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“Fuck yeah,” echoes all around us. “That’s what I’m talking about.”
Prez waits until the room is quiet again.
“Bringing Bricks down was not easy, but he did it. The Lizards’ clubhouse is scheduled to be blown up a week from tomorrow. All significant members are to be inside, that includes Bricks and Snake.”
He pauses and looks around with intensity, making sure everyone is paying attention.
“Hawk followed all directions to a T.”
I raise my eyebrows in surprise. That is not what he said to me only minutes ago before we entered the church room.
“For that, I would like to propose for Hawk to receive an additional twenty-five percent from the big pie. It is now up for vote. Any nays?”
He looks around the table again and waits. No one says a word.
“All in favor, say aye.”
“Aye,” echoes all around the room.
I am having a hard time processing what’s happening right now. I came prepared for battle. Instead, I am getting everything I asked for. Something is off though, I can tell.
“I would also like to propose for the club to take over all the payments for the care facility where Hawk’s mother, Mary Paulson, resides. Permanently. Any nays?”
Once again, they all remain quiet.
“All in favor, say aye.”
“Aye!” They are loud enough to shake the building.
I have no idea what to say to anything that’s happening right now. The club taking over the payments for my mother’s care doesn’t make any sense. Besides, with all the extra money I am apparently getting, I shouldn’t have any issues paying for all that, and then some.
“And now, to the issue at hand,” Prez declares.
He leans forward and rests his forearms on the table, his hands clasped together. I can’t tell if he is trying to hold back fury, resentment or disappointment. But when he looks at me, all three of them hit me like a freight train.
“Hawk has gone against the club’s orders… My orders, to be exact. When it was time to eliminate the mole we used to take false information to the Lizards, he decided to save her.”
My head is all fucked up right now. All I see is her running in the night, with no shoes on, a flimsy as fuck tank top and a pair of sweatpants. She is breathing heavily, crying, trying to get away from the men who want to do unspeakable things to her before selling her to the sex trafficking ring.
Saving her was stupid. But allowing for any harm to come to her would’ve haunted me for the rest of my days. The connection I found with her was something I’d never felt before. I didn’t want to let her go. I had absolutely no plan when I brought her here, but at least she was alive.
I realize with a start that I will never find out where she went or if she even made it out alive. I want to believe that she will have a happy and fulfilled life somewhere in another state. I wish I could hear her voice just one more time, tell her that I have feelings for her…
I force myself to stop with that line of thinking. It doesn’t even matter anymore. Besides, feelings are for people who have no common sense. Feelings get you killed in the blink of an eye. She should know that since that’s what got her in trouble when she was in school, and that’s why she followed me here.
I think I love you, she whispered to me.
I will take her sweet voice to the grave with me. I deserve it. I will think of her as she laid next to my mother, calming her down with her mere presence. Prez doesn’t understand what that meant for me, not seeing my mother suffer like that anymore.
My president’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts of Ruby Santiago.
“Bringing her here was a stupid move. One that could cost us all our lives should the information fall into the wrong people’s hands.”
The brothers start whispering amongst themselves. Winger just turns his head to stare at me. I see betrayal written in his eyes. He wants to know why I would not share something like that with him, especially after all we’ve been through together while part of the club.
“Because of that,” Prez continues, “decisions have to be made.”
Everyone falls quiet once again.
