Page 119 of Break Out

Volt glared at me. “Anything happens to her, I will end you.”

I nodded once. “Something happens to her, I’ll deserve that.”

At a quarter after eleven, Torque and Tie rode through the gates of the Jacksonville compound. I shook my head, wondering why they hadn’t texted me that they were on their way down today.

I strode to where Torque had stopped his bike. “What the hell? I’m riding up to Augusta tomorrow morning. Could have saved yourselves a trip.”

Torque shook his head. “We came down here to discuss the ongoing problem we have, and I’m not talking about that shit over the phone.”

I glanced around the property. The general contractor had pulled permits and had a full crew of half a dozen men here to start the renovations. I tipped my head toward my bike. “Follow me. It’s almost lunch time, we’ll hit a hole-in-the-wall diner.”

Fifteen minutes later, we sat at a picnic bench outside with our food.

Torque launched right in. “We gotta deal with this problem. Greco found Flip and Mug outside the house of one of his customers. Luckily the customer wasn’t home.”

I shook my head. “Why is Greco visiting a customer when they aren’t home?”

Tie looked over his shoulder and back to me. “Because a female customer called him and said Mug and Flip had just been to see her. Told her she had to do her business with them.”

“Did they force her to call Greco?”

Torque and Tie shared a look.

“Didn’t ask that,” Torque said.

I stroked my chin. “That would be good to know. They might have done that to ambush Greco.”

Tie nodded. “Thing is, we got calls from six other chapters and they had similar shit go down today.”

“It’s time to take a stand, Steel,” Torque said.

“I agree. My plan was to level their clubhouses and take those assholes out in their own homes.”

Torque shook his head. “That’s too much. Grabs too much attention.”

“Killing off Corrupt Chrome members in twenty different cities is going to draw attention also.”

Torque sipped his coffee. “Are we giving up to them? If we aren’t, that needs to be clear.”

I sighed. “Someone suggested letting them have the drugs and going legit.”

Torque’s angry expression could have melted wax. “Your new—”

“Don’t finish that, and it wasn’t her. The idea of us turning legitimate is ludicrous.”

Tie shrugged. “Doesn’t have to be. We’d have fewer legal fees, that’s for sure.”

Torque glared at Tie. “And that’s all we’d have, Tie. Almost all of our members live for the thrill that comes from getting away with the things we do.” He glanced around the area to be sure we weren’t being overheard. “We get out of our current business, we’re gonna lose a ton of brothers.”

I finished my pancake. “Is Corrupt Chrome still sending members to Player’s Palace?”

“Yeah, what are you thinking?” Torque asked.

“Have Bella and Tessa offer them lap dances in the back room.”

“Are you sure about that?” Tie asked.

I nodded.

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