Chapter Five
B eth looked out her bedroom window and thought back over her evening. She and Scoop’s deliveries had been a little different than the others. Their route was called the first responder route. Each year, deliveries were made to the EMS, fire, police, and sheriff’s departments. Their route had taken them through Bluff Creek and Coldwater. Some departments had a mixture of volunteer and paid employees.
Their deliveries were two-fold. First, to thank those who served and to give them resources for the coming year for anyone the departments helped.
Scoop had been surprised when she told him what they were delivering. Each bag had gifts for each first responder. Their presents contained a gift card to the closest grocery story, a gift card for Regina’s Roadside Refuge giving them four free meals a month for a year, and also free oil changes for a year for their personal vehicles.
Beth hoped they enjoyed all the cookies she’d made them. Sugar and chocolate always helped around the holidays.
Scoop had been fun to get to know a little better. He’d shaken hands with each of the first responders, thanking them for serving and mentioning to let him know if there were any needs in the community that the Bluff Creek Brotherhood MC could help with.
She could totally see him and Sarah being perfect for each other. Heck, whenever they both chatted about their computers, she wanted to nod off except for watching both their faces get so animated.
Baron and Regina had the hospital as their last stop. They would drop off items for the staff but also for all those in the hospital. Beth loved that route too, thanking people, but her heart always hurt with how sad it would be to be in the hospital over Christmas.
Beth loved visiting the houses, but she also enjoyed showing all those who protect and serve the community how much their service means.
She and Scoop couldn’t chat. His helmet had Bluetooth, but she was wearing her back up helmet that didn’t have it. The evening had provided entirely too much time to think about what she wanted.
She adored her job and her family, but she wanted to try some other things. She was great at surveillance and had even done a little undercover work for one of their security jobs. But she needed something different.
A long-term undercover job or change of scenery would be great. They’d grown large enough that she oversaw a team for surveillance. Maybe she could take a break and offer her services to the Texas Chapter of the MC.
She wanted what Remington had. Someone who saw her for who she was and adored her. Not that their road hadn’t been rocky, but they’d made it to the other side.
Her parents had set the bar very high. Beth had seen the love her parents had and what her dad had lost when her mother died, but she also knew even if her dad had known the ending, he would have still fallen in love with her mom. They’d been meant for each other.
She couldn’t take off immediately. She’d trained her people, but she hadn’t been working with any of them on managing their resources of people, equipment, etc. She’d add that to her New Year’s schedule to work with a couple of her people and see who was best suited to lead. Even if she didn’t offer her services to the Bluff Creek Brotherhood Texas Chapter, she could always take an assignment to one of their Kansas offices to get away for a little while.
Now she had a plan for the coming months. She’d get her people ready to cover some of the things she did and then, when an opportunity presented itself, she’d take it.
She was ready for whatever was next in her life and if she needed to help move her life along, she’d do it. She slid the blinds closed and took off her glasses, laying them on her side table. Pulling back the covers, she crawled into bed. She was so tired she’d save her reading for tomorrow night. She’d promised to be at Regina’s at eight to help. She’d done the early shift last year and stayed at the clubhouse. She was thankful it was Jesse’s turn. She wasn’t sure she wanted to be that close to the guy who didn’t seem to see her as a woman, just a great buddy. She’d quit thinking about next year and get some sleep. Next week was soon enough to decide what was next for her.