PowerShift: Skid Row Kings Series, #2 by Winter Travers Read Free Book Online

winked at me and then climbed into the truck and shut the door. He rolled down the window and leaned out. “Don’t worry, Scarlett.” He shifted the massive truck into drive, pulled away from the curb and managed to turn the truck around all while Mitch had a huge grin on his face and I could hear Levi laughing and shouting. Mitch waved to me when they drove by, and I managed to give a lame wave, then they were gone.
    I reached into my pocket and pulled out the keys to my new car. I had a new car. Holy hell. This was not at all how I had pictured the day going. Levi spending the day with Mitch and I was driving my awesome new car to work.
    I opened the door to the car, tossed my purse into the passenger seat and slid behind the wheel. My hands caressed the steering wheel, and I couldn’t help but squeal as I realized this was my car. As I turned the key, the motor purred to life and didn’t rev out of control like my last car. I was in absolute heaven just sitting here.
    Things were changing. Slowly but surely I was starting to see the end of a long, shitty tunnel I had been traveling down the past five years. It was time to reach the end of that damn tunnel and claim the life that Levi and I both deserved.
    But first, I had to go to work.
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Chapter 7
     
    Mitch
     
    “It’s about fucking time your ass got back here,” Kurt called as I walked into the front office with Levi following close behind. He had been talking nonstop the whole ride here, but now that we were out of the truck he had clammed up and was sticking to me like glue.
    “Knock the swearing off,” I growled. Levi held onto my leg and peeked to look at Kurt.
    “Holy shit, that’s a kid,” Kurt cursed and jumped up from his stool behind the counter.
    “His name is Levi and the next time you swear I knock your head off.”
    Kurt looked at Levi and me, confused as hell. “You left here to drop off a car and come back with a kid. I have to say you got the short end of the stick on that one.”
    “His mom is the one I dropped the car off to. She had to run to work, and I offered to watch Levi for her.” Levi gripped my leg even tighter, and I knew Kurt was making him feel uncomfortable. “Say hi to Levi and then order pizza for lunch.”
    Kurt nodded his head, finally realizing he was scaring the kid. “What’s up, little dude? I’m Kurt. The younger and more attractive brother.”
    Levi giggled but didn’t let go of my leg. “Order pizza, get your head out of your a- butt, and I’m going to show Levi the shop.”
    Kurt pulled out his cell phone as Levi and I walked into the shop and saw Leelee working on Luke’s smashed up car. “Whoa, what happened to that car?”
    Leelee looked up at Levi’s words and leaned back from the car. “Hey.”
    “Levi, this is Leelee. She helps fix all the cars.”
    Leelee walked over to us and kneeled in front of Levi. “Your mama is Scarlett, right, buddy?” Thank God someone listened around here. I had told both Kurt and Leelee about Scarlett and Levi, but it seemed that only Leelee remembered. Levi nodded his head. “You wanna see what I’m doing to the car? I need to get all of the smashed up parts off so Luke knows what new ones he needs to order.”
    “You know how to work on cars? You’re like, a girl.”
    A huge smile spread across Leelee’s lips, and she threw her head back, laughing. “I most definitely am a girl, but I know more about cars than any of these guys.”
    “Really, even Mitch?”
    “Well, maybe not Mitch and Luke, but definitely Kurt.”
    “My mama doesn’t know anything about cars.” I snorted at Levi’s randomness and his outing of his mom.
    “That’s OK. I bet she knows lots of stuff I don’t know. You wanna come see the car?” She stood up, holding her hand out to Levi.
    He looked up at me, unsure. “I’ll be right here, bud.”
    “How about Mitch comes over and looks with us. You and I can take the parts off, and Mitch can make the list for