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Chapter Nineteen
Decker
When Felix calls and tells me to come to his house, I head there straight away. He rarely demands things from me so I know something is wrong. The door opens just as I lift my hand to knock.
Felix opens the door wide, and I see Cara and Clover huddled together on the couch. “What happened?”
He closes the door and leads me over to them. Cara lifts her face up to me and her eyes are red, like she’s been crying. “Felix, I told you not to call him.”
“Why wouldn’t I? I need his help,” Felix chides, turning to me. “Okay, so today, Cara was walking back to her car and someone tried to kidnap her by pulling her into their van. She was lucky—fought the guys off and ran.”
“What? Are you okay?” I ask, giving her a quick once-over before sitting next to her.
“I’m fine, just a little shaken is all. I think, being away from the Wind Dragons, I kind of lowered my guard a little when I really shouldn’t have,” she replies, as I reach for her hand to comfort her. “I should know better, always stay alert.”
“You got away, that’s all that matters,” I say, then glance back up at Felix. “Whatever you need me to do, I’m here.”
“Decker, you don’t have to—”
“We thought you might say that,” Clover says, cutting her off and speaking to me. “We also think we know what’s going on, but we haven’t called the Wind Dragons yet to confirm.”
“What do you think the reason is?” I ask, giving Cara’s hand a squeeze.
“We were told Rhett was sent away because something went down in the MC. We don’t know what because they didn’t tell us, but it has to be connected. Cara must be targeted because of Rhett. No one other than our close friends and family know that they broke up. Both of their names are on their house and their mail, et cetera. I think whatever is going on with Rhett is now touching Cara. Someone wants revenge and they came here to get it.”
“But you have no idea what situation Rhett is in?” I ask, brow furrowing.
I don’t like this one bit. Why is Rhett’s shit touching Cara, and why isn’t the MC on top of this? Maybe they thought she’d be safe since she’s also out of town, but apparently not.
“Nope. I called my dad, but I’m waiting for him to call back,” Cara explains, shrugging. “I know he’s going to tell me to come home, which I don’t want to do, but I don’t want to put any of you in danger either.”
“Is going home safer, though?” Clover asks her, frowning. “They’d have you locked up in the clubhouse, and who knows how long this will take to blow over. We just need to know what Rhett has got himself into before we make a plan. We don’t even know who or what we are up against.”
Cara nods. “You’re right.”
Cara’s phone rings and she puts her father on speakerphone. “Hey, Dad. Where have you been? I’ve been calling you for the last hour.”
“Sorry, Cara, some shit was going down here. Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m okay, but something has happened. I was walking back to my car after leaving the park today and a van pulled up and some men tried to kidnap me. We think it has something to do with my connection to Rhett.”
“Fuck,” he grits out, adding a few more curse words for good measure. “I’m so sorry, honey. I didn’t realize they’d dig this deep. I’m going to come there now. I’ll explain everything. Don’t go anywhere alone.”
“Okay, I’ll see you soon.”
We all share a look.
Clover stands. “I’ll go check on Fire and then make us some coffee.” Felix follows behind her, leaving me and Cara alone.
She leans her head against my shoulder and I pull her into my arms, like I’ve been wanting to do this entire time.
“I’m so glad you are okay,” I whisper.
“I told you what my life can be like,” she sighs, shielding those beautiful brown eyes from me. “Thank you for coming and offering your help. You know I didn’t expect you to.”
“Cara, of course I’d come if any of you needed me,” I say, swallowing hard. “But I would especially be there for you. Whenever.”
She lifts her head and smiles at me. “I wish I could say this is the first time that someone has tried to kidnap me, but it’s not.”
