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He finally has my full attention. I lift my head to see him better.
“Do they throw them out of the club if they’re not loyal?”
“You could say that,” Devereaux chuckles but not in amusement. “The only way to leave a club is in a coffin, Miss Santiago.”
He is only confirming what I already knew. I was just hoping that Hawk was wrong, and that his president actually had a heart.
The blood rushes out of my head. I blink to clear my vision, but he still looks blurry. My stomach churns in a painful way, and I think I might be getting sick.
“They will kill Hawk because he didn’t kill me.”
I don’t ask because he’s pretty much said the words to me through the long-winded explanation he’s given me about what being a member of a motorcycle club entails.
“That is the plan,” he explains.
The words hit me like a freight train, but I can’t even cry. My mind is a jumbled mess. All I can see is Hawk’s dead body being pushed into a shallow grave somewhere in the woods.
Us coming together has brought only grief, with him having to pay the ultimate sacrifice by losing his life.
I stare blindly at Devereaux, refusing to believe that this is real. It can’t be.
“After everything Hawk did for you, you are going to let him die?”
I want my voice to sound stronger, but I am in a weird state of inertia. I can hear myself talking, hardly recognizing my own voice.
“That is not my first choice, no.”
A sob escapes the back of my throat. It burns as it makes its way out, incinerating my insides in the process. It dawns on me that when I said goodbye to Hawk, I never expected not to ever see him again because he would no longer walk this earth.
Over all the noise in my head, I hear a firm knock at the door. Whoever is on the other side doesn’t wait for Devereaux to invite them in. When the door opens, I notice it is his bodyguard, Malone.
“Any news from the Savages?”
Malone gives me a sad smile before turning his head to make eye contact with his boss.
“It is done.”
My world goes completely dark.
TWENTY-THREE
Hawk
“We have two more issues to vote on tonight. Hawk’s elimination from the club. And the manner in which it will happen.”
The entire table turns their eyes to stare at me. No one speaks up, which is a tad disappointing, but, in the grand scheme of things, not surprising. What’s happening right now is nothing out of the ordinary.
It is spelled out in the club’s bylaws that once we prove ourselves disloyal, we are out, no questions asked. The fact that Prez is taking all this time to discuss the situation and also make arrangements for my mother tells me that I am getting special treatment.
“Without further ado,” Prez calls for everyone’s attention, “we will first vote on item number one.”
Their attention shifts from me to him.
“As stated in the Savages MC bylaws, any member who doesn’t follow a direct order from their president is considered a traitor, therefore, he will be eliminated from the club by way of death.”
Silence rings all around us. No one reacts, no one even dares to breathe. This is a good lesson for all of them not to ever cross the president. He will never have a problem with eliminating you should you cross him.
The only thing that doesn’t make sense to me is why he would offer me such a generous payday since I will not be around to enjoy it. I don’t have a will, nor do I have any family left that could use the money upon my death.
