Free Burnt: A Bad Boy Romance: Courage MC by Kara Hart

just be that lonely girl in the park, stuck in her books with no ground in reality. Perhaps that was what some people wanted out of life. But after experiencing the things I had seen, I couldn’t turn back now.
    “Yeah. It ain’t gonna’ be easy.” He said, “But I think I know where we can get some money. Hey Pops, you remember that security guard at Northern Sun Bank?”
    “Who? Daryl?” He eagerly took another drag of nicotine, holding it in for as long as he could.
    “Yeah! That’s the guy. He still working there?” He asked him. I was starting to feel suspicious of this plan.
    “What else would the idiot be doin’? ‘Course he’s still there. He’ll be there till he falls over and croaks.” He started laughing, but as the smoke from his cigarette entered his lungs, he couldn’t help but cough loudly. I went to help him, but he motioned me away. “Oh, I’m okay. Just not used to the smoke.” He said.
    “Think he’d do me a favor. For old time’s sake?” Adam said, glaring out the window again.
    His father lowered his tone, took another drag, and eyed him suspiciously. “What you thinking of doing, boy?”
    “Thinking about robbing the place, pops.” He said matter-of-factly. I ran my hands through my short hair.
    “You ever think about telling me anything, Adam?” They both looked at me in silence.
    “The girl’s right, Adam. You ain’t thinking straight. Why don’t we talk about this over din—”
    “I made up my mind on the drive up. It’s what I wanna’ do.” Adam said sternly, eying the closed forest.
    There was a brief silence in the kitchen and I avoided eye contact with both of them completely. I stared at the red chili, stirring with anger. I guess I was just along for the ride. But just then, his father’s words echoed in my head: You gotta’ trust in my son, kid. He ain’t gonna’ let you down. And for the first time in days, I decided to put my faith in the man.
    “You got a plan?” Bruce asked him, taking over the cooking.
    “Sure do.” He muttered.
    “Well then, run it by me. Don’t just sit there.”
    “Alright, alright. But I’m gonna’ need Daryl. If we don’t have him, we’re fucked.”
    “I’ll talk to him. He’s still in that cabin in the woods. After all these years, he’s still living the life of a hermit. I suppose I can relate.” He said, tasting a bit of chili and mumbling, “…needs some more salt…”
    A cool breeze blew in through the window. “We follow a similar plan like last time.” He began speaking. Almost immediately Bruce interrupted him.
    “Are you crazy, boy? The last time didn’t work. Do you remember at all why the gang broke up? It ain’t cause of your entrepreneurship. It was ‘cause the plan backfired. We triggered the god damn alarm inside the vault!” He slammed his fist onto the table. Our glasses shook. “Now, I’m sorry, but I can’t let you do that again. You’ll get yourself jailed. Or worse, you’ll get killed like Hector.”
    “We’re not going to trigger any alarms this time, dammit. I had a guy scope the place out. They’re under construction for the next month and a half. The whole block is closed. No cars can get in or out. Now, I have it on good authority that the vault alarm is disabled for the time being. All we have to do is disable the front alarms, blackout the cameras, and follow the script. We do that, we have 90 seconds to get in and get out. If we can do that, we come out with a couple million greenbacks.” There was a fire in Adam’s eyes. He was determined. I could see that. I just hoped he knew what he was doing.
    “Well, son. I just hope you’re right. I really do. Because if you aren’t, they’ll post you up and hang you from your neck. After all you’ve stole, sold, and killed, the public won’t give a damn if they burn you alive.”
    “Yeah, I know it. But I have to try. For Rose’s sake. I gotta’ do it for Rose.” He looked at me. I reached my hand out for him