Total pages in book: 96
Estimated words: 91029 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 455(@200wpm)___ 364(@250wpm)___ 303(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91029 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 455(@200wpm)___ 364(@250wpm)___ 303(@300wpm)
He hands her something small before a small wand turns into a cane with the snap of his wrist, and I watch as he feels his way out with it.
I just shot at a blind man.
Holy shit.
“Thank you, Bentley! I love you for this.”
“Love gets my dick sucked. Not shot at,” he mumbles from just outside the door.
Sarah laughs like I’m not in a full blown, cold-sweat panic over here.
“I owe you one,” she tells him, even though I can’t see him anymore.
“I won’t need those services. Like I said, I’m legit now.”
“But you could have problems one day in the future because of your past.”
“Speaking of the past,” Bentley says, “you need to get out of here before yours catches up with you. Your father has men all in the feds, and now the feds know who you really are. It won’t be long before that information spreads to him. There’s nothing else left here for you anymore.”
Sarah’s face falls, and she clears her throat. “Not until I’m sure he’s safe.”
“He’s a fucking criminal and a big boy. He’s never going to be safe and he can take care of himself, A. Just get the hell out of town before it’s too late.”
As they continue to talk, my heartrate slowly starts getting under control. Unfortunately, the rest of everything else catches up to me, and that rug that was firmly planted under my feet gets ripped away, and a painful realization hits me. Everything Sarah said earlier sinks in and resonates, bringing to life a very harsh truth that I believe.
My father didn’t kill himself.
He was murdered.
Chapter 37
DREX
“Where the fuck is she?!”
Sledge jerks back like he’s ready for a fight, as I kick over the Death Dealer bike that has been abandoned not far from the warehouse. A fucking SUV drove up, took my motherfucking girl, and no one stopped them.
I run a hand through my hair, unable to focus on anything and have no fucking clue what to do. Colleen is in the hospital with a bullet in her stomach, and she’s never been on Pop’s bad side. I was fucking arrogant and stupid to think he wouldn’t come after her. And even fucking dumber not to realize he had assholes like Lester under his command. Lester hates me because of Jessie, and Jessie died two days ago.
I overestimated myself and underestimated him. A locked door was never enough to keep them out, and I was an idiot to think it could.
Now… Now this is all on me. Eve is missing all because of me.
Rush walks toward us with a look on his face that doesn’t set well with me.
“What?” I snap, clenching and unclenching my fists in rapid succession.
“We found Lester and the SUV that took Eve.”
“And?” I prompt impatiently.
“And the shit was blown up.”
My legs try to collapse under me, but I force myself to remain upright by locking my knees into place.
“Eve?” I ask hoarsely.
He shakes his head.
“Two men’s bodies were found outside of the vehicles. They’re saying they were dead before they were burned, but they don’t know exactly what killed them or how they burned so fast. Burning a body to be unrecognizable in a short span of time isn’t fucking easy.”
No one even bothered to fucking interrupt our meeting to tell me, and Eve has been missing for over a fucking hour.
“Where the hell is Dash?” I growl.
“He’s been gone since he found out they took her. He’s literally riding up and down the roads, asking anyone what they saw, Drex. He’s killing himself enough, so get the hell off him,” Sledge barks.
Just as I spin around to get in his face, a heavy hand clamps down on my forearm, dragging me back.
Before I can fully go ape shit, Axle walks up. “Don’t worry, Drex. Eve is alive. Just got word she’s safe,” he says while exhaling heavily.
I’ve never felt so weak in my life as I do in this moment, especially when I’m forced to sit down on the ground because my entire body goes limp at once from the swarm of relief I feel.
“How? From who?” I ask him, clearing my throat.
“She’s going to be coming back soon. I also know who is working with Ben now, and it’s not good. It’s—”
“Where the fuck is Eve?” I interrupt. He’s lucky my body is being a bitch right now, or I’d be beating the fucking information out of him.
Axle’s eyes narrow.
“She’s coming.” He glances around, eyeing everyone, and they take the not-so-subtle hint to take a walk. As soon as they’re gone, he turns back to me. “Sarah—or AJ, rather—saved her. She called me to let me know she has Eve and that she’s sending her back to us with a lot of information on our giant pain in the ass. It’s not good, Drex. We need to take care of this.”