Page 15 of Abe (Marked Skulls MC 3)
“I don’t know anything about what’s going on between you,” I snapped and I turned to the side, trying to casually walk off but the man grabbed my elbow, pulling me back to where I was standing. I gasped and yanked my arm away from him.
“Don’t you dare fucking touch me!” I snarled.
“We’ll be doing much more than that if you don’t listen to what we have to say,” he roared and I glared at him with my shoulders heaving.
“Word on the street is that the Marked Skulls are trying to recruit your brother, grow their empire,” he said and added a chuckle at the end of that. His pals chuckled too and it made me sick to hear them laughing.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I snapped and he brought his face close to me. I could see his silver tooth sparkling in his mouth.
“Are you embarrassed of being fucked by that blond bastard? You looked like you were having fun, but then, I never really know with women,” he said and dragged his face away again. His friends chuckled some more.
I could feel my cheeks turning pink. I didn’t think anybody saw us having sex on Abe’s bike last night, but clearly someone had and word had gone around. I kept looking at them, I didn’t want to look away because that would be a sign of weakness.
The men stopped chuckling and the one with the silver tooth lifted up his right hand, the back of which was covered thickly in tattoos. He cracked his knuckles and glared at me.
“You need to know one thing, Alexis. If your brother joins the Marked Skulls, they are all going to die,” he said and spat on the floor. My nostrils were flared, I could feel myself writhing with rage. How dare he threaten Oz! He was threatening Abe! If I could, I would have punched him, kicked him in the balls where it really hurt…but that would have been foolish of me.
“Keep your brother away from your lover boy, other than that, we don’t give a shit who you fuck,” he growled and with that, the three of them turned away from me and walked down the aisle like a pack of predators. One of them picked up a packet of something from the shelf at the end and tore it open and began to eat.
I hoped it was all caught on CCTV, that someone would be able to do something about it…but who was I kidding? Nobody, not even the beat cops were going to mess with these guys. Technically, they hadn’t done anything. They’d spoken to me and then shoplifted, nobody was going to mess with their MC on account of that.
With my hands shaking, I struggled to pull my cell phone out of the pocket of my jeans. I tried calling Oz, once, twice and three times and each time the call just rang through to the end. Either Oz was avoiding me or he couldn’t hear his phone.
My hands were still shaking and I clasped my mouth so that I wouldn’t scream. Oz needed to know. Abe needed to know too.
I felt helpless as I stood there, trying to think of something that I could do. These men had just waltzed into my place of work and threatened me and Oz and the entire Marked Skulls MC. I wasn’t afraid anymore, I was stark raging mad.
I had no other option but to go looking for Abe again. Somehow, I was beginning to believe that he would know what to do.
I ran down the aisle, looking around to make sure that the men had left the store. Then I ran up to Lucy, my manager, and begged her to give me the rest of the day off. Family emergency, I told her, and it wasn’t a lie. It was time that I took matters into my own hands. If Oz wasn’t going to stay out of trouble; then the least I could do was make sure that he was safe and knew what was coming.
Chapter 16
Alexis
I found out where Abe lived, which wasn’t hard to do since everyone in the neighborhood knew exactly where the Marked Skulls members lived. It wasn’t an apartment, like I expected, but a house with a garden in the front which was clearly not being looked after.
I parked my car outside and ran up the porch and knocked heavily on his door. It was the middle of the day, his bike was parked outside, I knew for a fact that he was inside.
When nobody answered the door, I knocked again and now finally; several minutes later; I heard the shuffling of feet inside. The door swung open and instead of Abe, it was Vanity who was standing in front of me.
She looked me up and down as she pushed open the screen door. We hadn’t ever spoken, even though we both recognized each other from around the neighborhood.
“What do you want?” she asked, chewing bubblegum noisily in her mouth. I clenched my fists on my sides, trying to keep my anger and jealousy at bay. Vanity looked as stunning as always, with long mermaid-like blond hair spread over her shoulders, a gorgeous hourglass shaped body with a protruding bouncy ass.
She was wearing the shortest pair of denim shorts I had ever seen on a woman and a small crop-top that revealed her whole midriff. Around her neck were thick gold-plated necklaces, to match the gold hoop earrings she was wearing.
“I need to speak to Abe, I know he’s in,” I said to her, and she cocked up one eyebrow in her forehead, still blocking my path into his house. She placed one hand on her hip and stuck her breasts out towards me, like she was trying to demonstrate just how much more desirable she was than me.
“He’s taking a shower, and no, you can’t talk to him right now, we’re busy,” she said, batting her eyelids lazily.
“I’m pretty sure he’s going to want to hear what I have to say,” I retorted and Vanity stepped up to me threateningly, pointing her long finger at me. Her nails were all freshly manicured to a bright red.
“I’ve been noticing you around him lately. I don’t know what’s going on between the two of you but he keeps running off to talk with you privately. Whatever’s happening, you should know that he’s in love with me!” Vanity hissed at my face, and some of her spittle landed on my nose.
I blinked and wiped my face with the back of my hand.
“I have nothing to do with what’s happening between the two of you. I just need to talk to him about something important,” I said and tried to push past her so I could get into the house.
“Where do you think you’re going? I didn’t fucking invite you in,” she screeched, and pulled me back by my arm.
I pushed her shoulders with both hands and she stumbled back. When she’d gathered herself, she glared at me with quivering lips.
“Bitch!” she screeched and fell on me.
Vanity had a strong grip on me and I tried to push her away but she kept trying to hit me and scratch my face. We both heard the screen door banging open and we looked up, while we were just inches away from tumbling down the porch steps.
He wasn’t wearing a shirt, just a pair of jeans that hung loosely from his hips. I could see that Abe had just stepped out of the shower, his skin was damp and his blue eyes were shining. I gulped as Vanity released her grip on me.
“What the fuck is going on here?” Abe asked, placing his hands on his hips as he stood at the door, dragging his gaze from me to Vanity and then back at me again.
“This woman has gone completely nuts, she just turned up here and tried to get into the house. I told her we are busy,” Vanity said and smoothed the front of her shorts.
I could feel the fumes emanating from my ears. I felt like I was about to burst as I glared at both of them. Vanity looked perfectly comfortable in this house, and now she went and stood beside A
be. It was hard to deny that the two of them made a great looking couple!
Abe’s shoulders heaved as he watched me. He looked so crazy hot as he stood there, with every muscle on his torso, every tattoo visible in the sunshine.
“You tried to get into my house?” Abe asked and my throat felt dry all of a sudden.
“I need to talk to you. She said you were in the shower, so I decided to go in and wait,” I said, my voice sizzling. He was watching me again, with that grilling deep gaze as I wrapped my arms over my breasts.
“And the two of you started punching each other naturally?” Abe asked and a grin formed on his face.
“She fucking started it! I told her she couldn’t go in!” Vanity screeched beside him, and he looked at her once and I shook my head and rolled my eyes.
“Look, I had something important to say but I guess it’ll have to wait. Sorry for ruining your afternoon,” I said and I made to turn and walk away but Abe looked at Vanity again.
“You’ve gotta go,” he said to her.
Vanity’s mouth dropped open and she stared at him with bubbling rage.
“Excuse me? I’ve been waiting for your call all day and now that you’re finally back, you want me to leave?” she screeched and Abe took a step towards me instead.
“We can talk inside,” he said to me and I looked at Vanity and couldn’t stifle my smile in time.
“I’m fucking talking to you, Abe! How dare you kick me out?” she continued to screech and Abe touched my back lightly, leading me into the house past her. Her voice hurt my ears.
“I’m not going anywhere! I demand to know what the fuck she’s doing here!” Vanity kept screeching and Abe turned to her at the door, just moments before banging it shut behind us.
“I don’t need to give you an explanation. I’m asking you to leave, nicely right now, but I’m not going to be very nice for much longer,” he said, in a calm voice.
When the door shut behind us, I had a chance to look around the living room that I found myself in right now. It was a bare place, very much a man’s house, just dotted with the basic necessities. It was obvious that Abe had money, it just seemed like he didn’t care much about how he lived.
