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“No, I’m not.You need to understand who you’re with.”
Maeve smiled.“You know, I’ve traveled the world for my job.I’ve seen a lot of bad stuff.I have turned down clients after one meeting.Several years ago, I had a woman who called me.She offered to pay me triple my usual fee.So I dropped everything and flew out to her house.She was the wife of some kind of businessman, millionaire, I don’t know.Because of my ability to hide tattoos with makeup, she needed to be on her husband’s side.She needed me to fix what that man had done.He’d given her a black eye, bruised her face, and her wrists and body were a mess.She was a mess.She was shaking, and while she drank, I did what she asked.The house was a mess, and it was easy to fill in the blanks of what went wrong.That day, I told her to lose my number, because unless she was willing to go to the police, I was not going to help.She told me the money and cushy lifestyle were worth his bad temper.I’ve seen men and women taking drugs.I’ve heard a lot of bad stuff, Doc.I know a lot of bad stuff happens in the world, I’m not a fool.I also know you may do a lot of bad things, but you’re a good man.You’re a good man that does a lot of bad things, but today you did a good thing for Jamie and her daughter.If you want me to walk away, you’re going to have to dump my ass, because I like you, Doc.I like what I see, I like what I hear, and I know there is a lot more to learn, and I want to be there to learn it.”
Maeve had intended to sit in silence and just listen to Doc.They hadn’t ever talked about commitment or a future, but Doc had already told her tonight if she got pregnant, they were together.He wouldn’t walk away from her.They’d find a way to make it work, and that was all she wanted from him.Actually, she wanted his love, but maybe that would come in time.She didn’t know.
He reached out and cupped her cheek.
And her stomach chose that moment to growl.“I need to eat.”
He laughed.“I’m starving.”
She unwrapped her burger, took a large bite, letting out a moan as the taste exploded on her tongue, and it was so good.Better than good.
“So did he cry?Did he threaten you with a lawsuit?I know Wilson Carmichael.He’s a piece of shit and hides behind his lawyer status to keep everyone in line,” Maeve said.He’d tried to use that same shit on her, but she’d bluntly told him to fuck right off.Wilson was nothing more than a bully, and when she pushed back against that bully, he did in fact back the fuck off.
“He didn’t look happy, and he didn’t like that I didn’t give a shit about his lawsuit.”He shrugged.
“What about Sheriff Hayes?”she asked.“Did he turn up and threaten to arrest you?”
Doc laughed.“I think if I do something like this again, you’re going to want me to film it?”
Her eyes went wide.“Would you do that, because if the answer is yes, then I would be all over that?”
Doc shook his head, but he was laughing at the same time.“Eat your burger so I can take you home and fuck you.”
That sounded like a good time to her.
****
Doc wanted coffee,but he’d been told he was not allowed to make one while Eden was going through her morning sickness phase.It was the day of the Easter Fair, and Maeve was upstairs, sleeping for a little bit longer.He’d kept her awake during most of the night, making her take every inch of his dick.
Right now, he wanted coffee.However, the coffee shop wouldn’t even be open yet.The Easter Fair always started at ten, and that was when all the stores opened.Sheriff Hayes had arranged it that way.
Last night, he met up with the good sheriff and laid down some ground rules when it came to the use of the club and how they were going to move forward.They negotiated their terms and parted ways.
Hayes didn’t like the bullshit that came with crime, along with the excess paperwork, and dealing with the criminals.His boys tended to patrol the streets, and any sign of activity they dealt with the old-fashioned way, or sent them straight out of town.There were a lot of ways to handle crooks.
“I thought I heard someone up,” Eden said, surprising him as she entered the kitchen.She was dressed in jeans, but he saw the waistband was stretchy to go over her ever-expanding stomach.She wore a wrap top that fit her perfectly.She was a beautiful woman, and the pregnancy glow really shone through.“Good morning.”
“Good morning.What are you having?”he asked.
“I’ll have a glass of water,” she said, offering him a smile.“Are you wishing for some coffee?”
“A little bit, but that’s all right.When I take Maeve into town, I’ll get my coffee fix along with her.”
Eden smiled.“I have told everyone I don’t mind, they can enjoy as much coffee as they would like.”She wrinkled her nose.“Morning sickness is all par for the course.”
“But people are considerate, and they won’t do that to you.”He slid a glass of water toward her.“Trust me, you’d prefer it this way.”
“Ah, yes, you went through this with Nancy.”
“I did.”Actually, Nancy spent a great deal of her pregnancy moaning about all the things she couldn’t have.It had been a little exhausting.She wanted coffee, he’d get her coffee, and she’d throw it at him, and then run away vomiting.It was the hormones and her inability to handle them.“How are you handling it?”
“It’s okay at the moment.I’m trying to pretend I am a tea lover and I don’t love coffee.”She pouted.
“How is that working for you?”
“It sucks because I hate tea.”
