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I look to find tears flowing down my woman’s face. She throws herself at me and I catch her pulling her into my arms.

“I think I’m bugged.”

“What?”

“Barnes confronted me at the market. Or tried to. Mostly Havoc, Mayhem and I ignored him, but that’s not the issue. Or at least the biggest issue. How did he find me? I’m not living at home. I was in one of the club’s vehicles and I don’t normally shop at that market. We weren’t followed, I checked. I never wear the same clothes, shoes, jewelry, daily. I don’t have anything I wear every single day, on purpose. I was so rattled I forgot to pick up breakfast.”

By the time she finishes she’s nearly hysterical. I pick her up and carry her toward the door.

“Come on, baby. Breakfast doesn’t matter. I’ll take you to the infirmary and get Doc and Bug. If you have an implant, the three of us will figure it out.”

She nods, then lets her head fall on my shoulder as she continues to cry. She’s breaking my fucking heart but I’m not going to tell her to stop crying.

Chapter 41

Charlie

My mind is still reeling. Not only from the revelation that I may have a tracker implanted somewhere in my body, but walking into Wizard’s room to find my naked sixteen-year-old daughter through me for one hell of a loop. I knew she was crushing on him, but I didn’t know she’d go this far. Valentina is completely out of hand. I should have lit her ass on fire several times myself these last few years.

I gave her too much leeway because she took the divorce so hard. Of course, the last few weeks have been a revelation of knowledge. I don’t understand how she could blame me for the divorce when she knew her father was cheating on me. Did she expect me to be okay with their father, my then husband, sleeping with other women? That’s not how marriage works. At least not one I want to be in. To each their own. My marriage should’ve been monogamous.

In the beginning I hesitated to have a relationship with Wizard because he’s a biker. Bikers like women. They’ll fuck just about anything. At least that was my experience until the Kings. The single guys are wild. Wild enough I saw several having sex in Lagniappe last night before we left. The men that are married or in a committed relationship are a different story. I’ve spoken at length with the ol’ ladies over the last few weeks. I find them all delightful.

Wizard carries me down the hall to the elevators then through the corridors until we arrive at the infirmary. It looks like a cross between a doctor's exam room and an emergencyroom. He sits me on the exam table and pulls out his phone. Instead of texting he calls.

“Doc, we have a non-life-threatening emergency. I’m in the infirmary with Charlie. See you, brother.”

After he hangs up, he calls someone else.

“Need you in the infirmary. Bring your gear.”

After he hangs up, he picks me back up and sits us both back on the bed.

“Doc and Bug are on their way. If you have a tracking device, they’ll find it. Then we’ll go over everything, clothes, house, cars, and anything else I can think of until we find any and all devices.”

“Thank you. I’m sorry about Valentina.”

“Hey, baby, you don’t need to apologize for her. She’s old enough to make her own decisions and mistakes. I just hope she learns from this one.”

“I’m never going to hear the end of you spanking her.”

“I can take the heat. I couldn’t think of anything else to do to get through to her. I know I haven’t known her for long but grounding wasn’t putting a dent in her attitude.”

I let out a big sigh. “You’re right. I was overcompensating and let it go too long. She took the divorce hard. For weeks she cried in her room every night. Which I don’t completely understand. Did she expect me to stay with him knowing he was seeing others?”

“Maybe we should ask at the tribunal tonight. I also think we need to tell the girls more. Not everything.”

“What do you think we should tell them?”

Wizard

“I THINK WE SHOULD TELLthem he got in business with the wrong people and now he’s in witness protection. That some ofthose people are interested in you and them.”

Charlie gasps.

“I don’t want to terrify them.”

“I understand and I know I’ve never been a parent before. This is all new to me. Here’s my thinking, as horrible as it is telling them they’re in danger. At least they’ll know to be on the lookout for anything unusual. I’ve also been thinking we should send something with each of them to school. A burner phone, and a couple of emergency devices that might give them seconds to get away, or us to get to them.”

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