Ride With Me (Paige and Jace) novel Chapter 54

CHAPTER 33-1

didn’t notice the change until I walked into my apartment one Thursday night and realized the fridge was almost empty. Not because I couldn’t afford groceries but because I hadn’t been home enough to eat them.

I stood in the tiny kitchen above the garage with one hand resting on the fridge door staring at a carton of milk that was due to expire the next morning and a load of bread that had gone stale before I’d managed to finish it and I laughed quietly to myself.

“Well, that’s embarrassing.” I said to myself.

A few month earlier I barely left the apartment unless I was opening or closing the garage.

Now I was spending nearly every night somewhere else. The clubhouse.

I closed the fridge, wandered into the bathroom and took a quick shower before brushing my teeth

and changing into clean jeans with a comfortable gray t-shirt.

The apartment still meant everything to me. It had been Uncle Will’s and it sat above the garage he’d trusted me to protect. But lately, I only seemed to sleep there occasionally.

The rest of my time was spent at the garage or the clubhouse.

Neither thought bothered me as much as I expected it to.

After grabbing my truck keys I headed downstairs, locked the garage for the night and drove

across town.

The familiar gates came into view a few minutes later and as I entered the property I saw children riding bicycles around the parking lot while several club members washed motorcycles beneath

the trees.

The smell of dinner drifted from the clubhouse before I even stepped out of the truck and I barely closed the driver’s door before Hunter spotted me.

“Look who finally came home.” Hunter said and I stopped walking and looked around dramatically.

“I don’t remember changing my address.” I said.

“You practically live here.” He said.

“I still pay a mortgage somewhere else.” I said and Hunter grinned.

“We’re working on fixing that.” He said.

“I don’t remember asking for a committee.” I said.

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“You got one anyway.” He said and I shook my head while walking toward the clubhouse.

“You people look exhausted.” I said.

“And yet you keep coming back.” Hunter said.

“I’ve questioned my own judgement several times.” I said.

Hunter laughed loudly enough for everyone nearby to hear.

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Inside the clubhouse Emma stood at the kitchen counter chopping vegetables while two of the

other wives prepared dinner.

“There she is.” Emma smiled the moment I walked in and I pointed toward Hunter through the

open doorway.

“Please tell him I don’t live here.” I said and Emma looked thoughtful for a moment.

“I can’t.” She said.

“You can’t?” I asked.

“Because he might actually be right.” She said and the other women laughed.

“I still have an apartment.” I said.

“Above the garage.” Emma nodded.

“Exactly.” I said.

“You sleep there.” She said.

“I also shower there.” I said and she smiled.

“We’re all very proud of you.” She said and I rolled my eyes.

“I walked straight into that one.” I said.

“You really did.” She said.

Without another word I picked up an apron hanging beside the pantry and tied it around my waist.

Nobody asked me to help anymore. I just simply did it.

I reached into the cupboard for a mixing bowl before stopping halfway through the movement and Emma noticed immediately.

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