long time. “You’re a brave man leaving your fate in
their hands.”
“You’re
telling me,” Kaleb groaned.
“That’s
ok. Wait till you hear what V’s got planned for Zoey’s bachelorette party.
We’re thinking Vegas!”
“Hell
no,” Kaleb barked. “No Vegas. I don’t trust you in Coyote Ridge, I damn sure
don’t trust you in Vegas.”
Braydon
and Brendon merely laughed at that and the look they passed to one another said
they didn’t much care what Kaleb wanted.
Zane
was pretty sure Vegas was in the cards.
♀♂
“I’ll
be so fucking happy when I don’t have to look at another one of these again,” V
hissed as she scrubbed the devil’s form of white porcelain hell. She’d rather
be anywhere than cleaning toilets on her knees.
Anywhere.
“Well,
only a couple more weeks and then we’ll be off to bigger and better things.”
Zoey laughed from behind her.
They
were doing the last bathroom at the Wilson’s house before they were finished
for the day and V couldn’t wait to be out of there for good. Two more weeks were
fourteen days too long as far as she was concerned.
The
prospect of working for the Walker brothers wasn’t high on her list of things
she wanted to accomplish in her life, but it beat scrubbing other people’s
messes. Admittedly, V hadn’t set a direct career path for herself, but she was
happy about the choices she had made thus far. She was supporting herself,
helping her mother when she could, and she got to spend every day with her best
friend. In her opinion, she couldn’t ask for much more than that.
Although,
the idea of working for the Walkers was a little intimidating, V had been
giving it some serious thought. When Zoey mentioned she was going to be closing
her small cleaning service, V had been worried at first. When her best friend
mentioned they’d be working for the resort, V had initially thought about
turning down the offer. She was glad she hadn’t jumped the gun too early on
that decision though. After some serious thought, she had come up with an idea
that she was actually excited about. When she mentioned it to Zoey a couple of
weeks ago, she was thrilled to know her best friend supported her in this
little venture.
Alluring
Indulgence Resort was going to rock their sleepy little town in more ways than
one. When she actually sat down and thought about it, the opportunity this place
presented made her head spin. With her sights set on managing the resort’s luxury
day spa, V knew she needed to take the next step toward securing the next phase
of her life, but she hadn’t yet presented the idea to Kaleb, Sawyer and Travis.
She
was working on it though. Well, at least she was mentally mapping out what she
was supposed to do next. With Zoey’s support, V knew she just needed to ask for
what she wanted. She wasn’t looking forward to having the conversation with the
oldest Walker brothers, but she knew if she wanted it, she was going to have to
go for it. Now she was just biding her time and trying to muster up a little
more backbone. They were an intimidating bunch.
“Are
we getting a drink after this?” V prayed they would be, or she might just burst
at the seams. Being only two days into the work week, for some reason this was
turning out to be one of the longest weeks of her life. She knew she probably
could thank Zane for that.
“Definitely.”
Zoey sounded as exasperated as V felt. It truly was getting difficult to get up
each day and clean houses when there were some substantial changes just around
the corner. Some changes that would alter the course of their lives, and the
lives of so many others.
Just
like the Walker brothers did.
V’s
mind drifted to the day before, and the way Zane had pinned her to the wall and
fucked her into oblivion. She hadn’t realized just how much her body had craved
his until the instant he touched her. How she had ever convinced herself that
the memories they had created before his attack would
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