“I’ve already asked Saint for my job back. I’ll work at Dirty Deeds, and Elena’s offered me a bed at the cabin she shares with Pipe.” She sighed.
“If you don’t want to stay, I’ll take you back.” He didn’t want to, but if it was what she wanted, he’d do it. For her, he’d do it.
She shook her head. “No, I don’t want to go back to the city. There is nothing there for me, not really. This is home.”
“Will you and Ralf be getting together?”
She snorted. “Doubt it. There’s no way I can trust him after everything that he has done. He’s made it impossible to. I’m not going to be getting back with him. I’m here, but I’m not staying because of him.” She leaned in close, resting her head against his shoulder. “I think we should go out some time. Go dancing, what do you think?”
“I love dancing,” Elena said, speaking up. “It has been so long since we went dancing, Pipe.”
“How about we double date? Saint can have Bluebell for the night, and we go and have some fun.”
“Would you like that?” Sarah asked. “I’d understand if you had a hot date or something.”
The only person he was interested in was sitting beside him.
“No hot date for me, unless you wear a dress, and it would be hot enough.”
“You’ve always been so nice to me, Knife,” she said.
“He’s a nice guy,” Pipe said.
The waitress brought their food to them, and he watched as Sarah dug into the breakfast casserole. It looked damn tasty.
Cutting into a pancake, he covered it in maple syrup and took a bite. The sweetness was so good.
“Here, try this.” Cutting another triangle, he offered it to Sarah, which she took.
“Um, that is so good. I love food.” Sarah moaned, closing her eyes.
“Me, too. It sucks that they don’t create food that allows us to lose weight at the same time,” Elena said.
“What have I told you?” Pipe asked. “There’s nothing wrong with you. You’re perfect as you are.”
“You are both so sweet together.” Sarah smiled at the couple, and Knife watched the sadness fill her eyes. She was such an easy woman to read. He wondered if she knew that, or maybe that was just him.
He took another bite of his pancake as Elena and Sarah started talking about Dirty Deeds, and what needed to be done.
When Bluebell was no longer happy just being fed and started becoming restless, the couple left, and he was alone with Sarah. Before Elena left she asked him to take Sarah to the cabin, and he’d agreed to.
Sarah sighed, turning toward him. “So, what is going on in the land of Knife? Are you having an awesome time with your collection?”
Knife chuckled. “Not really. I’ve been dealing with the two clubs. We’ve got a new deal with the Saints and Sinners MC, you know?”
“You mean where you’re nice to each other, and you’re not pulling your dicks out to measure them.”
“That stings, babe, you know the Hell’s Wolves would always win that race.”
She laughed, resting against him. “I missed you.”
“Did you find what you were looking for?”
“I wasn’t looking for anything.” She twirled her fork on her empty plate. “I don’t know why I left really. Being with Ralf, I thought I had to leave because of the pain, but it wasn’t that.”
“What was it?”
“I had to find myself again.”