Storm the Night: An Iron Guardians MC Romance Novella

Chapter 5

Wednesday

Icouldn’t believe Ryder had moved and gotten a whole new place just so I had somewhere to go. I also couldn’t believe I was putting my trust in someone that I still hardly knew. Everything seemed like a dream. The days since meeting Ryder flew by, and I got to know him a little bit better over that time. As well as one can under such a short and chaotic timeframe.

Over dinner, I learned that his mama lives in town but stays in a mental health facility. He’s an only child and his father left when he was a kid. His mama deals with some mental health concerns, but Ryder has made sure she is taken care of and has what she needs. The club is his family and while I still don’t know a lot about them, he seems to really love it.

Colin was going to be home in just two days, and I still had so many things to get out.

“Knock, knock! Calliope, you here?” Ryder.

“I’m upstairs! Come on up.” I yelled down to him.

He popped his head inside the doorway but didn’t come in. “You need help with anything?” I could see him glancing around.

“You can come in. I would love it if you could carry the bag that’s on the bed for me. It’s a heavy one. I managed to stuff almost everything that’s left in there.” He walked in hesitantly and grabbed it. Suddenly my phone rang, making me freeze up. Glancing at the screen, I said, “It’s Colin.”

“It’s ok. I’m right here.” Ryder said reassuringly.

Nodding, I answered. “Hi Colin. Not much, doing laundry… Decided to purge some clothes I haven’t worn in years… no, I am not getting rid of anything you like… I’m not touching your stuff either.” I rolled my eyes. His questions were so stupid. Ryder was just watching, and I could see his brow furrow at my responses. “Yes, I know you’ll be back in two days. The house is clean… no, no one has been here.” That question made me nervous since Ryder wasn”t no one and he was literally standing in my bedroom of all places. “How is your trip going?... I was just asking, Colin… Great, ok bye.”

I went to hit end on the phone, but he hung up that quick. I’m sure he was preoccupied with whatever woman he took with him on his stupid trip. Tossing my phone onto the bed, I let out a sigh and turned back toward my drawers. “I think I should leave the less important items so that it’s not all just completely gone. Right?”

“I think if you want to be completely gone, pack it all. I’m planning to pick you up tomorrow night, this way when he returns on Friday, no matter what time it is, you’ll already be gone.”

Clearing my throat, “Right. You’re right. Ok, I’ll keep enough here tonight to shower, sleep, and something to change into tomorrow. Sound good?”

“Yep. Come on, let’s go take one more trip and then I’ll drop you back off.”

“Thank you, Ryder. For everything. I mean it.” The whole situation was such a crazy way for two people to get to know each other. I craved normalcy and I couldn’t wait until all of the bullshit was behind me.