Free Diego: Leatherbacks MC by Heather West Page B

off.”
     
    “So Backbone was stealing from the club?  I thought a gang took him down?”
     
    “Yeah, the Cobras down in central.  I don’t know the details, but I know it was tied into missing money from here.”
     
    “That seems weird that another group would be the ones to punish him for something he was doing here.”
     
    “Honey, you hang around here enough and you won’t think anything is strange anymore.  I’ve seen more stuff than you could ever imagine.  Things ain’t always like they seem.”
     
    “I guess not.”
     
    I poured him another drink as I continued to nurse mine, now up to about a half glass to every three of his.  We had already been through one bottle and I’d had to go get a second.  How someone could drink like that and still be talking, I didn’t know, but he was hanging in there.  Of course, it didn’t seem he had to be too very drunk to run his mouth anyway.
     
    “What is going on over here?”
     
    I turned to see Dio looming over me, just as dark and foreboding as he could be when he wanted.  I was surprised that he had decided to grace me with his presence after so many days.  Perhaps he was just as jealous as I thought he might be with me flirting with Micah.  It certainly seemed that way anyway.
     
    “Nothing.  Just having a conversation with Micah.”
     
    “What are you doing out on the floor?  I thought we had you only working the bar?”
     
    “I’m just filling in for Tabitha.  She had to go out of town.”
     
    “I’m pretty sure we could do without one coked out whore for just a few nights without you filling her shoes.”
     
    “Well, I said I would do it and so here I am.”
     
    “You watch yourself, Ana.”
     
    “Watch myself?  I’m just working, Dio.  Isn’t that what you pay me to do?”
     
    “Yeah, behind the bar.”
     
    “I’ll be back behind there soon enough.”
     
    “See to it that you are and stay out of trouble while you are out here.  If you can’t just do the job I ask you to do without going off on your own little whims of what you prefer to be doing, then there won’t be a place for you here.  I’ve already told you once that I’m not someone you want to fuck with.”
     
    I tried not to visibly flinch at how cold he was being to me, but it was a little hard to take.  I forced myself to focus on the bigger picture instead.  Faced with the risk of getting kicked out of the casino, I decided to tone down my defiance a bit and appease him.  He was being an asshole, but then again, it was my fault for expecting him to be anything but that given his reputation.
     
    “I understand.  I’ll watch my step.”
     
    “I’ll be watching it too.”
     
    He turned as someone across the casino called out to him.  I watched as he began walking in their direction, leaving me alone with Micah, who had sat quietly listening in a drunken stupor.
     
    “You shouldn’t piss off the boss, little lady.  He’s got a mean streak a mile wide.”
     
    “He’ll be fine, I’m sure.”
     
    “You’ve got some real spunk.  I like that.”
     
    “Well, thanks.  I think.”
     
    “Got some real nice tits too.  I’d like to get a much better view of them.”
     
    “I don’t know about all that now.”
     
    “I do.  Come on up to my room with me and let’s see just how perky those puppies are.”
     
    “I can’t do that, Micah.  You know Dio won’t be happy about it.”
     
    “So, you’re just a fucking cock tease, then?  Sitting here all night letting me look down your shirt and batting your eyelashes at me, but when it comes time to seal the deal, you are suddenly fucking Pollyanna?  What bullshit!”
     
    “Micah.  There’s no need to get ugly about it.  I thought we were just having a decent conversation.”
     
    “Fuck conversation.  I want to get my dick wet in that sweet little pussy of yours.”
     
    “That isn’t going to happen, Micah.  Look, I’m going to go and let you finish your