Page 55 of Ride or Dies

“Fuck!” Levi shook his hand as he stood up. “We need to get her out of my room right now.”

“This is bad,” Mason said as the three of us headed for Levi’s bedroom.

“No shit,” Levi muttered, his expression dark as he glanced at me. “You know who posted it?”

I shook my head. “I figured finding the camera and getting Evie away from it took priority.”

“Damn right,” Mason said. He reached the door first and knocked. “Evie, I know you’re pissed at us, but we found something you really need to see.”

A few seconds passed, and I wondered if we were going to have to pick the lock or something drastic like that, when we heard the key in the lock. She gave us a wary look as she opened the door, but she didn’t immediately cuss us out, which I figured was a good thing.

I motioned for her to come into the hallway, because no way in hell did I want her reaction caught on the same camera, especially since I didn’t know how the video was being captured.

“It’s bad,” I warned her before opening my laptop and showing her the image paused on the screen. “And, yeah, it’s video and audio.”

All of the color drained from her face as she slumped back against the wall.

“You guys find that camera,” I told my brothers as I moved closer to Evie. I didn’t know if she’d want me to touch her, but I wanted to be close enough to grab her if she started to fall.

“I think I’m gonna puke,” Evie said faintly.

“You wanna go to my room?” I asked. “I didn’t see anything that looked like there’s a camera anywhere but Levi’s bedroom, but I can’t promise anything.”

“No,” she said, looking at me. “You can’t, can you?”

“I’m gonna get it off that site,” I said. “I’ll figure out a way to scrub it and we’ll find out who did this.”

“Nothing’s ever gone once it gets on the internet,” she said, her voice hollow. “Catch them, don’t catch them. It won’t make the video disappear, and it won’t make everyone who’s watched it forget.”

“I’m so sorry,” I said.

I could hear Levi and Mason tearing apart Levi’s room, but it was background noise. Evie was my focus.

After a minute, she took a deep breath and pushed herself off the wall. Squaring her shoulders, she looked up at me, a hard light in her eyes.

“Since you guys are clearly shit at protecting me from anything, I see no reason for me to stay here a second longer.”

“Evie—” I started.

She held up a hand. “Unless you wanna be charged with kidnapping, I suggest you don’t try to stop me.”

I would’ve risked it if I thought she was wrong, but this violation was so awful that I couldn’t disagree with her.

So I let her dart back into the room to grab her purse, and then I let her walk away.

Chapter Thirty

Evie

Iwas a little surprised that the guys let me leave despite my threats, especially since that video meant the paparazzi would be showing up to Bedford in droves very soon. It was more for Jenna and Sue that I agreed to let the MC keep watch, but I was very clear about where the line was. They were allowed on the property, and I’d even let them on the porch if it started to rain, but unless I asked, or they were certain I was in trouble, they weren’t allowed in the house.

And then I requested that someone other than the brothers be involved.

Since I decided to go to my mom’s house rather than pay for a room somewhere, and my name was on the mortgage, I’d have every right to call the cops for trespassing if anyone stepped a toe out of line. That went for the Riders as well as reporters.

That power should’ve made me feel better, but it didn’t. Just because I could call the cops didn’t mean I would, not unless absolutely necessary. I had no doubt that some, if not all, of Bedford PD would think I deserved what I got.

After all, that seemed to already be the opinion held by the majority of the public.

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