Sin & Savage (31 page)
Authors: Anna Mara
Chapter 70
Monday – 1:46 p.m.
Las Vegas Airport
Nana and Joe
sat across from Savage and Tori in the departure lounge.
The older woman turned to her fiancé and smiled. “It’s so beautiful, isn’t it, Joe? Look how much they love each other.”
Matt and Tori had their arms around each other, kissing and putting on a public display of affection that had caught the eye of many a traveler in the busy airport.
Joe nodded. “Your tingle is never wrong, Estelle.”
“I know.” She reached into her purse for a tissue to dab at her wet eyes. “What can I say? I’m amazing.”
Joe leaned over and gave her a quick peck on her cheek. “I’m glad you’ll be staying in Vegas with me until we get married, sweetie.”
She nodded. “Tori will be coming back for a weekend visit in a couple of weeks’ time anyway, and then before you know it, she’ll be moving here with her new husband permanently. To think that my beautiful grandbaby and I will be living here together, in a town full of slot machines—well, the joy that all gives me—it’s almost too much for an old woman like me to bear!”
* * *
Tori pulled away from Savage and giggled. They were sitting side-by-side on the airport lounge seats and her husband had his arm around her.
“We’re putting on quite a show for the public, Mr. Monroe,” she chirped.
Savage frowned. “I’m going to be wifeless for two weeks, so in the words of your smart grandmother, fuck ’em all!”
Tori laughed. “It’s too bad you can’t come back to Gideon with me until July.”
“I know, baby, but we have to start building that case against the rest of those asshole bikers who didn’t get their heads blown off. I can’t let Hank and the guys down. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay, sweetie. We’ll be together soon enough.”
“Yeah, but I’m gonna miss you like crazy until then.” He leaned in to taste her soft lips once again.
Nana and Joe continued to look on, proud grins splashed across both of their faces.
Epilogue
Tuesday – 8:30 a.m.
Bradford Elementary School, Gideon, Texas
Tori sat at
her desk inside the empty classroom, waiting for her kids to arrive. She had just gotten off the phone with her husband, wanting to make sure that he was all right, especially as he was still recuperating from his injuries. He was, but he missed her like mad, he’d told her.
A secret smile played across her lips as she fingered the gold wedding band on her left hand.
Her friend and fellow schoolteacher, Cassie Platte entered. “Hey there you, I tried calling you this weekend but you didn’t pick up. Were you enjoying that boring bathtub of yours, Bonnie Bell?” she prattled, referring to Gideon’s pious nun.
Tori grinned. “Something like that, I guess.”
“Well, the girls and I ended up going to Splay’s after all. We met these really cute guys. The place was incredible and so much fun! I’m telling you, Tori, next weekend, we’ve decided that we’re dragging you there, kicking and screaming if we have to, but you’re coming with us. You’ve just got to get some excitement in your life again, girl!”
“You think?”
Cassie nodded. “Sure, your life is way too boring. How was that stupid bathtub anyway?”
Tori’s eyes glinted with mischief as she held up her left hand, showing off her new wedding ring. “Actually Cassie, I didn’t end up soaking in that old tub after all. I went to Las Vegas and eloped with a Son of Perdition outlaw biker. What do you think about that?”
Cassie’s eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped open, as she stared at the wedding band on her friend’s finger. “Victoria Alexandra Jones—what the fuck?” she screamed, her voice reverberating into the hallway that was filled with kids.
Tori burst out laughing. Wait until her friends heard the whole story!
THE END
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Copyright
SIN & SAVAGE
Copyright © 2013 by Anna Mara. All rights reserved.
ISBN # 978-0-9878045-1-8
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, graphic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the author or publisher.
Edition: December 2013
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