Brick's Addiction

His face twitched at those words. Donny clenched his fists by his sides. Rose slipped her hand into her bag and closed her fingers over the spray bottle.

“Hurt me and my man will come after you,” Rose warned. “The Ruthless Reapers MC own this town, Donny. Just the way the Black Dogs MC runs Castle Falls. Believe me, you don’t want to do anything to me on their turf.”

Donny turned pale as a ghost. “You hooked up with one of them?” He sneered. “I thought you said you’d never end up with a biker.”

“You didn’t leave me with any choice,” she said. “So, whose side are you on?”

“I ain’t working with the Black Dogs MC,” Donny said. “They killed Ken in front of my eyes.”

This time, Rose knew he wasn’t faking because Donny began to tremble. Ken was Donny’s best friend, and they both did jobs for the Black Dogs.

“They said you owe them money,” Rose said.

“Ken and I just skimmed a little from a job. Just some spare change. Nothing to it,” Donny said defensively.

“Then where’s the money?” Rose asked him.

Donny flashed her a guilty look. “Blew it all away on online gambling and some coke.”

Her brother never did change, did he?

Donny approached her. Rose tensed, but he only fell to his knees and hugged her leg.

“Please, Rose. Just help me this one last time and I’ll never bother you and Stefan again,” Donny blubbered. Tears slipped down his face. She had never seen her brother cry before. Donny thrived on bullying others. Maybe he finally found it was unpleasant being on the other side.

“Fine, I’ll need to get to an ATM,” Rose said.

“Thank you, baby sister. You won’t regret this.”