Sinner's Son (Savage Sons Motorcyle Club) by Jayna King Page B

the slight soreness of my muscles that meant that I'd had a great night. By my count, I'd woken Maria up twice, and she had returned the favor by waking me up a couple of times as well. I think she'd been surprised at how much she'd enjoyed herself, and I thought it was a little sad that a woman whose business was sex had previously gotten so little pleasure out of it.
    I stretched, got out of bed, and slipped into my jeans, not bothering with my shirt. "Good morning, gorgeous," I said as I walked into the kitchen and poured myself a cup of coffee.
    Maria smiled at me. "Thank you for last night, Moses. I didn't know..." her voice trailed off.
    "You didn't know it could be like that, did you?" I asked.
    She shook her head. "No. I didn't."
    "Maria, we should talk about a few things before I go," I said. "I have a lot to do before I come back and pick you and Nadia up this afternoon."
    She looked at me with a strange expression. I'm pretty good at reading people, and I had no idea what she was thinking.
    "What?" I asked, hoping like hell she wasn't about to back out of the plan to get her out of Juarez.
    "Stay right there," she said, leaving the room. She came back in with a Polaroid camera. "I want a picture of you. You look so relaxed and happy."
    I sat still while she took the picture, and she set it aside on the counter to develop.
    We drank our coffee and reviewed the plans. She was going to pack as much as she thought she could fit in the car, since we didn't know how long it would take me to make legal arrangements for her and Nadia to cross the border. I decided that if it took too long, I'd just take them across, lie to the agents at the border and see if I could help them apply for some sort of asylum, given the treatment Maria had endured.
    I was going to have to face Joker, Zeno, and any of Don Roberto's men who happened to be at Lupita's when I returned. I had to go back. My bike was parked there, and I had to find a way to secure it while I'd be out of town with the girls. I also didn't have any clothes except the ones I wore on my back, and since I was a least half a foot taller than any of the Mexican men I'd met, I knew I needed to get my own clothes.
    "I'll be back," I said, kissing Maria goodbye at the door.
    ***
    "Where the fuck have you been?"
    Zeno's voice greeted me as soon as I stepped through the door of Lupita's. The room was dark compared to the bright sun outside, and it took my eyes a few seconds to adjust and see that both Zeno and Joker were sitting at the bar along the back wall. A few other men occupied tables in the center of the room, and all of them had turned to look at me as I entered.
    I wasn't about to get into an argument with my brothers in front of men who certainly worked for Don Roberto. "Let's go upstairs. We need to talk."
    I turned without a word and headed upstairs, intending to go to the room I'd been given two nights before. I hoped that my brothers would follow me. I was pleased to open the door and still see my things there, and I pulled out some clean clothes and made sure that everything else was packed so that I could leave quickly, if necessary.
    Joker and Zeno entered the room.
    "I'm gonna need to take off for a few days, and I need the two of you to keep an eye on my bike for me. Where I'm going, I need to rent a car."
    Joker looked at me like I'd grown a second head. "You mind telling us what the fuck is going on?"
    Zeno sat down on one of the chairs. I didn't expect him to say much, so I was surprised when he began to speak. "Moses, Don Roberto was really pissed that you walked out of the meeting."
    I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Are you fucking kidding me? He offered you an underage girl to rape. The appropriate response to that is to get up and walk the fuck out."
    "Moses, calm down." Joker sat down on the bed and lit a cigarette. "We agreed that we'd consider the Don's offer if it was really big money. I think we're talking really big money, here. Do you