Free Duke (Aces MC Series Book 2) by Aimee-Louise Foster

in a twist! Duke has no one to confide in apart from
myself and Amy. He sometimes needs to get things off his chest. You’d be
surprised by what we know.”
I laughed shaking my head at the realisation. It was club rules not to share
information but we all needed to vent frustration and anger from time to time
and it was usually the old ladies that had that pleasure. In Duke’s case, I
suppose Savannah and Amy were the closest he had to an old lady.
“I’ve never seen him like this Bear!”
I shook my head. I knew the visit from Rev annoyed him but that shouldn’t make
him want to drown his sorrows. Maybe it was the combination of Jimmy, Rev and
the up and coming drugs deal that had set him off?
“Before he passed out he said something about it not mattering coz she probably
wouldn’t talk to him again anyway. Who do you think he was referring too?”
I knew exactly who he was talking about, “Taylor.” I said bluntly.
    I got the prospects to move Duke to the van, this took a
while because of his shear weight and we had to ask some of the security at the
club to give us a hand. They had direct instructions to take him to the club
house where he could be put in to bed with the help of some of the brothers at
Jimmy’s wake. I would make my own way home after I’d spoken to Taylor, probably
using Duke’s motorcycle. He’d go fucking mad as he didn’t let anyone on his
ride but it was justified and I’d take the repercussions.
    Taylor’s mobile number was easy to get hold of from Natasha,
the manager of the club. I dialled the number hoping that she’d be available as
I needed to find out what we were up against. She thankfully answered on the
third ring.
“Hello!” A sleepy Taylor answered the phone.
“Taylor, its Bear,” the line stayed silent, “Sorry it’s late but I need to ask
you a few questions.” I said hopefully.
“Don’t you own a fucking watch?”
I sniggered which was probably the wrong thing to do but she had a smart mouth
which I found amusing.
“Hurry up, what do you want to ask me?” her clipped tone told me this wasn’t
gonna be easy.
“What’s the state of play between you and Duke?” If I could find out if they
were seeing each other it may shed some light on the situation.
“That’s none of your fucking business and I don’t appreciate you calling me in
the middle of the fucking night asking me stupid questions about him.” The line
went dead.
I turned to Savannah pouring myself a drink, “Well I can safely say that
they’re not an item.” Savannah shook her head in disbelief, “You men haven’t
got a fucking clue!”
    Taylor
    What the fuck just happened? Did Bear really just call me
in the middle of the night to ask what I was doing with Duke? Should I have
told him that he scored two home runs then bailed on me in the middle of the
night?
I got up out of bed and put on my dressing gown before going downstairs to make
a cup of tea. Tea made me feel better in a crisis. I sat at the kitchen table
when my phone bleeped indicating I had a text.
    Hi Taylor, it’s Amy. Sorry that Andy (Bear) didn’t
handle the conversation well. Men! LOL
    A little confused as to why he contacted me in the
first place? T
    Mitchell’s been acting strangely!
    What’s new! LOL
    He’s not acting himself and the guys are worried
    Not being funny but what’s this gotta do with me Amy?
T
    That’s what we’re trying 2 find out. What happened
Sunday evening?
    We shagged twice, he left before I woke. T
    That good! LOL
    Dented the ego but I’ll get over it. T
    I’m even more confused. No big fight or fall out?
    No. Perfectly normal one night stand! T
    Well thanx Taylor. Sorry to bother you but the guys
asked me 2 make contact. Pop in tomorrow 4 a chat. X
    I’ll try. Night x
    Good night x
    Could this night get any stranger? Looking at the
clock I could see that it was now just after 2.00am which meant it would be
9.00pm in New York, so I decided to take my tea into the living room and call
my