nightmare.”
“You haven’t heard anything from her at all?”
“Not for weeks. Not a word. She used to call me every day, ever since she moved into her own apartment. One day she just…didn’t call. And then the next day. By that time, I’d gone to the police. They weren’t too worried. And then…” She trailed off.
“And then?”
Kat looked nervous, now. “And then I mentioned your club.”
“Oh, thanks a lot.” I knew she would have. If she knew her sister was hooked up with one of our members, she would have mentioned it right away. Why not? We were a bunch of criminals. She jumped to the conclusion that we must have had something to do with it. I couldn’t blame her, even though it irked the hell out of me.
“I had to say something. The police needed to know everyone Sabrina had been spending time with, and I knew she’d been running around with one of your guys. And don’t tell me the club didn’t have something to do with it. I won’t believe it. My sister is a good, sweet girl. She’s smart, and she has a future ahead of her. She was never depressed, she never touched drugs and didn’t drink—as far as I knew, anyway. And if she started without me knowing about it, it was you who got her into it.”
“Me?”
“Not you in particular, but the club. How the hell she got hooked up with you, I’ll never know. God knows I tried to get her away…”
How did anyone get hooked up with us? That was a good question. They heard about us. A friend was involved. Or a friend of a friend, or a cousin. Somebody vouched for them. But I didn’t know how Sabrina found her way to us. I didn’t know her well enough.
There was something I had to know, but the way I asked would be important. “Did you…know who she was with? Like, was there a certain guy?”
She looked at me, blinking a few times. I didn’t want her to know I knew who Sabrina had been with. I got a feeling she didn’t believe me.
“I don’t know,” she said. “Sabrina would never tell me his name.”
I was relieved. I had that on my side, at least. If she knew it was Thorn…well, Thorn wasn’t a common name. The cops would go right for him. That would be the end of everything.
“I don’t think I ever saw her with anyone special,” I lied. “She just sort of hung around. And I never saw her do anything, like…bad.” I felt stupid saying it, but that much was true. “Like drugs or anything. You don’t have to worry about that.” I felt like I had to give her a little bit of peace. I didn’t know why I felt that way. I didn’t normally care if a person was happy or sad, upset, peaceful, or what. I took care of myself. But this girl…she seemed so honest and sincere. She didn’t have any secret agenda. She loved her sister enough to walk into a pretty threatening place and stare me down like it didn’t mean anything to her. She was like a mama bear. I had to give her a lot of credit for that.
“Thank you for telling me,” she said. She was shaking, and the tremble in her voice made her sound like a little girl.
I felt sorry for her. Before I could stop myself, I reached for her and touched her hand.
She looked surprised, but she didn’t push me away. Her skin was smooth and soft. When she turned her head to look at me again, I saw the tears in her eyes. She was just about to cry. I didn’t know what to do, so I did the first thing that came to mind. I took her face in my other hand and kissed her.
This kiss wasn’t the same as the first one. I wasn’t screwing with her now. I was gentler. And she didn’t try to push me away this time. After a few seconds of surprise, she leaned into me and started kissing me back. When I licked her lips with the tip of my tongue, she sighed and opened her mouth for me.
It wasn’t long before things heated up. I couldn’t keep my hands off that body, and she didn’t stop me. I ran a hand up her leg, to her thigh, then her ass. I groaned when I touched her, my dick