Chapter 32

Renegade

I've had a cup of coffee and I could be on my second Monster of the day, but I'll neither confirm or deny that to anyone. I am tired as fuck.

"You okay over there?" Ace asks as we continue making our rounds through town. We drive back and forth, up and down a grid pattern, before we make our way out of the more populated edges of town. Once we're on what's considered a back road, Ace presses the accelerator, letting us speed up and down the hills, making me grab hold of my oh shit handle as we take a curve faster than we need to.

"Perfect."

"Am I scaring you?" Ace asked, a grin in his voice as he straightens the car out when we hit another straight stretch.

"I'd like to live to see my child born, if that's what you're asking," I take a healthy drink of the Monster before setting it down again.

"Figured I'd wake up you. Why are you so tired anyway?" He looks over the console at me, genuine question and concern in his eyes.

No way I'm going to tell him what I was d