CHAPTERFOURTEEN
Wrath
A few days after Halloween…
After everyone’s finished dinner, I stand and rap my knuckles against the table. Rock and I agreed to have an informal meeting that included everyone to discuss the Halloween party and charity event. Not exactly church, since everyone associated with the club was invited to family dinner night and therefore the meeting.
I glance at Rock who nods at me. For some reason, he gave me the honor of running the meeting. Something about how much I bitched when they chose Furious as the location of the charity event.
“This was the best meal.” Rav kicks back, resting his boots on the table and holds up one hand to capture our attention. “Don’t get offended, Swan.”
Little fucker’s been smug since Halloween.
Swan flashes a quick, patient smile at Ravage. “I’m listening.”
Rav’s eyes shift between Trinity and Swan. “This right here was even better than the food we had catered for the party.”
Trinity beams.
“Why would that make us mad?” Swan asks.
He shrugs. “I know you worked hard on arranging it.”
“Trinity and I worked harder on cooking this dinner,” she points out. “So did Shelby and Lilly.”
“I’mstillfinding butternut squash in my hair,” Shelby mutters, twisting her head to check out her blonde curls.
“Worth every second,” Jigsaw says.
“That’s ’cause you didn’t lose a fight with an immersion blender,” Shelby says.
Rooster curls his arm around her shoulders and whispers something in her ear.
I lean over to Trinity. “You got any treats in your hair for me to find later?”
She snorts. “No.”
“All right.” I slap my palm against the table to get everyone’s attention. “I’m only going to say this once.”
Everyone at the table groans.
“I feel like we’re about to be lectured,” Sparky moans.
“Careful, Sparky.” I flick my hand in his direction. “There’s a faint beam of afternoon sunlight over there. Don’t want you to burst into flames.”
“So funny.” He sticks his tongue out at me.
I tap Trinity’s shoulder, to let her know it’s her turn. “Checks were sent to both charities.” She nods at Teller to confirm. “Murphy and Heidi dropped off the food and other donations to the shelter yesterday. They were really grateful to have so much donated.”
“I gave all the receipts to Teller,” Murphy adds. He glances at Teller then Downstate’s treasurer, Hustler. “Not sure how you guys want to split that up.”
“We’ll work it out,” Hustler says.
“We should collect donations again for Christmas,” Bricks suggests.
“Sounds good,” Rock says.
“Why just holidays?” Jigsaw asks. “Shelters, food pantries, they probably need stuff all year round.”