Tank devoured his plate of food and rubbed his tummy, a smile of appreciation.
“I like you pampering me,” he said, leaning over to capture my lips.
“I try,” giving him a cheeky grin, picking up the rubbish, and placing it on the tray.
“Where’d you find a tray?”
“A sweet lady at the food line said I could use it, as long as I return it. Want another coffee while I am there?” I asked as I moved to leave.
“Sure, need the bathroom, will meet you back here for that coffee.” I left him to get dressed and headed for the food line.
Found the lovely lady, right where I had seen her last time, working on making sandwiches and coffee.
“You were quick,” she said, as I placed the tray back on the table where I had taken it from.
“Yeah, he was hungry.” She eyed my jacket, then her eyes widened for some reason.
“You’re Tank’s woman?” She asked, staring at me, with renewed interest.
“Yep, can I take another coffee, he parched.” I grinned that knowing look.
“You can have anything you want, dear.” I took two coffees, and after I put milk in, she handed me two wrapped bacon toasted sandwiches and waved me away when I went to say something.
I headed back towards our tent and sat against a tree, waiting for Tank to return.
Tank POV
The morning was better than my usual start on these runs. Having Max bring me food and coffee, even if I wanted more sleep, was worth waking me early and getting that surprise. The sun was rising over the horizon, and there was plenty of movement around, so it wasn’t that early, but still, anything before noon was early for me.
I was greeted by some bros who were awake and moving around as I made my way to the ablution block. As I reached the area, the urge to do more than pee had me changing direction slightly. I sat and thought about last night, my girl whimpering, and nothing I could do about it. I was thinking about talking to Prez and Bruiser about it, maybe do some investigating on that family, like how dangerous are they for my little lady?
Would she be angry with me for investigating or sticking my nose in?
If it were me, I wouldn’t want her looking into my past, which was not much better than hers, from what I have heard so far.
My brother and I hadn’t had a stellar start in life, and it had been just the two of us for like, forever.
I pushed thoughts of my own childhood behind me, not wanting to visit that any time soon; this was not the time for those memories to resurface.
“Hey, Tank, what’s hang’n?” A bro from another gang, asked, we been a sort of friend for years, I give him enough attention to keep him thinking we are good buddies, when most times, I want to punch his lights out, he grates on me for some reason, not that he had done anything really wrong, he just had this way about him, the makes me want to hit him.
“Not much, just doing, you know,” I answered in the same tone.
“Gunna join the events?” What’s he really asking? I thought as I continued to walk towards our tents, he had joined me, trying to keep up with my long stride.
“Maybe, depends,” I replied, looking around at all the bodies still sleeping where they feel, same ol, same ol, even in a couples run, that I have since learned that not many of us use this run for only couples, which was sad in a way, it was supposed to be couple bonding time, I had hoped for better. I am disappointed to see so many singles here, regardless of the excuses they had for being here.
“On what? Heard you got some lady to scratch that itch, word is, she’s a good looking scrubber, most want to get between her thighs.” I stop in my tracks and look him in the eye, not saying a word, just looking at him.
He raised his hands in surrender, and backed away, fear in his eyes, before reaching what he considered a safe distance and fled. There you have it, the biggest idiot here, bet he was sent to get me worked up.
But why?
It never made sense to me.
Was it to find out how serious I was with my little lady?
I have never taken a woman on a run before; they know this.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.