by Karen Renee
“She needs to see Barnes,” I heard repeated, and the voice sounded amused. I turned and noticed the animated guy was smiling outright at me. Then he added in a mocking tone, “Now. Does she know where she’s at?”
I looked past him and his buddy the smoker. There were a few regulars planted on stools, and a bar-back was wiping down a high-top in the corner. This early on a Friday, my guess was Barnes was in the back getting shit ready for the rush-hour and evening crush to come. I turned on my low-heeled boot and walked a few steps as though I was going to leave. Then I took a hard left and beelined it for the office.
I got one hand on the knob of the door before I was caught around the waist by a burly arm.
“Your hearing must be selective, because I heard you speak English to Shirley not five seconds ago. Last warning, sorority girl. You’re in the wrong place. You don’t want to add the wrong time to that description.”
I tipped my head back and realized he had removed his sunglasses. His brown eyes were the very definition of striking. I fought to keep my mouth shut because the color in each iris was so rich, a vibrant shade of russet-brown I didn’t know existed. Moreover, I could see that his eyes had seen things, and his eyes were anything but soulful.
Mentally, I slapped myself out of my shocked daze, and then I physically wrenched myself from his hold.
“I’m going to talk to Barnes. It’s fucking important,” I said and I didn’t know how loud I was until I stopped speaking and realized the rest of the bar went silent.
The man’s head shifted minutely at me like he could sense something was wrong. Before he could say anything, the door flew open and Barney Barnes stood in it, scowling.
“What the...Jacqueline? What in God’s green earth are you doin’ here, skinny-minnie?”
Oh, God. I forgot how reassuring it could be to hear Simone’s father’s rumbly voice call me such a ludicrous name.
I looked at him and couldn’t fight the tears springing into my eyes.
“I gotta talk to you, Mr. Barnes. In private.”
About the Author
KAREN RENEE IS THE author of the Riot MC Series. She has wanted to be a writer since she was very young, but it’s taken the last twenty plus years for her to amass enough courage and overall life experience to bring that dream to life. Some of those life experiences came from the wonderful world of advertising, banking, and local television media research. She is a proud wife and mother, and a Jacksonville native. When she’s not at the soccer field or cooking, you can find her at her local library, the grocery store, in her car jamming out to some tunes, or hibernating while she writes and/or reads books.
Other Books by Karen Renee
PLEASE VISIT YOUR FAVORITE eBook retailer to discover other books by Karen Renee:
The Riot MC Series
Unforeseen Riot
Inciting a Riot
Into the Riot
Calming the Riot
Foolish Riot
Respectable Riot
Starting the Riot Coming in 2020
The Beta Series
Beta Test
Beta Sites Coming in 2020
Beta Baby (Working Title) Coming in 2021
RIOT MC BILOXI CHAPTER Series
Harm’s Way Coming in 2020
Brute’s Strength
Roman’s War
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