Reckless Redemption: A Bad Blooded Rebel Novel (Bad Blooded Rebel Series) by Mellie George Page B

record deal, but it still worried me that they
were living together. It was pretty common knowledge that Sadie had been
harboring a crush on Jude ever since we were kids; luckily he’d always seemed
oblivious to her. I loved Jude like he was my brother, but I loved my sister
more, and if I ever found out he’d touched her in any way other than a friendly
hug I might knock his ass out.
    “He
did, but that doesn’t mean women still don’t want to get into his pants. He’s
Jude Miller, Beau. Every rock slut wants to fuck him.”
    “And
that bothers you why?” I asked her, cocking an eyebrow in suspicion.
    Sadie
put her hand up and said, “Just don’t, okay? I am not trying to get into Jude’s
pants, I promise.”
    “Don’t
tell me you wouldn’t give it up to him if he asked,” I said, furrowing my
brows.
    “I
wouldn’t, Beau, no matter what you think. I realized a while ago that my crush
was stupid and that he’s better off as my friend than anything else. I love
hanging with him and I don’t want to mess up our friendship. I promise that
Jude and I will never be more than friends, but it’s still annoying to see women
practically shoving their vaginas at him every time we go anywhere.”
    “Well,
he’s not going after it, is he?”
    Sadie
shook her head and said, “No. He’s really been sticking to this ‘no girls’
thing but it’s only a matter of time.”
    “Well,
Sadie, it’s been a year. I think the fact that Jude hasn’t slipped once in all
that time is a miracle in itself. If you are his friend, stick with him,” I
told her.
    “I
always will, but it’s just irritating, you know? I don’t know how you guys
handle it, all those skanky girls screaming for you all the time.”
    “You
get used to it, Sadie. It’s the nature of the business. It does get old after a
while though and you eventually just want to settle down.”
    “Well,
lucky for you, Beau, you already have a girl you want to settle with, assuming
you don’t screw it up again,” Sadie replied.
    I
reached out, tugging a piece of her hair, and she squealed. “I already told you
I won’t. She’s it for me.”
    “Good,”
she said, taking another bite of hash brown. “Well, if you don’t need anything
else from me, I’m going to go back home and get some work done.”
    “On
a Sunday? Sadie, take the day off for once.”
    “No
fucking way, brother. I’m on a deadline for the track you guys just recorded,”
she answered.
    “What
deadline? You’re our main producer now and Jessie runs the label.”
    “It’s my deadline. I want ‘Trigger’ finished and in the can by the end of the
week, and I still have some mixing to do.”
    I
wrapped my arm around her shoulders and said, “Always the perfectionist. We hit
gold when we got you, kid.”
    Sadie
smiled. “Well, I would say you’re biased because we’re family but then I’d be
lying because I am pretty fucking talented.”
    We
laughed and I hugged her tightly one last time. “Well you better get to work
then. Thanks again for your help today.”
    “Anytime.
Let me know how it goes if you’re still clothed when the date’s over,” she said
and I laughed.
    “Get
out of here, you brat,” I replied, shoving her playfully.
    “Later!”
she called out as she left the kitchen and walked out the front door.
    I
gathered all of the things for Danni and put them back in the bag. After I
finished my breakfast sandwich, I cleaned up all the trash and wrappers. I
still had a few hours to kill before it was time to get Danni, so I went into
my living room and turned on the television, hoping to find some kind of action
movie to distract me as the remaining hours dragged on.
     
     
     
    “Where did Danni go?” I asked, looking around the
bar.
    “I don’t know, man. She was just here with Jake a
second ago,” Kris answered.
    “I think I saw the two of them sneak out back,” Jude
said, taking a drink from his beer.
    My fingers curled and my hands clenched into