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Authors: Laramie Briscoe

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That’s what he needed more than anything and he was going to be damn grateful for the work.

Chapter Five

“I
swear to God, the only person he is nice to anymore is Tatum,” Denise mumbled under her breath as Drew stomped his feet up the stairs.

“What’s the problem?” Liam asked, coming in with Tyler and Rooster in tow. They had finished early at the shop, thanks to Rooster, and he’d invited them over for a beer.

“Your son is a jackass,” she told him, rolling her eyes as Drew slammed his door.

“Welcome to life with a teenager,” Rooster laughed, looking back and forth between them. He’d seen it many times on the force, parents who were at the end of their rope with their children.

“What he said, he’s a teenager,” Liam reminded his wife.

She cut her eyes at him. “Yeah, I’m aware. Not only did I give birth to him, but I clean up his bathroom.”

The guys chuckled.

“Totally not sure I’m gonna survive this, and if he woke Tatum up, I will jerk a knot in his ass,” Denise fumed, listening closely for the child. “She finally went down for a nap.”

“I think we’re safe from diva waking up,” Tyler grinned, talking about the newest addition to the Walker family.

“Only because you treat her like one, is she one.” Denise grinned back. “Where’s your better half at, anyway?”

“Volunteering at CRISIS. She and Christine went over there earlier in the day. They got a few refugees at the center, and if there’s one thing Mer knows how to do, it’s get shit done.”

Nobody could argue with that. Over the last few months both Meredith and Christine had taken to volunteering at the place that had offered Christine safe haven after her ordeal with a mad man. It made them all feel good to know that people in the club were contributing.

“Damn, I wish I had known she was going over there, I had some clothes that Tatum’s already outgrown and some stuff from the twins. I meant to text her but forgot.”

“I’ll let her know if she doesn’t come over here when she’s done,” Tyler assured her.

“We’re gonna head out back,” Liam told her.

“Have fun! There’s beer in the fridge on the porch.”

Liam loved this woman; she was learning what to say and always knew when to make herself scarce. He leaned in and kissed her on the cheek before leading the men out back.

“So what did you want to talk about?” Tyler asked as he walked over to the fridge and grabbed them all a cold one.

Liam glanced back at the door to make sure that Denise was in fact gone before he took a cigarette out of his pack and lit it, inhaling deeply before speaking. “I got an anonymous tip the other day.”

“What the fuck?” Rooster laughed. “Like Crime Stoppers?” He mentioned the local crime program that offered a reward in capturing local criminals.

“Something like that.” Liam nodded. “They told me to watch the boys that Drew’s been hanging around with. Word has it, there’s some illegal shit going on with the football team.”

Tyler shook his head. “Not Drew, man. I work out with him every day.” He refused to believe that the boy wasn’t on the up and up. He’d watched Drew put in long hours right along with him at the gym and run miles before anyone woke up for their day.

“I’m not disputing that, but do you wonder that we all think so highly of him we’re willing to overlook that something is going on? He’s my son, but he has been a motherfucking jackass the past few weeks,” Liam argued.

“Wait, were they talking drugs?” Rooster asked, taking a healthy swig of the beer that sat in front of him.

“They didn’t come right and say it, but I think they were talking steroids,” Liam said quietly. He didn’t want Denise to hear and he sure as hell didn’t want Drew to hear. The last thing he wanted to do was accuse Drew of something he wasn’t doing, but at the same time he had the rest of the family to protect.

“Steroids are class of drugs, not a type,” Rooster mumbled. He’d had some experience with them. They’d never been prevalent in Warren County, but that didn’t mean they weren’t starting to take hold. “More than likely what they’re talking about anabolic, and if they are being used, it’s not good. At all.”

“Shit,” Tyler spat. “He knows better than to do that. I’m tellin’ you, little man ain’t doin’ it.”

“He ain’t so little anymore,” Liam interrupted. “And that’s what worries me.”

Tyler defended him again. “He’s workin’ out with me in the morning, and I don’t go soft on him by any means, and now he’s doing two-a-days. You ever think that maybe he’s hot after being out there all day and he’s naturally horny? He’s a fifteen-year-old boy.”

“Mandy came to me the other day.” Liam swallowed roughly, hating to even choke out these words. “And told me that he’s been mean to her. Tell me that the boy in that room would be mean to her. They are twins and have been inseparable since the day I met them. I’ve never heard him raise his voice to her in anger, and before two weeks ago, I never heard him backtalk his mom the way he’s been doing. I had to jerk him out here and have a talk with him,” Liam explained. He looked between the two men he called friends. “If both of you think that I’m bein’ overly suspicious and critical, I need you to tell me. There’s no way in hell that I want to accuse him of something that he’s not doing.”

Rooster couldn’t believe he was about to say this. He had just started working at the shop, but if there was one thing that would get him in with the guys, it would be making a sacrifice that they didn’t expect. “Get me in that school, working with the football team or on security detail. I’ll find out what’s going on,” he told him.

“Wait, wasn’t that secretary sweet on you? What was her name? Stacey? I’m sure she could get you in if you go ask her,” Liam laughed.

“Don’t remind me. She and I went out a few times. I almost had to get an Emergency Protective Order out on her. It was scary shit. Ask Bianca if she can help us. I’m willing to bet if it’s going on, it’s the worst kept secret at that school.”

This hadn’t been what Liam expected at all. He hadn’t brought the two of them out here to get Rooster to volunteer to do a club job for them, but he appreciated it all the same and wouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. “I would really appreciate if you would do that. I don’t want to tell Denise anything until I have concrete evidence. She’s already not sure about letting him be on that football team because she doesn’t want him aggressive. That’s all she needs to hear is that he’s going to be even more so ’cause he’s using a performance enhancer. I’ll talk to Jagger and see what Bianca needs to get you in there, I might even have a talk with her about what she’s seen and heard.”

“What are you gonna do if he is?” Tyler asked. He hated to even think that. He and Drew had grown very close since they had been working out together. Tyler treated him like an equal, not like a teenager. If Drew was doing this, and to him it was still a big if, he was going to be disappointed and scared. What if Drew’s genetic profile predisposed him to addiction? He didn’t want to think about that at all.

“We’ll deal with it, if he is. Whatever way we need to. We’ve all done stupid shit, and like we’ve all said, he’s a teenage boy. Look at what we all did as teenagers.”

Rooster cleared his throat. “Real freakin’ bad example. You were in juvie, he was in an orphanage, and I was in a camp for wayward teens. That boy upstairs has had a good life since he started calling you ‘dad’. There’s no reason he should throw it all away just because he wants to get bigger muscles. If he is doing that we’ll beat some sense into him and make sure he knows what the side effects are and what the consequences are.”

That was the way real parents did the job, Liam had to remind himself. They didn’t take care of their child’s problem; they disciplined and made sure that the child was aware that they had done wrong. That was something that had never been shown to him, he was always talked down to and never shown the right way. He wanted nothing more than to prove to Drew that there was a right way to do things and you didn’t always have to be the disappointment. “First, let’s figure out what the fuck is going on there. Rooster, let me know what you need to get in. I’ll talk to Bianca, but she might need to share a few things with you, hopefully she can get you past Stacey. I know you’re kinda scared of Stacey,” he snickered.

“That woman told the waiter at the restaurant we went to that her name was Mrs. Brandon Hancock and then signed the ticket that way. I am in no way doing anything with that woman unless I have to.” Rooster slammed his hand down on the table.

“Just remember that if you do have to do something with her, it’s for the sake of my son.” Liam threw him a shit-eating grin.

“Laugh it up, you two. Payback’s a bitch. Just remember that if I do have to get close to that little piranha.”

Chapter Six

R
oni sat down on her couch and breathed a sigh of relief. It had been Rooster’s first day at the shop and she’d been on edge for most of it. Every time he walked towards the office, her body tensed up and her stomach rolled. It wasn’t that she was afraid of him, she was afraid of herself. After he’d cornered her the night before, she’d not been able to do anything but think about him. How they’d been during the summer they’d spent together. It hadn’t mattered to either one of them that she was older than him by a few years, all that mattered was the animal magnetism they had for one another.

“C’mon, Liam’s asleep,” Rooster whispered.

Roni couldn’t believe that he’d conned her brother into letting him sleep over, just so he could spend time with her. “What if we get caught?” she whispered back. It didn’t really matter to her, she was of age, but he was a few months from it. If they got caught, she knew without a doubt his parents would punish her to the full extent of the law. That’s how they were, and that’s why Rooster wanted out so bad.

“We’re not goin’ to get caught. Your brother sleeps like the dead and your dad’s on a run. We’ll be back before he gets back; you and I both know that.”

It was tempting, she loved being alone with him. When they were alone, he was different. He listened to her ideas and didn’t give her shit the way Liam did. He made her feel like she mattered. She was missing so much of that in her life. Old beyond her years, that’s what she’d heard some people call her. Raising Liam since her mom had left had made her miss out on things that other teenagers had done. Rooster was younger than her, but he’d taken her virginity the month prior and she loved him more than she’d ever loved anyone else in her life. She hadn’t told him, she was scared to, but she hoped that he could sense it. “Okay,” she relented. “Let’s go.”

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