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Chapter 18: Escaping Spin - Gabe, Spin, & Lala
Jessica LianHello fellow readers... I know it was unusual to see Gabe's point of view, but it was important to the context of the story later on that everyone knows how he feels about Lala. This is also the last chapter she'll appear as Lala, and the brief introduction to Jonny! Let me know in the comments if you're interested in reading Jonny's POV, as I'm thinking of writing a spin-off from his side of things! Happy reading!
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It’s just another night at the nightclub, fucking Monday nights in the Summer are the worst! Tonight I have Courtney instead of Melanie upstairs in my apartment with Stephany, since I know Simon is conducting some business here this evening. I want things to go smoothly and, ever since she’s turned twenty-one, sometimes she’s a little too careless at the bar because she is so easily distracted by the male patrons! I saw Simon waving, so I knew his meeting was about to begin and I turned my focus to maintaining the crowd around him. That’s when three dumb fucks start a fight, right in front of the bar, breaking five glasses as they crash to the ground together. I grab the card off the bartop that belongs to one of them and hand it to Melanie. “Charge this for a case of new glasses”, I tell her before tapping Bo’s shoulder. He lifts me effortlessly onto the bar where I stomp my foot and kick the broken glass to the ground before yelling, “hey break it up asshats”! The guys are stunned
Damaged Chapter 19: Three Years Later - Spin
I’m meeting this guy Sy from another bike club to organize a truce, since the police have really been cracking down and harassing the local bike crews. I have so many other legal issues I’m dealing with, I don’t need this too. It just feels like the right thing to do, since we all need each other right now, power in numbers and shit! I walk into the nightclub that’s very out of my element as the popish R&B music blasts through the place! Sy sits at a table close to the bar where the music isn’t so loud that we can’t hear each other. “Spin”, he calls out to me like I didn’t see his fat ugly ass, looking like a penguin as he's dressed in a suit in the middle of a club! He extends his hand out for me to shake. “Hey, what is this place?” I asked him as I shook his hand, since he too looks out of his element here. “It’s just an off-the-grid establishment I invested in since the owner wishes to stay anonymous”, he says. “Beautiful young smart girl, her dad is a persona
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I woke up in a much better mood, in the arms of my best friend Charlene. Plus, it’s my favorite club-themed night, karaoke! Tonight, Courtney is at the bar while Melanie sits upstairs with Stephany. The sign-up sheet goes out to the staff first, and the first few acts are always us. Alina, a new bar girl, signs up to be the first act. Lord forgive me, but I hope she never does again… I’m not a fan of Melissa Etheridge, to begin with, but my ears are bleeding by the time she’s done. Jonny thankfully takes the stage next, always singing some boy band pop song that makes Charlene tease me about how he is trying to send me a message! Tonight it’s David Archuleta’s song ‘Crush’. “My gawd girl”, she says. “You need to jump his bones already and put that poor man out of his misery”! “Jesus Char, it’s just a song”, I tell her as I bury my face in my hand with embarrassment. “Besides, what goes in and out of my vagina is not up for discussion”. There is a loud cough from
Damaged Chapter 20: Karaoke Challenge - Spin
I’m paying the twenty-five dollar entrance fee into a nightclub owned by my own damn wife, just to fucking see her because it’s clearly the only way to get close enough to talk. As I walked in, the set-up of the place had been transformed for some kind of karaoke night. The girl at the door who wasn’t here last night says that it’s a fairly slow night, and to keep up with compliance laws, every first Tuesday and third Thursday the club is transformed into a karaoke bar! She hands me a paper to sign up if I want a shot at the mic, which I’m not interested in. What catches my attention is Loyalty has herself signed up under her pseudonym Amory Williams. She’s the third act. Some girl is on stage now completely destroying some Melissa Etheridge song, and I wish I had bought headphones or earbuds or something. Her turn finally ends as the big guy Loyalty slid down off the bar yesterday takes the stage. Jonny Knight the sign-up sheet said his name is. Loyalty sits tw
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I rise early to find Jonny asleep on my couch, and Stephany is asleep on his chest. Fucking guy stayed all night to comfort my daughter! I sit across from him and stare at them until Jonny finally wakes up. “Mi Amor”, (my love) he says when he sees me sitting there. “What’s wrong, Amory”? “I’m tired of hiding”, I tell him. “This was never me”, I say as I point at my hair. “I did this to hide the fact that Gabby’s hair color was from her father and not me! I need to be me again”! “Okay”, he says as he cradles Stephany so he can sit up. “What’s your next move”? “I get my look back and then I get comfortable being on my bike again”, I tell him. “You’re seriously going to go through with racing him?”, he asks. “I don’t have a choice! If I don’t, he’ll be here every day, he’s relentless. What happens when Gabby has to go to the doctor and we need to take her outside? Or when she starts school, and I have to wait for the bus with her? If I don’t shake him now
Damaged Chapter 21: the Secret Life of Amory Williams - Spin
I’ve been at this damn club every night this past week, and I’m still no closer to getting Loyalty to talk to me. She’s got a lot of people on her payroll since tonight is Saturday and she is not even here, but I don’t recognize any of her staff present. The staff is easy to distinguish since they all wear crisp white short-sleeve button-down shirts, black bow ties, and black shorts. I see Charlene by the bar, so I turn back into the smorgasbord of bodies and grab a young and ditzy-looking waitress as she goes by. “Hey, do you need a drink sir?”, she asks me all flirty. I pulled her close and told her, “among other things. Can you tell me how I can reach the owner”? “She’s usually in her office upstairs. She doesn’t work in the club on weekends. If she’s not in the office, she’s in her apartment right next door! The door is always unlocked, so if she doesn’t answer when you knock, open the door and yell for her”, she tells me with a wink. “Her name is Amory Willi
Damaged Chapter 22: a Date with Spin - Amory
I wake up to Jonny already here, he has Stephany dressed and ready to go. “Say morning Mama”, he says to my daughter as she straddles his lap and he raspberries into her neck, making her giggle. It says a lot about a man who is willing to take care of a little girl. It says even more, when it’s someone else’s little girl he’s willing to take care of! I headed back to my room to get ready for the day and as I walked back out of the bedroom, the front door opened in front of me, and in walked Spin. “For fuck’s sake, Spin”, I snapped at him. “Knock”! “My wife and daughter live here, why should I?”, he responds without apology. “Mama”, Stephany squealed as we reached the living room. “Ready to go Gabby?” I said. “Airplane YaYa”, she tells Jonny. “Airplane?!”, he says, playing along. “My princess wants to fly”?! “Fly YaYa, make Gabby fly”, she tells him. He gets up from the sofa with her and flies her around the room before crash landing in my arms
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As soon as I rise, I hop in the shower, then grab Brenda and we ride my bike to the car dealership where I get talked into buying a fully loaded hybrid Subaru Crosstrek. From there, Brenda goes with me to some kids’ store and picks out a converting car seat. Because my daughter is already two, I get one of those that you keep in the car permanently until the kid grows out of it. I also got persuaded into buying a stroller, and since I doubt Loyalty will let me just carry my daughter everywhere, I consider this a good thing. It was after two in the afternoon when I finally showed back up at Loyalty’s apartment, and knowing that the door was unlocked, I just walked right in. “For fuck's sake, Spin”, I heard Loyalty say from behind the door. “Knock”! “My wife and daughter live here, why should I?” I snap back while she just rolls her eyes at me. “Mama”, Stephany squealed as we reached the living room. Jonny sits on the couch with his feet resting on the coffee tabl
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