The Biker's Fate Chapter 58

Payton

Macey leveled both of them with a stare. "You sound drunk to me, and even if you weren't, I don't dance with anyone other than my husband, so I'd highly suggest you just walk away."

The blond one scowled, but they did in fact walk away, and Macey and I went back to watching the other girls still out on the dance floor.

"I wish I liked to dance," I admitted.

Macey giggled. "Me too."

"I have to pee. I'll be right back," I said, and pushed my chair away.

"You need me to come with?"

"No, I'm good. Just watch the table and my purse."

Macey nodded and I headed for the ladies room. I was washing my hands when the bathroom door opened and I glanced in the mirror to find dark-haired hipster guy stepping inside.

I grabbed towels from the dispenser. "You got the ladies', buddy. Guys' is next door."

He closed the door and locked it. "I know what I got."

I faced him after throwing the paper towels into the garbage can. "Are you serious right now?"

On one hand, I'd had very little to drink, was pretty damn good at defending myself, and fought dirty. My brother taught me a lot. On the other, I was wearing four-inch heels, a little black dress, and my purse with my pepper spray was back at the table with Macey.

This made me annoyed more than nervous, so I crossed my arms and leaned against the sink. "What's your plan, big guy?"

"I'm gonna get what I didn't get earlier," he slurred.

"You want to dance," I droned.

He sneered. "I did before, but now I want something different."

The doorknob jiggled and then banging at the door had the guy a little startled. "Busy in here!" he bellowed.

"Payton?" Alex called.

I frowned. He wasn't here... or at least, I didn't think he was. I'd told him I'd text him when he could pick me up.

"Give me a sec," I yelled back, and then focused on the drunk. "That's my very protective boyfriend out there, so you have a choice to make. Either you head on out the door, or you'll have to deal with me, then him."

I realized fleetingly that I'd just referred to Alex as my boyfriend, but being a little busy at the present time, I decided to process that later.

Alex banged on the door again. "Payton, I'm gonna fuckin' break down this door if you don't open it."

"I'm not really in a posi—"

I couldn't get another word out as the guy lunged at me. I shifted, managing to shove him, but his elbow came up and whacked me in the cheek as he went down... and it hurt, damn it. Before I could make it to the door, it slammed open and Alex forced his way inside, Booker behind him. Alex came to me immediately and pulled my hand away from my cheek. His face contorted with rage. "What'd he do?"

"He hit me on his way to the ground," I said, my eyes filling with tears from the pain.

"Okay, baby," he said, and kissed my forehead. "I'll take care of it."

Booker had his knee on the jerk's back and was shoving his head into the cold cement floor to keep him from moving. Drunk guy was squirming, but otherwise stuck where he was.

"Pay?" Macey peeked her head into the bathroom. "Ohmigod, what happened?"

"I'm okay," I said.

"Go with Macey, baby," Alex said, so I stepped around the man and into the hallway.

"Let me look," Macey demanded and she felt around the cheekbone. "Sorry, honey," she said when I grimaced. "I don't think anything's broken. Ice should help. I have an instant pack in my purse."

"Of course you do." I couldn't help but smile. She was an amazing nurse and always carried a mini first-aid kit wherever she went. How she fit an icepack in her clutch, I have no idea. "Ow," I breathed out. Smiling was apparently not the smart choice.

The pained squeal of my would-be attacker brought my attention back to the bathroom and I gasped. Alex had the man on the ground, his hand wrapped around the hipster's neck.

"Alex, stop!" I demanded.

"Payton, get the fuck out of here," Alex snapped.

Macey grabbed my hand and tugged me away from the door.

"He's going to kill him," I said, and tried to pull my hand away.

"He's not going to kill him, honey," Macey said. "But you probably don't want to watch what he's more than likely going to do to him."

"I had everything under control," I argued.

"You can have that discussion later. Right now, Hawk needs to do what he needs to do."

My face was hurting from moving my mouth so I nodded and walked back to the table with Macey. She grabbed her purse, pulled out the little square icepack and squeezed it to activate the cooling magic, then placed it over my cheek.

Dani, Kim, and Bailey were laughing as they walked back to the table, but their expressions grew serious when they saw me.

"What happened?" Bailey asked as she sat next to me.

I filled them in and Dani shook her head. "Austin said nothing about staying, but I'm not surprised. I'm going to find him."

"I don't think that's a good idea," Macey countered. "They're in the middle of dealing with the asshole."

Dani sighed with a frown, but took her seat next to Kim.