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the bar push away.
    I pushed my way through and couldn’t
believe my eyes.
    There was Knox … holding
Danny on the ground by his throat.
     
     
     
    I covered my mouth in shock as Knox
dropped his knee to Danny’s chest.
    “You want to do this here?” Knox
asked. “Or outside like men?”
    “Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Danny yelled. “Not
in front of the people.”
    “Then get up and get outside,” Knox
said.
    He let Danny go and helped him up.
    That’s when we saw each other
again.
    Knox didn’t seem to be in the mood
to stand there and eye flirt with me. He grabbed Danny by the front of the
shirt and walked toward me.
    I jumped out of the way and Knox
passed by, turning his head toward me. “Hey, darlin’. Why don’t you meet me
outside, too?”
    Just like that, all those feelings
rushed back. I felt like I could pass out. It took me a few seconds to regain
my thoughts and footing. By then the door was opened and shut.
    I saw the look on Eddie’s face and
wondered if he wasn’t part of what Knox was up to also. I knew the MC had been
taking hit after hit and they were desperate to stay afloat. At this point,
they were more or less just a small group of guys that met up to ride
motorcycles. But knowing Knox and his strength and mindset, he could easily
turn the club back into a powerful and dangerous force, if it wasn’t that
already.
    My mind kept racing as I opened the
door and went outside.
    Knox hadn’t let up on Danny yet. He
swung Danny around and slammed his large body against the side of the building.
Danny let out a loud groan and looked ready to mess himself. Obviously whatever
protection Porter had been offering was good… up until now when Danny had to
face a wild outlaw like Knoxville.
    “You owe me money,” Knox said. “The
band played and now you pay up. You agreed.”
    “I didn’t say shit,” Danny said. He
looked at me. “Make the call, Ana. Right now.”
    “Keep her out of this,” Knox said. “Let
me explain something to you. My boys in that band have families. They have
people waiting on the money. Me? I don’t have anyone. You want to stiff me,
fine. Stiff me. But not my boys. So I’m going to give you a chance. I never do
this. I’m only doing this because Ana is watching. Ready for this, Danny boy?”
    Knox laughed and tightened his grip
on Danny’s shirt, pushing him harder against the building. Danny’s face was
apple red and looked ready to explode.
    “What?” Danny asked.
    “I’m going to send my boys on the
road. Then I’m going to hang out back, on my ride, smoke a few. I’m going to
sip a cold mug of beer. By the time I’m done with that beer you’re going to
give me the money for the show tonight. If you don’t, I’m going to come back in
and I’m going to take the empty beer mug and I’m going to shove it up your ass.”
    Knox broke away from Danny.
    There was silence for a few seconds
and then Danny swung a fist at Knox. He clipped Knox in the jaw and I gasped.
Before any of us could take a breath, Knox unloaded on Danny. It was like
watching some boxer going to town on his opponent. Left, right, left, right,
left, left, right. Each hit made Danny groan in pain. Punching from Danny’s gut
up to his face, where Knox only hit him there once, right in the eye.
    I knew Danny would have a black eye
for days after that.
    “Knox!” I finally yelled.
    He stopped. Holy shit, he actually
stopped.
    Knox looked at me, his eyes wild as
ever. They seemed to calm when he saw me though. Slowly, he reached for his
smokes and lit one up. Then he walked away without a word.
    I felt strangely disappointed. Last
time we had met up, it ended when I finished with his hands down my pants. Now
he was just walking away, cool and bad as I could ever remember him.
    Danny then looked at me, shaking
furiously. He took a step and winced in pain. He reached for the building to
brace himself.
    “I saw Eddie take money,” I said. “He
took a twenty.”
    “What?”
    “He took a