Page 139 of Reckless Vengeance

The guys left me alone for a while, their quiet murmuring in the other room a sense of comfort, knowing they were still there despite giving me space. It must have been hard for Skeeter to be here too, I doubted he’d stepped foot in here until today either.

“Hey,” Skeeter said as he poked his head into the room after what felt like forever. “You want to see the security room?”

I sat up with a frown. “What security room?”

“Slash was a tech nerd, babe. He’s got a bunch of computer stuff. C’mon, I’ll show you. I might not be able to do anything with it though, I’m not well-versed in tech like he was.”

I stood, following him into the living room to the closet door. He opened it, stepping inside slightly where there was apparently another door inside it along the wall.

He unlocked it with a code, opening it wide for us to step inside, and I couldn’t believe the amount of monitors that were in there.

“Was he a fucking spy?” Tyler sputtered, walking along the desk to investigate.

“No, he just hacked a lot of stuff. Diesel’s better at this shit than me, so he can probably help you log into it all later and show you how to access things,” Skeeter explained as I looked around. He hadn’t been kidding, there were six monitors attached to a high-tech looking computer, a filing cabinet along the wall, and even a damn mini fridge in the corner.

“Why did he need all of this?” Lukas asked with confusion, making Skeeter chuckle.

“We never go after someone without monitoring them first. Slash would spend hours in here studying people’s patterns and keeping an eye on things.”

I lowered myself into the chair and turned the computer on, not surprised when it asked for a password.

“Like I said, you’ll need D to help you,” he added dryly, walking towards the cabinet. It was fancy with a code lock like the door, and he opened it easily before pulling a few things out. “I’ll have to go through all of the paperwork and take the crew stuff, so that might take a while.”

“Shouldn’t you be asking? It’s Rory’s house now,” Lukas said defensively, and Skeeter slid his gaze to me before returning it to Lukas.

“I could, but I’m taking it regardless. You really don’t want to get between that shit or the crew will kill her. As it is, they expected the house to come back to the crew, so I’ll have to break that news to them.”

“What else is in there?” I asked curiously as I joined him, grabbing some of the papers and pulling them out to look at. He snatched them back quickly, pointing to another drawer.

“This is crew stuff. That is other shit that I have no idea about.”

“Why can’t I see crew stuff? Aren’t we past this?” I scoffed, his eyes narrowing.

“Please drop it.”

“Fine, but if I find anything juicy, I’m not telling you,” I huffed, starting to rummage in the drawer that he’d allowed me to check.

A lot was bills and files on random people, but I frowned when I found files on Axel. Slash had died before knowing that Axel was connected to me.

I flipped through them, finding notes written all over one page.

• Uncle was called Axel Leary.

• Zero paper trail between him and Marla.

• Only Axel Leary around that age range from Ashburn.

• Fairview Prison.

• Not in Yoyo’s block.

I put it aside, finding printed photos of Axel in his prison uniform and mentions of his cell mates.

“He was gone before we discovered all of this,” I murmured, thumbing one of the photos.

Skeeter appeared over my shoulder, looking down at what I was holding.

“He must have been following a trail. It makes sense when you think about it.”