A word to the wise, the following 333 words have a few not so nice words. Read on at your own risk.
🙂 The second week challenge is BETRAY –
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Brandi looked to her right, to the left, and back right again. Nerves were flaring, but nobody in the group seemed to notice. She was really good at not letting emotions betray her when it was timely for her to be calm.
Now, surrounded by some of the biggest, burliest, BADdest bikers she had ever met, Brandi felt small – insufficient – a speck of fly dung on the smoke-stained walls.
Beau planted his boot shod feet squarely in front of her. He carefully peeled off his leather gloves slowly – finger by finger – using his front teeth. (They were all he had left – the others had been taken from him in several bar brawls.)
“Listen up, bros. My old lady thinks she can sashay her pretty little ass outta here today. She thinks she can leave me and all of you and do it without any consequences. Ain’t that right, BrandiSue?”
“Aw, Beau, you know I love you. I just need to motor down to the store and get my lady supplies. I’ll be back before you know it.” Brandi placed one hand on Beau’s chest and the other in his crotch and winked at him seductively.
He growled and pulled her face up to his. “Just see that you’re back by 2, bitch. I won’t have NO old lady of mine pulling a getaway on me. You hear?”
“I hear you, baby. I’ll be back soon.”
With a rough kiss, Beau shoved Brandi away. She did her best to walk steadily out of the club room, pulling on her own gloves as she went. Not daring to turn to see if he was following, Brandi climbed aboard her Hog and kicked it into gear.
It wasn’t until she was a mile away that she was able to breathe again. The first step in her escape plan was complete. Now she just needed to find the Fibbies’ black SUV before Beau caught on that she had turned state’s witness on him.
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NOTE: My WORD program said I was at 333 words – then I input them here and THIS program (WordPress) said I was at 337 words, so I deleted some. I hope this passes muster for word count.
I do so love the tough female characters you create.
Barbara, thanks for coming back again for week 2. This is a super little story and has a lot packed into it for only 333 (or 337!) words. Just as you did last week, you make your scene really easy to picture. Beau is a nasty piece of work for sure. Here’s hoping the Fibbies’ SUV turns up in time…
We’re really enjoying The Moose being part of Trifecta and are looking forward to next week’s entry.