“Nowhere,” he said, as I searched his eyes. There was something off with him and I couldn’t pinpoint what it was. As sad as it was, I could read Blackie drunk off his ass, but add heroine to the cocktail of misery and I was fucking lost. I didn’t know if it was the repercussions of the drugs he shot up or his truck being blown to bits but something was fucking with him. He turned his head, a defense mechanism because he knew I was trying to read him. “I came here afterwards.” He shoved his hands in his pockets and turned back to me. “What the fuck does that matter anyway?”
“Because you had Reina in the fucking car with you and just like you could’ve been killed, she could’ve been too,” I shouted. “Now one more time, did you go anywhere after you dropped her off?”
“You really want to go there? Because she took my fucking car and went to your house last night so who’s to say your girl didn’t plant the motherfucking bomb or set it up so whoever planted it had a chance to?” Blackie hollered, but even as he said the words it was obvious to me that he was deflecting. He said it himself, he had misjudged Reina, there was no way he believed she was involved in this. But one couldn’t deny the coincidence and if I wasn’t in deep with Reina, I’d be the first one jumping on the bandwagon thinking she had something to do with it.
“Whoa, hold up,” Bianci intervened. “What if that was the plan?” He questioned, narrowing his eyes as he worked the scenario in his head before he diverted his gaze back to mine. “Reina took Blackie’s car, went to your house?” I nodded in agreement. “Jimmy have any idea Reina exists in your life?”
I looked back at Blackie. “What happened when he came here yesterday?”
“I made her drop to her fucking knees and pretend to give me head,” he said, shrugging his shoulders as if it was no big fucking deal.
Focus, Bulldog.
Keep your fucking head.
“Mother of God,” Grace exclaimed, closing her eyes in disgust.
Blackie rolled his eyes and pierced me with a look. “Made it so Jimmy thought she was just a piece of pussy nobody cared about then I dismissed her.”
“What if he wants you to think she’s the one setting you up?” Bianci asked.
“We could sit here and play the guessing game all day long but until that motherfucker makes another move all we’re doing is running in circles,” Blackie ground out.
A gunshot fired, Grace shrieked, and the boys shouted, causing me to reach for my gun and quickly spin around where I met Wolf’s glare. Smoke puffed from the barrel of the gun he pointed toward the ceiling. “About out of patience, Prez, so you might want to start fucking talking to the rest of us,” he said, eerily calm.
“I’ll give you your answers,” I bit out. “But right now I’m putting this club on lockdown,” I declared, as I looked around the room at my club that was divided thanks to me and my agenda. “Go get your families, anyone you give a damn about and bring them here,” I declared, turning to Bianci. “That includes you, go get your wife and son.” I pointed to Grace and continued, “And get her other daughter too,” I ordered, as my eyes traveled around the room. “I repeat—anyone you give a damn about.”
I grabbed my helmet off the bar and started for the door. “Church in an hour,” I said over my shoulder.
“Where are you going?” Blackie called out.
“To get Reina and Lacey,” I replied.
“You go get Reina, I’ll get Lacey,” he countered, falling into step beside me. I lifted an eyebrow as I tried to figure him out.
“We going to sit here and argue about this or we going to get the women in your life to safety? Because I tell you brother, something happens to either of them on your watch, you ain’t going to be able to deal with that. Trust me, that shit will be the death of you,” he said, talking from experience. He slipped his arms into his cut, checked his gun, and shoved it into the back of his jeans before leveling me with a stare. “I got your girl,” he assured me.
My feet felt like lead as I stood there, staring at him for a moment. I reasoned that Blackie was doing the sensible thing if we split up then we’d save time and get Reina and my daughter to the compound quicker. The sooner they were together under the club’s roof the safer they would be. Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling like I was missing something but there wasn’t time for me to get into my head. The fucking thing was behaving at the moment, no need to rattle shit up.
I patted his shoulder.
“Thank you,” I said, and he nodded before we stepped outside. We straddled our bikes, revved our engines, and kicked our bikes into gear. Adrenaline pumping through our veins and determination in our eyes we turned our separate ways out of the compound to bring my girls to safety.
I ran every light, defied the speed limits, and nearly ran an elderly man over. I was crazed, racing against a clock I didn’t know was ticking, blinded by my need to get to Reina. I prepared myself for the hell she’d probably give me, making it hard for me to convince her she needed to come with me. I said I’d give her time but how did I explain that her life could be at risk? Anyone associated with me could be in danger right now. It didn’t matter I decided, I’d gag her and tie her to the back of my bike if she fought me.