The Last Riders - First Four Votes by Jamie Begley Read Free Book Online Page B

couple of hours, which definitely softened the blow.
    “Well, I don’t want to deprive anyone of their education.”
    “We both would appreciate it.”
    “Okay then, what did you have in mind?”
    “A little of this and a little of that. Go pack in the groceries while I start a load of laundry.”
    By the time Beth finished three hours later, she left behind a stupefied Ton standing in his clean living room that smelled of the sweet scent from the laundry. She completely cleaned his entire home, including fresh sheets and blankets on his bed. His still wet, freshly washed hair had not even been spared; she had firmly sat him down at the table, taking scissors and a comb to it until he looked better than he had in several weeks.
    Beth returned to town, picking up groceries for two other clients, plus the additional ones Mrs. Langley had requested to be purchased. She then rushed to meet her at the diner next to the beauty salon where Mrs. Langley was to have had lunch with a friend until Beth’s return.
    After dropping the beautified Mrs. Langley at home, Beth had three more clients to see before she could call it a day. Each client had their own set of chores that needed to be completed, plus several that were spur of the moment requests. She always tried to do the additional items if at all possible, not wrapping up her day until late. When she finally arrived home, she found Lily doing homework. She ate a quick dinner and headed for bed, already dreading the work that was looming during the coming week.
    By the time Friday arrived, Beth was exhausted. After putting Lily on the church bus with a caution to be careful and a tearful hug, she watched the bus drive off before going home to take a nap. She woke a couple of hours before Razer was due to pick her up, took a long shower and then blow dried her hair before putting on light make-up and getting dressed in jeans along with a pretty red top that softly clung to her full breasts. This time, Beth was ready when Razer knocked on time.
    “You look great. Ready?”
    “Yes.” Beth removed a jacket from the closet and followed Razer out to where Razer’s motorcycle was parked.
    Beth felt more comfortable getting on the bike now, and sliding her arms tightly around Razer. She was excited to see where he lived, but nervous about meeting his friends. She had never put herself in this position. Even in college, what few parties she had attended had been with the one or two girlfriends she had made who hadn’t minded her straight laced ways. Just once, Beth wanted to be reckless, to live as other women did and not hear her father’s sermons in her mind about what others considered normal. How could she teach Lily freedom if she wasn’t willing to find it for herself?
    Beth was shocked when Razer pulled up and parked. She got off the bike, staring. “You guys are staying at Stolmes factory?”
    The factory had been built four years ago when the economically depressed area had tried desperately to find work for the people in Treepoint. A businessman, Gavin Stolmes, had come to town and bought a huge amount of property that everyone considered useless. It had been over forested, steep and rocky. It wasn’t even a particularly pretty piece of land. The saving grace about the property was that it was a large acreage and that had been the selling point to Stolmes. He and his private investors, which included several of the local businessmen, had put up the money and built the factory in record time. The factory was completed and the machinery had been ordered, but it never arrived. Stunned, the investors discovered that Stolmes had left town without a word, taking the two million needed to buy the machines to build the equipment that the plant had been laid out to build. There even had been a bed and breakfast built next to the factory to house the buyers when they visited and it easily held the group of Razer’s associates.
    “Yeah.”
    The house was lit up inside and