all day. Went on runs and bike outings. It was a really good time.”
“Dare I ask?”
Ava laughed. “What happened? I got off work early. He wasn’t expecting me. Walked into my own little live porn show of my man and two club whores. Apparently this wasn’t the first time. I was so pissed. This wasmyman, and he had chicks on the side?”
“You break up with him?”
“Oh yeah, and I broke a lot of things.” She laughed, grabbing her glass. “I was fucking done. Until I realized I wasn’t. A month later, I found out I was pregnant. Unlike him, I hadn’t fucked around on the side. He was the only guy I’d been with. Spent the next month debating on whether or not to tell him. Ultimately, I wanted nothing to do with him, but it didn’t sit right denying our child the right to know his dad even if he was a lying, piece of shit, cheating bastard.” Ava shrugged. “I thought it was the right thing to do.”
It spoke volumes of Ava’s character being able to set aside her own feelings, for the sake of her child.
“That’s good parenting.”
She snorted. “I don’t know about that. But in the end, it was the choice I made. Went down to the club unannounced ’cause you know.” Ava smirked. “Fuck him. It turns out, it was more like fuck me. I go down there. They’re having a huge party, and I can’t find him anywhere. I ask one of the girls, and she points across the yard to him and hiswife.”
Addison’s jaw dropped.
“Yeah, imagine that. I was so pissed thinking my man had side chicks. Little did I know,Iwas a fucking side chick.”
