Shine (Kentucky Outlaw Book 1) by Rayna Bishop Read Free Book Online

a rage.   He howled and came after Julie.   She was turning to run back to her car when the man went tumbling to the ground.   Standing above the man was Ethan Dalton.

    “Kenny Salo,” said Ethan.   “You drunk?   It’s the middle of the afternoon.”

    “I ain’t taking no shit off you, Dalton.   This here don’t concern you.”

    “I’m making it my concern,” said Ethan.

    Kenny Salo started picking himself up, but considering his state, he didn’t do a very good job of it.   “Where the hell you been anyway?   I thought you moved to Canada or some such shit.”

    “I didn’t go anywhere.   I’ve been living in your trunk for two years.”

    Kenny’s mouth hung open and he looked from Ethan to his truck and back.   “You’re a damn liar.   I just bought that truck last month.”

    “Jesus Christ, Salo, I wasn’t serious.”

    Kenny brushed himself off and said, “Yeah, well, you best stay out of my way.   I got a gun, you hear?”   He stumbled to his truck, opened the driver’s door and got inside, but the engine stayed quiet.

    “Hope he sleeps that off before he tries to go anywhere.   You OK?”

    “Yeah, I’m fine,” Julie said briskly.

    “It’s good to see you again,” said Ethan, trying to strike up some kind of conversation, but Julie wasn’t having it.   She wasn’t getting involved with the Daltons, even if Nick had been friends with this one.

    “Yeah, sure,” she said and without another word she walked back to her car.   She could see Ethan in the reflection of her window, looking at her, wanting to say more, but he turned back to the bar and walked in.   Julie didn’t know what Ethan Dalton was doing at Traxler’s, but she knew that nothing good came of the place.  

    The sound of the pickup truck starting up made her forget all about Ethan.   She watched Kenny pull the big truck out of the parking lot and onto Budd Road.   Kenny’s license plate read KY GNGSTA.   Julie rolled her eyes and made a last minute decision to follow.  

    It was tough, she didn’t want to follow too closely and give herself away, but Kenny drove fast and took a lot of corners.   They went through a few back roads, but ended up driving through town.   Kenny drove pass Crossroads, through the small furniture district, and towards the hill where Julie lived.   Kenny kept driving up the hill that would eventually lead to the Prescott house.   She was sure it was a coincidence but every time he came to a split in the road where he could go a different direction, he always chose the direction that led to Julie’s.   She checked her pocket to make sure her phone was where it was supposed to be.   She didn’t know what was going on, but if this guy was heading towards her house she was going to be on the phone with Austin in a heartbeat.  

    Kenny rolled up to the last stop sign before Julie’s.   If he turned right he would be at her driveway in a under a minute, but instead he turned left and led her right to the Butler house instead.  

    He rolled to a slow stop, and sat at the entrance to the driveway.   Before going around the bend and catching up with him, Julie pulled her car to the side of the road. She was pretty sure Kenny wouldn’t spot her between the curve in the road and the trees.   She could only see the back of his truck, so she got out of the car and silently made her way past the trees.   She stopped suddenly when she say that Kenny had also gotten out of his car and was standing at the bottom of the driveway.   Unlike Julie’s house, Nicky’s home didn’t have a gate.   There was nothing to keep Kenny from going up the drive if he wanted, but he stayed put, his only movement his drunken sway, staring at the big house.  

    She watched him for five full minutes.   He didn’t seem angry, not from what Julie could tell anyway.   He just looked at the place the way a child might look at a toy in a store window.   Finally, he got back in the