Page 70 of Gang of Roses: Rebel

“You okay?”

“I just wanted you to know that.”

Every instinct I had went on high alert.

“Rebel... where you at?”

She ignored the question.

“I’m tired, Crow.”

My grip tightened around the phone. “What you mean you’re tired?”

“I can’t believe that bitch took from me.”

I closed my eyes. “Don’t let Sarah make you become somebody you ain’t.”

A bitter laugh escaped her lips. “It’s too late.”

The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Rebel sounded different. I knew she was bummed. She’d invested millions into her portfolio, and now every damn dollar was gone. Watching everything she’d worked so hard to build disappear overnight was enough to break anybody.

“Rain,” I called her by her real name.

“I’m at her house.”

My heart dropped.

“What’d you just say?”

“I’m gonna make sure she loses everything the same way I did.”

She went quiet.

“Baby... listen to me.”

“I’m done listening.”

The line went dead.

“No.”

I immediately called her back, but it went straight to voicemail. I tried again with the same result.

“Shit,” I muttered.

I pulled up our location-sharing app, and the second her location loaded, my stomach dropped. She wasn’t bluffing. She was at an unknown location. Without wasting another second, I rushed toward my son.

“Sebastian!”

My son looked up from the floor.

“Come on, little man. We gotta go.”

As I buckled him into the backseat, there was only one thing running through my mind. I had to get to Rain before she destroyed the rest of her life.

It didn’t take me long to get to the house. I quickly told Sebastian to stay put. The last thing I needed was for my son to witness the chaos that was about to unfold. I slammed the door and took off running. Rebel was standing in the yard with a large red gasoline container, pouring that shit everywhere like she’d completely lost her mind, as Sarah looked out from her window in fear. The strong smell of gasoline hit me the second I approached.

“Rainl!” I shouted.