Free Tommy Rich: Defendes MC Series Book 7 (Defenders MC Series) by Amanda Anderson Page A

Even easygoing Tim was suffering from a foul mood by the time he got back.
    Nothing was going the way it should.
    They closed the office to patience at six and plopped down in chairs to give out candy to the trick or treaters.  Nancy left to be with her children.  Tim let go of his frustrations and put a pair of vampire teeth in his mouth.  He was a lot of fun and the kids seemed to love him.  Missy laughed as she watched two little boys race around like super heroes.  Only Nina seemed reserved.  Dr. Bower seemed to think she was shy, but Mina felt Nina’s eyes watching her as she talked to the children.  It was as if she were studying her.  Before Mina left she watched as Nina step up to take her place.  Her mannerisms had changed.  She even held her head the way Mina did.  It was so creepy that Mina shivered.  Something about that woman made her skin crawl.
    She climbed into her car and started her drive to Cool Creek.  She called Tanner to let him know she was heading out and then Candy.   She was grateful Sniper was riding along behind her.  His presence made it easier for her to relax and enjoy the ride.  Spec had promised that everything would be worked out by the time she got home on Sunday and she was counting on it.
    Her drive was smooth with nothing out of the ordinary.  She searched her purse for her cherry red lipstick, but couldn’t find it.  She may need to stop by the drugstore if Candy didn’t have some that would do.  She wondered what she could have done with it, she’d had it after lunch.  She shrugged.  With the day she’d had there was no telling.  She’d probably find it in the office on Monday morning.
    The front door flew open and Candy rushed down the front steps as soon as Mina pulled into the drive.  Mina climbed out of her car and sent Candy a sassy smile.
    “Oh my God!  That outfit is killer!  Please tell me you plan to wear that tomorrow night!!”  Candy circled her once wearing a shit eatin’ grin.
    “I plan to, but maybe without the extras…”   She fingered the lacey top of her tank top.
    “Hell yes!  That is kick ass.  Do you want to get laid?”  Her eyebrows shot up as if that were an honest question. 
    Mina realized that Candy was totally honest.  “Um, I hadn’t thought of that.  Maybe I should leave a little…  I have been seeing someone back home… I’d hate to...”
    “Shut up!  You don’t have to and I don’t see a wedding ring so that’s bullshit.  You’ve been seeing him for what?”  She laughed. 
    “About a week, but he’s really sweet.”
    “I’m not pressuring you.  It was a question.  I’ll go over a few no no’s just in case and maybe introduce you to the very few I would even think of leaving you alone with...hmmmm, maybe Choo-Choo…He is a big guy though.  Well, not really much bigger than Tommy...”
    Candy went around Mina’s car and pulled out her overnight case and carried it up to the porch, still deep in thought about Mina’s love life.  Mina would never get used to this woman.  She was so sweet and would do anything for anybody, but she had very few boundaries.
    Before she knew what was happening Candy had Mina settled in a cozy bedroom with walls the color of a robin’s egg.   The room was starting to feel like home.  She loved the beauty of it.  She hadn’t had anything this beautiful since she was a child in her home with her parents.
    A pang of longing hit her like it hadn’t in years.  She missed having a home and family.  She missed those familiar things that made a house a home and she missed someone to share it all with.
    Tommy came to mind and she pushed his image away.  She had lost her friend the same day she had lost her childhood.  She had lost everything that day with the actions of one jealous man.  Jealous men were dangerous.  Jealous men hurt everyone around them.  She had seen the way Tommy’s father had tormented his family.  She hadn’t understood it at the