Jinx (Kings of Carnage MC) - Chelsea Camaron Page 0,11
to hopping or not, Caleb talked Katie into this life, and he never should have left her in a corner of a boxcar alone. Obviously, he doesn’t realize how dangerous this can be, and not just from a legal standpoint.
“I don’t know if we’ll run into him or not. He could be anywhere. But I’ll get you back to Flagstaff, Katie.”
“Do you,” she pauses, “Never mind.”
“Katie, we got nothin’ but time. This ain’t a bus where they stop in every city. Wherever this load is headed, so are we, and there isn’t any getting off beforehand. Trains run longer than you expect for such large pieces of equipment.”
“I don’t know if I can go home. My dad always said if we left, we had to be prepared to make it in our own.”
I sigh, knowing without a doubt I am no longer welcome at home after the way I left a wake of disappointment and angry men behind. Plus, there is no question they all assume I told everything I know to anyone who would listen. Even though I haven’t said a word to a soul about where I come from, no one will listen.
“That’s a risk we gotta take, Katie. But finding out for sure is better than living this life and not knowing. If you get there and your dad turns you away, then you know you gave it your all. How old are you?”
“Fifteen,” she whimpers, and my heart shatters knowing I was just fourteen when I took on this lifestyle. I’ve barely made it myself, and I left for reasons other than teenage love.
“I’m willing to bet your family misses you. They may not be happy with your decision, and that’s understandable, but I don’t think they will turn you away, Katie.”
“This isn’t at all how I thought it would be,” she admits, and I feel that sentiment down to my very bones.
This isn’t what I thought it would be either. Granted, I don’t really think I had expectations in the beginning. I was running on adrenaline and fear.
“Try to rest. I’ll do everything I can to get you home, Katie.”
While I know my words are just words to the girl beside me, they come from my heart, and I mean it. I’ll do everything to get her home. This isn’t the life for her. She has options.
Options I wish I had. No, my life is one from city to city, boxcar to boxcar, and it isn’t because of a nomadic soul.
No, this is my only way to survive.
Three
Jinx
“O be careful little eyes what you see.” Bible verse. The eyes of a child tell an innocent story. Too bad life always has a way to cloud one’s vision, Jinx.
“What the fuck?” Chaos mutters looking around the clubhouse. We just made it back from a ride to Haywood’s Landing, North Carolina where we negotiated a transport with Tripp from the Hellions Motorcycle Club. They run the Carolinas and have a transport business that is another way to move loads of product.
The old firehouse is the perfect conversion for us. Over time, Uprising has grown as a town. The old volunteer firehouse was closed when the city switched to making that a paid position and put in a new station by the police department. This building and the accompanying land came up for auction. Chaos, knowing the club needed a fresh house, scooped it up cheap.
We’ve put in the blood, sweat, and beers (sorry, we didn’t shed tears) to make it the get-up seen today.
The two-story building is in an open field that no one really passes by anymore. The three-bay garage on the bottom is great when we want to open the doors for a party. The space where the firetrucks used park is now a wide-open area for our parties that can sometimes get a little out of hand. Looking around, apparently none of us were paying attention to just how wild things got.
“Fuckin’ slobs,” Bash says with a smirk as he looks around the place.
I haven’t been here much lately, so I’m a little lost as to when we became pigs. I love the open road, and I see the appeal Bouncer has in living life as a Nomad. Since I’ve been so busy lining up different business opportunities, I haven’t spent as much time at the clubhouse as before. Sure, I was here last night, but after a few drinks, I went home knowing I would need to lead the almost eight-hour ride to