Chapter One
Skylar Davies watched her sister as she worked around her kitchen in the diner. Teri Davies, her best friend and sister, was one of the best cooks in the world as far as Skylar was concerned. They both did okay in the kitchen, but then, that was where they had always gone to try to get away from their mother.
“I’m bored,” Skylar said.
Teri burst out laughing. “Why don’t you go and enjoy the Friday night party? You know you want to. It’s fun.”
Running fingers through her hair, Skylar glanced out at the busy diner. There were several bikers out there, along with a townful of people wanting their food.
“I think I’ll help you.”
“You wait tables now?” Teri asked, chuckling. “When did that happen?”
“I can be very reliable, I’ll have you know.” Skylar winked at her sister, and left to go and join the women who were rushing around. She hated waiting tables. When she was eighteen and in her last year of high school, she had gotten a job like this one, and it had been a nightmare. There was a time that she believed people could be nice. It turned out that people could, providing you didn’t have anything wrong with you.
The biggest problem people found with her was her weight. No one liked that she was a size twenty. Her fat ass, big tits, and rounded stomach had always been something for people to use to ridicule her. Not to mention the torture her mother put her through, but Skylar refused to go there.
Her mother was the last person she wanted to think about.
“Everything is okay here, Sky. You’re going to be fine,” Teri said, coming toward her.
“I can’t believe you’re running with an MC. I always knew you had a recklessness about you.”
Teri threw back her head and laughed. “The Dirty Fuckers MC are my family, babe. They take care of me, and I take care of them. They’re more of a family than our own parents. You should give them a shot.”
Since arriving in Greater Falls, Skylar had spent every single moment with her older sister. Teri was a beautiful woman, a wonderful person inside and out. Over the years, she had spent a great deal of time trying to protect her, to show her love.
“I don’t think I can keep living in the clubhouse though. It’s … erm … an experience.”
The chuckle from Teri made her smile even more. “Honey, I think it will take a long time for you to get used to. Even now I struggle with it.”
“I doubt that.”
“Hey, I’m trying to be the big sister here, showing you love and stuff. The guys are amazing, and you will love them. Yes, they fuck around and they fight, but you know what? Deep down, they have a lot of heart.”
Skylar looked into the room and saw three of them throwing food at one another.
“Okay, so deep down they are also just children. You’ve always been good with kids. Show them a bit of motherly love,” Teri said, patting her back.
Chloe rushed toward the door. “Teri, we need help out here. I can’t keep up.”
“It’s Friday, and people don’t want to cook for themselves. Lazy bastards mean I get money.” Teri shoved Skylar forward. “My sister has just offered to help. Isn’t she nice?”
Before Skylar knew what was going on, she had a notebook, a pen, and a menu in her hand.
“Just tell them that you’re new, and you’re finding your way around,” Chloe said. “You’re an angel.”
“I’m not that.” Skylar blew out a breath, stared at the diner, and just got straight into it. If they had something bad to say about her size, then, like all the other times before, she would deal with it, simple as that. Approaching the first table, she smiled, and that was how she spent the first thirty minutes, taking orders, and then shouting them out to Teri. Grabbing drinks, and filling up cups of coffee. Dealing with sugar, and other things as well. Chloe kept steering her left, right, and center.
She didn’t know what she was doing, but she just kept on regardless, humming to herself as she did.
“Can you deal with the Dirty Fuckers?” Kitty Cat asked.
Skylar glanced over at the bikers, and grimaced. “I don’t really know them.”
“You’re Teri’s sister. Believe me, you’ll do fine, and they won’t hurt you. Teri has promised to gut them all if they make you cry.”
She laughed. “That is my big sister. Always taking care.”
“Please, I’m swamped.”
Kitty Cat left, and Skylar blew out a breath, and made her way over to the large table. The moment she was there, it all went silent.
Don’t panic.
Don’t be nervous.
These are Teri’s friends.
The ones you’ve seen completely naked.
“Hi,” she said.
“Hey, darling. We see that you’re swamped. We’ll just have our regular,” James said. She recognized him. His wife Cora was sitting beside him.
She nodded, and quickly rushed back to the kitchen.
“James said all of his table would have the regular.”
“Okay. That’s great. Shit, will you see if Leo and Paul want their steaks medium, rare, or burnt to a crisp?” Teri asked.
“I thought they had a regular.”
“They do, but those two like to change their order to suit their own need. Will you find out for me?”
“Yeah, sure.” She had never been good at talking to men. Her face tended to flame up, and she looked like a strawberry.
“If you ever want a boyfriend, you’re going to have to drop that fat, Skylar. You disgust me.”
Walking to the table, she smiled.
“Teri wants to know how you would like your steak?” She looked at Leo and Paul. They were two completely different men, and they were sitting together, chatting. Everyone else was talking, and they hadn’t stopped as she approached these two.