Page 44 of Lani

Today is the day we’ve been planning for. We were all shocked at how many underage marriages had taken the place in the last five years alone.

We had to plan for that. We didn’t have room for everyone until now. We’re prepared and we don't want anyone to be hurt.

I look behind me at the vehicles in the back of the line, filled with the women in the club ready to bring all of these girls and boys under their wing.

Trey and I can’t help but worry about Lani. We don’t want her to get tired or hurt with all of this.

Trey rides by my side. Kyle raises his hand then lets it fall and he takes off. The Devil Souls and the Grim Sinners are coming together once again to get shit done.

Lane is riding up front with Kyle, and Smiley is right behind them because he used to be the president of the Grim Sinners until Lane, his son, took over.

I look behind me and see some of the prospects lining up the metal fence in the road so no one can try to break through and escape. The prospects also have been armed with spikes just in case.

One by one we all split up and go to different houses.

There’s one way in and one way out. No one is getting out unless we make it so.

We have buses lined up to hold everyone before they’re taken to their new homes, and that’s where the therapists and the house moms are going to come in.

I lived this life, but after I left, it’s like everything went to hell. If something like this was going when I was here I would have murdered every single fucker who dared to hurt a child.

It still breaks my heart about my sisters, and I found out Danny was abused too. That shit hurts me.

Trey and I split off. This is where Lynn’s best friend Abigail is. She’s fifteen and just got married a few months ago. Lynn wanted us to go here personally.

I see a face in the window, and I can see the fear on her face.

Trey takes the back of the house in case a fucker tries to run off. Oh, we have a special place for them too. They’re going to get theirs.

I go up to the front door and knock. I listen for the soft footsteps inside of the house and the girl answers the door.

“Can I help you?” she asks, not looking up past my feet, but my eyes are glued to the bruises on her arms.

“Hey, I’m Lynn’s brother Vinny. Do you remember her?” I ask her, and I want to squat down so I’m face level with her, but I don’t want to scare her.

She looks at me for the first time. “How is she? I was told that the devil got her.”

I shake my head no. “The devil did not get her. She’s right on the edge of town waiting on you. We’re here to get you out of this place, to start a new life. It’s not legal for you to be married at fifteen years old, sweetheart.” I soften my voice as I explain it to her.

Her eyes fill with tears. She looks behind her into the house. “I know it’s not right, but in this life we have no rights. I would rather be taken by the devil than live with him.” She sniffs and wipes away her tears.

I want to hold her, take away all of the shit that has happened to her, but I can’t do that. What I can do is make him pay for hurting her and burn this place to the fucking ground so this shit doesn’t happen again.

Just as she’s about to step outside, I see a man come around the corner behind her. I assume this is her “husband.”

He takes in the scene before his eyes and glares at her. “Are you being a whore again, Abigail?” he snaps at her and walks over like he’s going to jerk her from me.

I snatch his hand before he can touch her. “You do not touch her or acknowledge her. She is nothing to you now. You are beneath her, you stupid, pathetic little piece of shit of a man. I am going to love…” I lean closer so I can whisper in his ear, telling him how much I am going to love killing him. I twist his hand back, enjoying the satisfying sound of his wrist breaking.

“Trey, I have him!” I yell, and Trey breaks into the house through the back. He takes the guy from me and drags him out, where another guy will pick him up and throw him in the back of a bus made purposely for them,

“Abigail, ready to start your new life?” I ask her, and she smiles just slightly. “Yeah, anything would be better than this.”

She follows me outside, and I put her in the SUV, where she will be taken with the girls to special care.

Trey comes from behind the house and we go to the next girl.

Lani

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