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Boys of RDA Chapter 209: Do I look Woodsy?
I shake my head. "No. Do you want to go?" Obviously, he does, but Hudson is a guy you ask first.Hudson's pinched lips grow into a smile and he nods. "If you're okay with it," he says trying to play it off like I can't read the excitement ready to burst out of him.I laugh and walk to the bus. "Let's go."The bus driver smiles and watches me board, but Hudson stays behind making sure he can't pay for the tickets. I don't turn my nose up to a free ride anywhere. When he finally sits beside me at the front of the bus, he's vibrating with energy."Amanda, you've been in San Francisco how long and never made it to the woods?"I shrug. I'm not really a tree girl. If for some reason nature calls, I head to Golden Gate Park for a stroll on a paved surface. "Do you want the window seat?" I may not have been to the woods but Hudson will enjoy the view more.Hudson shakes his head, his nose crinkling even though his eyes stare out the window scanning the area. "I locked the car, but
Boys of RDA Chapter 210: Billionaires in Comic Shops
Hudson stops walking in the front of the big picture window of Cosmo's Comics and Café. He looks to the window, looks up the street, looks at me, and then sighs. His sighs are never a good sign."Let me get this straight. Every Sunday a group of millionaires get together in this comic shop," he says pointing at the window. "And you sit in front of this big ass window right out front?""Yup." I've learned it's no use fighting him when he uses his really, Amanda tone. And technically what he said is correct. The couches our group occupies set further back in the building so we aren't right next to the window, but I've learned Hudson is not one you want to argue with when it comes to security. Last night he spent over an hour explaining why you should never hire a phone or cable company to provide your alarm system. I'm still confused, quite honestly. I mean, they call the police for you and isn't that what a security company does? What's the big deal? But after spending an awesome da
Boys of RDA Chapter 211: Sometimes the Truth Hurts
Aspen widens her eyes like she's trying to lift her eyebrows in the air but fails horribly. "Thanks, Simone. Anyway, see!"One of the customers from Jason's store, wearing a pair of dark color corduroys and a light blue button-down sweater approaches our small group. He moves to the right, getting closer to the wall where the shelves of dolls are displayed — or action figures as the guys call them. He has his eyes set on one on the middle shelf, his arm outstretched to grab it, but before he can make contact, Hudson steps between him and the merchandise."I don't think so." He shoos him away from our small group. To avoid embarrassment, I become super interested in the edge of my shoe. Hopefully they've forgotten the big tall hunky male is with me."Next topic," Marissa says. "Can we discuss why Amanda is here with a bodyguard?""We're avoiding his big ears and elephant trunk." Aspen smiles in my direction and lifts one shoulder slightly higher in a half shrug.It's okay. It'
Boys of RDA Chapter 212: Are they always so... Loud?
"Sooo, what did you think of the girls?" I ask Hudson as I push my key into my apartment door.The key sticks and I'm forced to pull it out and put it in correctly before I get the door unlocked. It doesn't help that I do everything while facing Hudson with an annoyed expression rather than keeping an eye on the lock. Before he got here, I didn't lock the door. I mean we have a code to gain access to the top floor and my only neighbors are Marissa and Ryland. Neither of them will break in and steal my stuff or kill me. But Hudson refused to leave for Sunday brunch until I locked the door behind us. I had to dig around to even find my key. He's worse than one of my brothers."Are they always so... loud?" he asks when I finally get the door open and walk inside, not waiting for him.I laugh. "Yes."Cupcake and Ginny squeak loudly in their cage, the sound carrying through the whole apartment. Thank goodness Ryland has never asked to visit. I'd be screwed.I turn, intending to go
Boys of RDA Chapter 213: A former SEAL
"What are you doing?" I yell at Hudson while his character hides in a small opening of the cave we're exploring.We're surrounded by digital video game skeletons and he's hiding in the corner! A former SEAL! A few of the skeletons shoot arrows in my direction and I'm forced to dodge behind another section of the cave. It leaves my back exposed."I'm getting into formation." Hudson leans on the couch, totally calm as he's about to get us both massacred."What do you mean formation? There is no formation. It is just you and me."Hudson scoffs. "How do you want to do it?"My character leans to the side so I get a better view of the skeleton spawner creating monsters set on a vengeful mission to kill us. Two more baby skeletons pop out of the box, aging immediately as time clicks away. If we don't do something soon, we won't make it out of this alive and I'm carrying my good sword. I refuse to lose it to a skeleton in a cave in the middle of a damn spruce forest."We handle it
Boys of RDA Chapter 214: San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
A strand of lights wrapped around one of the tall palm trees in front of The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers blinks twice and then flickers off, leaving the tree only half lit with festive decorations. Hudson and I walked all over the Golden Gate Park. We visited the Japanese Tea Garden and stopped to take his picture on the little mini bridges. We shot pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge from the best vantage points available and enjoyed a pleasant stroll on the paved walkways around the park. I finally got him to sit for a few minutes when we passed the large white flower conservatory. He still doesn't accept it's not a huge birdcage, but I told him the next time it's open if he's still here we'll go in and tour it together.It's been a magical afternoon. Today felt more like two friends on a vacation exploring the city than me wandering around the city park with a bodyguard.I couldn't sit cooped up inside any longer. When my company gave us a week off between Christmas and
Boys of RDA Chapter 215: Carson Daly is Cuter
"D0 you remember when Dick Clark used to host these things?" Hudson asks tossing more popcorn into his mouth.I steal a few pieces from the ceramic popcorn dish nestled between us. "Yeah, but Carson Daly is cuter than the other guy."Hudson scoffs but there's a smile on his face when he throws a piece of popcorn in my direction. It hits my forehead and bounces on the floor."The pigs can eat popcorn, right?"I stare at him for a moment trying to decide if this question is real or not. He seemed like such a smart man the last few days we've spent with one another."Did you give the guinea pigs popcorn?" I ask with accusation in my voice."No," he says, but his eyes shift to the left a little.I can never remember if looking left or right means you're lying."Hudson?"He laughs. "I swear I didn't, but they'd enjoy a few pieces of New Year celebration popcorn."I arch an eyebrow. His reasoning is suspicious, but the tiny parts go soft at his mention of the guinea pigs.
Boys of RDA Chapter 216: I'll Keep You Safe
Hudson stretches himself across the couch, his path only blocked by the popcorn bowl that sits between us."You don't have to worry, Amanda. I'll keep you safe." Hudson's words are sure. He has faith in himself. His head moves closer, so he's inches away, and his face meets mine. He stops and waits, leaving me to close the distance between us.Before the countdown reaches one I kiss him.His lips are not rough, but harder than mine. Our first touch is tentative and then Hudson runs his tongue over my lip and I open, giving him access to my mouth. I pull on his shoulders to bring him closer and knock the popcorn bowl to the floor with my knee. The crowd on the television roars to life at our side as I tug Hudson's body on top of mine.A flood of emotions releases while I'm in his arms and for the first time in days I feel safe, happy, whole. Hudson has wrapped me in a protective bubble and I never want to leave.Hudson pulls back an inch and I lean forward, not willing or want
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Boys of RDA Chapter 246: Series Epilogue
Six months later"I thought you were painting this room silver?" Hudson asks dropping his half of the couch inside of our brand-new tiny living room. That's not fair. It's bigger than the apartment when I lived with Marissa. Living here will be like me having my own special mansion. Except this time the rent is higher.I put my end of the couch down and then promptly sit at the end of it. I've done my part of moving. This is why we hired movers. I don't know what it is about men wanting to lift heavy objects. Plus, it's not like there's much furniture to move. The old apartment came furnished. This stuff is new.I look at the wall, which shimmers in the bright light from our large open window in the new living room. "I did. It's Silver Fox.""This color is gray.""No, it's Silver Fox.""It looks gray to me."I shake my head in dismay. "Gray is darker."He nods slowly. "Uh-huh. Whatever you say."Hudson and I have been living together since he made the permanent move t
Boys of RDA Chapter 245: Finn Hooked You Up
A few weeks later"Wow, Finn hooked you up." My eyes blink a few times trying to adjust to the overpowering glare of so many television screens in one room.Hudson laughs as he steps behind me. "Ridge taught me you can never have too many cameras.""Well, you definitely put his words into practice." No less than thirty flat screen TVs line a wall in the room Finn and Hudson started calling the war room. I'm pretty sure Finn has a camera everywhere Aspen may go in San Francisco. There is even one in the comic shop. The transition has gone well for the most part. Finn and Aspen had a heated debate over her bodyguard situation.Once Hudson accepted the position, he didn't waste time. It's been less than three weeks and he has a war room set up and is spying on half the residents of the city. My man gets shit done."Are you happy?" I ask turning around so we are face to face.Hudson rolls his eyes and says something silently to the ceiling of the room. He's recently taken up pr
Boys of RDA Chapter 244: Full Marissa Style
The glass automatic door at the airport entrance slides open and I saunter in with a purpose. No woman has ever been as determined as I am to put a man in his place. Full Marissa style.And then maybe win him back. It depends on his response. I've been through tons of shit the last few weeks. I need someone who can handle me and won't chicken out.Aspen and Finn checked me out of the hospital and then took me back to my apartment making me promise I wouldn't leave when I asked to be alone. My mother even listened when I told her it was a great time to visit my brother in Washington. He'll love it.Besides my shattered heart, I'm medically fine. There's no reason for people to be stuck hovering around me. Hurt or not, I've still peopled too much these last few days, so it wasn't hard to press that I needed quiet time. I promised to head right into bed and sleep for a few more days.But I've broken many promises lately. And kept secrets. I am not the same girl I was last year. An
Boys of RDA Chapter 243: Horrible Timing
I hate to be a bad friend — who am I kidding, I'm always the bad friend — but Aspen could not have picked a worse time to make her visit. And I love her. She was here all day yesterday. Getting water, refilling water, fluffing my pillow and accidentally pulling on my IV before doing it again while apologizing for pulling on the IV. Hudson and I haven't had two minutes to ourselves. I tried to fake sleep yesterday afternoon, but then they stood around the bed looking and me and whispering."Do you need your pillow fluffed?" she asks for the thousandth time. It's become her filler question. What she asks me if she doesn't know what else to ask.I shake my head, giving Finn my best "calm her down" look, but he doesn't notice. He's so madly in love with Aspen he thinks everything she does is adorable. "I'm fine, Aspen. Relax."My best friend is definitely more put together than Hudson in the last two days, but not by much. Her hair is flat on one side, a little curly on the other, an
Boys of RDA Chapter 242: A Scene I Never Want to See Again
A STEADY STREAM of beeps wakes me up to a stream of light.A hospital. It's the place I've woken up the last two days. I can't complain. It's one hundred times better than a concrete floor in an abandoned factory in Oakland. Even still I fight the panic as my brain comes into consciousness. The hospital therapist says eventually there will come a day when I don't wake up ready to flee, but I'm not sure I believe her.My awake body is heavy and sluggish. Yesterday I spent most the day sleeping as my conscious mind worked around what happened after I was taken from the sidewalk in front of Cosmo's.Hudson was shot. I watched it with my own eyes. What I didn't know at the time was the bullet grazed the side of his body and most of his injury was due to the shock of being shot. Even though my mind didn't want to believe it at the time, he led the charge to rescue me. And yes, he absolutely shot Jimmy in the head — a scene I never ever want to see again, but one that plays on repeat e
Boys of RDA Chapter 241: Kidnapped
Breathe. I hit reality with a start. Tears form as I blink my eyes to open them. My shoulder hurts, a tingling stiff sensation like I slept on it wrong. At one point I must have broken out in a cold sweat and my skin is clammy, moist yet chilled. My knuckle scrapes the hard ground underneath my body as I sit up and the events of what happened flood back. It wasn't a bad dream. I've been taken right from the front of Cosmo's. Kidnapped.They shot Hudson.I have no idea how long I slept or where I am. No longer in the van, the room is dark around me and it takes longer than I want for my eyes to adjust. Of course, there's no positive to be found when they do. Sawdust and dirt smells permeate the air. On the ground there's not only cold hard concrete but sharp pieces of wood. I wipe a few from my pants legs only to have them stick to the skin of my fingers.As I try to stand, there's a clink of metal. I tug my foot to find it doesn't move. My leg is bolted to the ground with thick m
Boys of RDA Chapter 240: Forgive and Forget
"Are you sure you won't walk in there and start crying?" Hudson asks as we stop in front of Cosmo's Comics and Café.I take a deep breath and check myself before I answer because frankly he's probably right to be worried. It's been two days since we met with Drew at the restaurant in Oakland and I spent most of that night crying. I haven't talked to anyone since then. More than likely they think I've been taking this time to apologize to Hudson. He promises he's forgiven and forgotten and even understands why it took so long.Hudson spent the last few days consoling me as I came to terms with finally admitting what happened that night and saying goodbye to Drew if only in my own mind. He's been perfect. He didn't push or yell at me to do it faster or tell me I was being ridiculous. He listened and held me when I needed him. I couldn't ask for a better man.Hudson is everything I've ever wanted in a guy. Sensitive enough to figure out when I'm hurting, but strong enough to tell me
Boys of RDA Chapter 239: Final Answers
"That's your answer?" Hudson's eyebrows lift.I hit my knee against his. "Hudson."He sighs in agitation."Well, Drew, the way I look at it Amanda doesn't have much to tell. It sounds to me as if in her story you were a friend who was there to help her out. Who didn't want to get involved in a police investigation. But before I can trust her opinion that you're a nice guy, I need proof."Drew laughs even though it's inappropriate for the time. "I don't think I'm a nice guy, but thanks, Amanda.""Um, you're welcome?""I started working construction jobs part time when Clare and I were in foster care." He stops talking right as the story gets good."But you don't do construction work now, do you?" Hudson asks the exact question I've been thinking.It's like pulling teeth to get facts out of Drew, but what he doesn't understand is Hudson will have no qualms telling Ben if he's not satisfied with his answers."Yes and no. From time to time my boss asks me for extra favors
Boys of RDA Chapter 238: Truthful Memories
"Sorry, Dean, I've got to get home. Lots of Christmas prep to do."There's no time to chase another raid with so much work to do for Aspen's Christmas celebration. They overdo it for most holidays, but the big ones are the worst.He nods, accepting the answer. I rarely take him up on offers for more raiding or the hundred times he's asked me out for coffee. "Okay, see you next time." He waves, following a large group of people making their way to cars and bikes before heading toward the wharf.I step onto the sidewalk outside the baseball stadium to look for a cab. The road is eerily quiet since there isn't baseball in December and the people from the raid snatched up the cabs. Even though Grant, Clare's boyfriend would kill me, I scroll through my phone and find the Uber app. If I have to call for a ride anyway, I should at least make it a cheap one. He'd be pissed over how close I am to his neighborhood without someone here with me, but it's too late to worry about that now.
