Free Nomads' Fall: Burning Bastards MC by Ryder Dane Page A

George started to speak. “I have nothing to say to you, I appreciate what you did for me, but I will never play at being a beaten down ‘yes Master’ type of woman, I am as good as you, and won’t be treated like I have no brains. Get out, you’re giving me a headache.” Georgie wasn’t moving and she arched her brow at him. “Okay, you want to be an asshole? I’ll show you an asshole.”
    She reached for the phone beside the bed and dialed a number. “Hi, sweetie, can you come pick me up at the Hospital? I might have a friend with me, you’re gonna love her, she’s the one that caught your rat last night.” She held the phone away from her ear to keep her eardrum from being broken at the scream from the other end of the line.
    Georgie shook his head and left the room. The security guard followed him from the room. Knight stayed until the call was completed.
    “You know he’s in love with you right? Finding you laid out on that rock last night scared the hell out of him. He’s a good man, be sure you know what you’re throwing away here, lady.”
    Gladys was barely holding her shit together and didn’t need to have him giving her a guilt trip right now. “A good man? Yes, he’s a good man, a good man to have at your back, especially if he’s backing up one of his Bastards brothers. You say he loves me, but what he said to me wasn’t love words. He told me that he was going to beat my ass if he ever saw another gun in my hand that he didn’t put there. My place is in my house where I’ll be safe and he’ll do the protection thing. Do you know something? I’m forty-one years old and never, not once, have I been treated with so little respect, even in the Middle East. So fuck him very much, I don’t need his version of love.”
    She gathered her clothing to change, “Would you ask Jolly to come up here please? Future is picking us up and we won’t be bothering you or the club again if I can help it.”
    He stared at her wondering what to say to make her understand. She ignored him, and went into the bathroom.
    He made his way down the hallway and saw a pretty brunette that reminded him of the woman brought in with Demon last night.
    Barbara Collier’s room was in ICU. They refused to allow him to see her, but when he saw the kid sitting in the waiting room with an older woman, the little boy was too recognizable to ignore. One of the brothers had some explaining to do. There was a rule the club adhered to, and it was that you never abandoned your kid. This kid looked to be about five or so, and Knight knew that it was his mother lying in ICU. Barbara was the only patient in the small ward.
    He left the hospital and saw Jolly sitting under the only tree in the parking lot. “Gladys asked me to tell you she needs you up in her room, she called someone to take you both back to the campground.”
    She stood and politely held her hand out to shake his. “Thank you for staying with me and breakfast and bringing me here.”
    Fuck this . He pulled her to him and laid his lips on hers, pushing his tongue inside her open lips until he had her cooperation in the kiss. He let her go and walked away.
    He was halfway to the clubhouse when Future sped past him heading to town. That was another bad luck for someone story. Had anyone told Future how Dorsey came into their hands? What the hell was happening around here anyway?
    *****
    Knight parked in front of the building and looked at the bikes lined up. The bike he wanted to see there was parked next to Big Dog’s hog. He walked in and stepped up to the bar. He downed the beer that was put in front of him and looked around the room. “I need to have a word with Fuller, got any idea where I can find him?”
    “I think he’s out back with Big D. They said something about looking at plans for a new place in town. How’s Demon?”
    “Demon is flying high on the painkillers and his nurse has his number, she’ll keep his big ass in line.” He grinned and took