Harley's Choice by Shaelin Ferra Read Free Book Online

constantly surrounded by people who wanted
things from me and the media always getting in my way, I could
never escape. Then I was checking my email one day and along the
bottom of the screen was an article about how my girlfriend at the
time was pregnant and I was the father. Needless to say I was
pissed. I mean we’d had but one date, with no sex. So I asked her
if she heard about and she just said ‘sit back and enjoy the
publicity, isn’t that what your manager wants?’ I hung up on her
and changed all my numbers and found an obscene amount of land in
North Carolina and commissioned a house built.”
    “When I heard what he was doing I knew I had
to go with him. There was no way he was leaving me in LA to face
the vultures by myself. They knew we were best friends and they
were already starting to divulge into my back ground and everyday
getting closer to the truth.” Kyle smiled at me and let Carson
finish the story. I could see there was more to his story, but I
waited for Carson to finish his.
    “So I had a house built. I used my real name
on all the documents, because the one thing I was able to do was
keep my real self out of the lime light. It seemed to work, for a
while. But then I had to get my possessions out. The media started
speculating about the movers I first hired. So I fired them and
Kyle and I devised a plan.
    I went out and bought a new car, well a
truck really and we started, under the cover of darkness, moving my
things into a series of PODS parked at his house. It took a full
month before I had what I wanted to take loaded, and then we
cleared out Kyle’s house. It took another week to get everything
together.
    I sold my truck, and didn’t buy another one.
The media had a field day with this tidbit. I simply rented a car
for the few days I had left in this town. Then one day I drove it
into the return lot and got into Kyle’s car and we drove straight
through to North Carolina.” I watched as he stretched out longer on
the bed causing saliva to fill my mouth. I swallowed.
    “Finally I called my manager somewhere in
New Mexico and told him he was fired and that I quit the business
and I would send his final payment.” He leveled a look at me. “So
you see until this weekend neither one of us have been back, that’s
why they call him a recluse and I’ve tried very hard not to be
spotted. I’ve done alright, there were a few time when we first got
to North Carolina, before my appearance changed but other than that
we haven’t been spotted.”
    “Oh my belladonna! You mean you two came out
of hiding to see me?” I kicked him off the bed with my feet and
jumped up and stood accusingly. Hands on hips and feet planted
shoulder width apart. I was moved, touched, and angry at the same
time. “Oh, why would you do that? You should have just sent a
note.” That way I wouldn’t have come at all. I thought it but
didn’t say it.
    “Hars calm down!” Carson had jumped up off
the floor not even a second after I had kicked him off the bed,
letting me know he’s had plenty of training in self-defense. I
watched him glance at Kyle with a bit of confusion in his eyes and
approached me cautiously and wrapped me in his arms. “We made a
promise Hars and we stood by it.”
    Kyle snuggled up to my back. “He’s right
kitten…we wouldn’t have left you here to fend off the bitch without
proper back-up.” His arms came around my waist and I was suddenly
very content and felt I was where I belonged, and all anger fled by
the way side. We stood like this for a few minutes before my phone
rang out ‘Hells Bells’. We all jumped apart accusingly and I jumped
for my phone.
    “What!” I was still angry after Carson’s
confession, but more so over the interruption to the ‘me’ sandwich
that was warming me to my toes.
    “Now, now, be nice.”
    “That was,” I looked back to the guys and
took a deep breath as I watched them get settled on the bed again.
“I’m sorry what?” I said when I