v

o

ore and more like home. Which was strange because it had never felt like

filth from a man who should be old enough to look after

joyed having us in the house. More Parker than me but I could live with that. I wanted my son to know my fa

my thoughts. He should never have taken the phone from me. I had had it totally under control. I knew how to han

lan. Make sure my father was ok, looked after and wasn't going to die because he lived in a salmonella factory and then

ake another man butting into our c

home and saw the divorce papers on his d

ad been devastated enough to be here for the holidays,

My father's voice made me jump, water sloshed

after you." I di

hat is total crap.

ow anything about my life." The water from the sin

ince the bbq and the lad hasn't either." His wrinkled eyes narrowed. "I know Ruin was raging about your asshole husband wh

"I didn't think I was welcome bef

ow you and Ruin? How lo

last week, there is nothing between us but history. I left my husband because he's a cheating, emotionally abusive asshole. And afte

wanted more

? Ruin thinks h

gain. "Ruin needs to mind his

. "He seems protective of yo

nd that suited me just fine. The fewer people to know the better. "But his actions have got the whole club talking Avery

stranger I had a kid with but still a stran

tossed the dishcloth onto the sid

"Where are

d past him witho

*

at do we

my stool and the spare space next to me. My sense

yone once and for all that there wasn't anything between me an

smile slipped off my face. "Wicked?" I frowned. If Ruin had warned every

vily on the bar, his grin firmly fix

ser inspection, I could see the

but seemed to favour colour. I let my eyes drift over the ink on his arms. Studying the sto

t thing to say. His gri

g wasn't exactly my forte but he seemed to be enjoying

here wit

ok my

to be here

between us. His eyes roaming down my

s my plan went I could definitely do worse. Hell, I would have be

his chuckle filled the space between us. "You got it, now what do I call you. I'm Tr

? If I gave him my name and he h

lie. I had been Ava for years, it was only her

to you,

. In fact, I was enjoying myself. What had started as a plan to make sure the club knew I was my own woma

n me, as a woman. How long exactly I wasn't sure but I co

might as well have been wearing a skirt or a dress, my bo

e, my lashes fluttering a

his hips bumping against my knees. Al

e down but it wasn't busy enough to dance. Not yet

through, arms slung around women who were wearing clothes that seemed to be a size

g me from view. The hand that had been on my leg lifte

ognised Ruins

, I'm

laughed. "Come find u

ce?" Truths full atten

in turning up wasn't part of the plan. "Or we could get out of here?" I reac

d my waist. Pulling me to the very edge of my chair. "But be quick because