Black Sheep (Rawkfist MC Book 1) by Bijou Hunter Read Free Book Online

chops, Rick,” she says, giving him an anxious smile.
    “They care
about their mother. That’s a good thing.”
    “What’s that
noise?” Poppy asks.
    We all stop and
listen, but the only sounds are the TV quietly playing Property Brothers and Hal snoring on the couch.
    “He’s a
horrible guard dog,” I mumble.
    “Honey, I don’t
hear anything,” Christine says to Poppy.
    “Wait for it.”
    “Wait for
what?”
    Poppy shrugs,
and Christine gives her an angry mom look.
    Rick looks
ready to bolt. “If tonight isn't good for you, we can reschedule.”
    “No, everything
is fine. The girls are bored, and this is their entertainment. We should…”
    Christine’s
voice trails off as the sound of an approaching Harley grows louder. Her eyes
widen, and the angry mom look shifts into rage mode.
    “Wasn’t me,” I
immediately say. “Could be Journey. She’s a troublemaker.”
    “Thanks, turd muncher,
but it wasn’t me either.”
    Christine
focuses on Poppy, who shrugs. “I must have butt-dialed him.”
    “Rick, I’m
going to take you up on your offer to reschedule,” Christine says, hurrying him
off the porch and to his car. “My ex is on his way. He isn’t dangerous or
anything, but it’ll be awkward.”
    “Not dangerous,”
Journey mutters, wearing a grin as we follow Christine off of the porch.
    “Is everything
okay?” Rick asks.
    “Yes, he’s fine.
Everything’s fine. I’ll call you. I promise.”
    Rick opens his
mouth to say something, but Christine hears the approaching Harley and nearly
shoves her loser date into his car. Hurrying back to where we stand, she’s
pissed.
    “Why did you
call him?” Christine demands from Poppy. “What were you thinking?”
    “You left my
father, and I’m acting out.”
    Christine
narrows her eyes. “Bullshit.”
    “Prove it.”
    “I’m…”
Christine stops short when Rick’s car passes Jared’s arriving Harley. “Crap.”
    Hurrying into
the house, she holds the doorknob and waits for us to trail inside so she can
shut the door on her ex. Poppy decides to stare at the moon while Journey rests
in the doorjamb.
    “Ladies!”
Christine cries, begging us to get our asses in the house.
    “Look, Mom,
it’s Dad,” I announce to be obnoxious. Hugging her, I smile. “You didn’t like
that dud, did you?”
    “No, but I need
to get back out into the dating scene.”
    “Dad’s single.”
    “No, he’s not.
He’s dating a woman named Tina.”
    Frowning, I
look at Jared climb off his Harley. “I did not know that.”
    “Well, now you
do. Get your sisters into the house so…”
    Christine
trails off again as Jared strolls up the steps and smiles at her. “Hello,
Christine.”
    The five us of
share a wonderfully emotional moment where Journey smiles like Jared, Poppy
glares at everyone because she’s a psycho bitch, I wonder about this Tina hussy,
and Christine loses the ability to blink.
    “You texted
about an emergency,” Jared says to Poppy.
    “My butt texted
that. I remained willfully ignorant.”
    Jared once
again realizes talking to Poppy is a dead-end. He directs his attention on his
ex-wife, who is doing an extraordinary impression of a mannequin.
    “Are you okay?”
Jared asks Christine.
    Her blue eyes
remain frozen as we all stare at her staring at him.
    “Great job,
Dad. Your raw animal magnetism broke her,” Journey says, patting his shoulder.
    I take
Christine’s hand and pull her away from the front door and down the hall to her
bedroom. Once she’s shoved into the bedroom with the door shut, I return to
where Jared stands confused.
    “Who’s Tina?” I
ask.
    “Is your mom
all right?”
    “She was going
on a date, and you showed up and scared him off.”
    Jared glances
at Poppy, who is now curled up on the floor watching TV with Thelma.
    “I didn’t know
about the date.”
    “Are you okay
with that?” Journey asks.
    Shoving his
hands in his pockets like a disinterested kid, he says, “Your mom is free to do
what she