Beginning of Forever (Heaven Hill #7) by Laramie Briscoe Read Free Book Online Page A

proud of her son for a moment and then remembered why Mandy had left so quickly. “You know how they get when they’re with their friends. I’m sure she’ll come home tomorrow and all will be well, but he does owe her an apology.”
    An alarm went off, and Liam pulled his phone out of his pocket. “I gotta be goin’. You be careful and lock up. Drew’s staying in tonight, I asked him if he would.”
    “You know I can take care of myself, just like Mer can.”
    Liam nodded. “I know, and Tyler knows, but it gives us piece of mind to know that there’s people with you two. Humor us.”
    “Love you.” She laughed as he walked out of the door, yelling it back at her.
    If someone had told her years ago this was how her life was going to be, she would have said they were lying, but she wouldn’t trade this for anything in the world.
    *
    “Did Mandy make it over to your place alright?” Liam asked Tyler as he made his way into the garage to get his bike.
    Tyler nodded, blowing smoke away from the group that was gathered. “She did.”
    “Mer’s got her hands full tonight ’cause baby girl is pissed.” He recounted the story to Tyler, who shook his head, a smirk on his face.
    “Those boys will learn. It might take them a while, just like it took us a while, but they will learn.”
    Liam shook his head too, knowing that it was going to take something big, but he knew they would indeed learn. He just hoped he wasn’t dealing with a group of teenagers all with broken hearts by the time school started in four weeks. “Is everybody here?”
    He took a head count, making sure he had Jagger, Tyler, Layne, and himself.
    “Where are we goin’?” Jagger asked as he put leather gloves over his bare hands. He was nothing if not safe at all times when he was on his bike. He was one of the few that now wore a closed faced helmet while on runs.
    “Up north.” Liam pulled some papers out of his saddle bag. “There’s a truck heading from here to Upton and stopping at the garage. He’s going to have an issue while he’s there. Our job is to make sure it gets from Bowling Green to Upton in one piece. We’ll pick it up over on Duntov Way as it comes from the parts manufacturing plant.”
    If anyone was curious as to what that truck held or why they were having to escort it, no one said. It would be a quick in-and-out job, and hopefully they’d be back in a few hours.
    “Are we expecting trouble?” Layne asked as he checked the chamber of his gun.
    “I’m not expecting it, but this same trucking company lost a trailer two weeks ago. That’s why they asked if we could escort.”
    That was all they needed to know. They would be alert, they would stay tight to the truck, and they would get it there in one piece and they would all come back in one piece.
    “What about cops?” Tyler asked as he put his helmet on.
    “Rooster called in some favors. They normally sit at the Hart County line, but tonight it’s clear sailing. We’ll have to deal with state boys on our own if they show up, but I’m not expecting anything. We’re starting late enough that we’ll be under the cover of dark in less than fifteen minutes. By the time we hit the interstate, we should be good.”
    Should. There was always a question as to whether they would be, and they all knew it, but that was a game they all played.
    *
    “So how long have you been seeing Dalton?” Meredith asked Mandy. She’d fixed the two of them some ice cream sundaes, and they were now both settled on the couch.
    “Not long,” Mandy admitted as she scrapped some of the chocolate sauce from her bowl. “But I’ve known him as long as I’ve known Layla, which means since mom brought us here. He’s always been a pain in my behind, but I dunno, he did something incredibly nice for me, and I started to see him differently.” She shrugged, her face going pink.
    “I’m a sucker for a romantic man. What did he do?” Meredith knew it was none of her business, but