Shaft SBMC Maryland - Erin Trejo Page 0,2

want but not her. “Fuck her. She wants to run around with some other fucker why would you wanna waste your time?” I get what he’s saying but I also know what I wanted. I’m not as young as some of the other guys. The thought of never having a family, never seeing the woman I love carrying my kids, that’s wearing on me.

“Just wanted somethin’ more, ya know?” Sly nods as the room grows silent.

“Settle in. We got a few things to talk about. The bullshit with Dez has been over, but there are a few stragglers left runnin’ around from that asshole’s crew. They aren’t shit and won’t be, I just want them out of the way,” Sly says as my gaze moves to Gauge. Not long ago, Dez was pretty hooked on drugs. She got in too deep and luckily for everyone her dad and Gauge were able to pull her out. She’s a good person and didn’t deserve what she was handed. Gauge’s jaw clenches, the vein in his neck pulsing rapidly.

“This a vote?” I ask chiming in with my two cents.

“It is. This isn’t a club issue but she is my daughter and Gauge’s old lady. This was brought to the club by me and only me.” I nod my head but without a second doubt, I add, “I’m in.” Sly nods, a slight smile curling his lips as he goes around the room. Not a single one says no. I didn’t figure they would. Dez is loved here like a sister and she’s the Club Princess.

“Well, that’s settled. Anyone else got anything?” He asks looking around the table. Everyone grunts their response but that’s the end of that. Sly dismisses church and the guys start to file out. I’m not far behind when I see her.

“What the fuck is she doin’ here?” Gauge asks slapping a hand on my shoulder and following my gaze.

“The fuck if I know,” I huff watching her as she strolls through the room. Her hair’s tied up on top of her head in a messy bun, her big blue eyes standing out even more with all the eyeliner she has painted around them. I can’t believe she had the balls to show up here.

“This might get good,” Old Barnie says with a chuckle. I flip him off as he walks past me.

“Oh, shit. That’s her, huh?” Wolf, one of the other brothers, asks as he wraps his arm around my shoulder.

“That’s her.”

“She’s kinda hot,” he says before I pull my elbow back into his stomach. He huffs but laughs.

“She’s the goddamn devil.”

Three

Temple

“Who is she?” I lean in and ask Dez as I eye the woman who is practically dry humping half the club. She isn’t a club whore, that much I can tell. I don’t know who she is though. None of the guys are making a move to go toward her.

“I don’t know,” she adds keeping her eyes on the tramp. I’m drunk and quickly becoming a little hornier than normal. Every time I drink I get like this. I knew I could find a quick fuck here but Dez thought it was funny. She said that some of the guys may grow attached to me but I laughed at that. Look at them! They are practically walking fuck sticks.

“She looks like a skank,” I huff before taking another drink out of my glass. Dez laughs.

“She is basically humping them all!”

“That’s what I was thinking! Thank God I don’t have to get up tomorrow,” I slur, feeling the buzz as it courses through my veins.

“What are you lookin’ at?” Gauge asks as he stops and looks between us. His eyes are softer than I’ve ever seen them as he smirks at us.

“She thinks that bitch is a skank. Who is she?” Gauge looks over his shoulder to where the girl is before huffing out a laugh of his own.

“She is a skank. That’s Shaft’s ex. Or maybe they are still together. I don’t really fuckin’ know. I don’t think he knows either,” he adds his tone turning serious. “She fucks with his head. Uses him.”

Oh that’s messed up!

“Maybe someone should fuck with her back,” I say catching their attention. Dez and Gauge both look over at me as I shrug. “What?”

“You gonna go over there and cause a scene?”

“I might.” Gauge laughs a deep throaty laugh.

“Then go for it. I think Shaft could use a little cheerin’ up,” he says. It isn’t the way he says it, it’s