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“Not that we’re not happy to see you, Frances, but what are you doing here?” Torch asks.

“Cara called me a few days ago and said she had some updates about Wyatt’s case but she needed to discuss them in person. She told me to fly out today because she would have all the information by now and here I am.”

“Did you two know anything about this?” Viper questions Blade and Torch.

They both shake their heads. Viper pulls out his phone and dials a number. My guess is he’s calling Cara. When she answers, he looks surprised.

“Hellcat, care to explain why you told me you were going to Walmart and then went off the grid. Andnowthere’s someone here that you failed to mention to anyone that they were coming.”

He listens for a moment before saying, “Cara, don’t you dare hang up. Cara? Cara? Goddammit!” He starts pacing and running his fingers through his hair. “I swear that woman is a goddamn pain in the ass. How did your parents keep her ass in line? I need some pointers.”

Sara, Blade, and Torch burst out laughing. “They didn’t. Cara is the rebellious one,” Torch says, smirking.

Viper grumbles and takes a seat.

What in the world are you up to, best bud?

Chapter Twenty-Eight

CARA

Iam so getting my ass blistered for this stunt but it’s worth it. I didn’t tell anyone what I had planned. This was hit or miss. I didn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up. I only have one last mission in this plan of mine. I have to get Thomas out of the picture to save my friend.

Thor thinks I haven’t been paying attention. I know he’s plotting some kind of a revenge. He won’t get to execute it. I understand that he might even be pissed at me for interfering, but I don’t care. I will not watch him rot behind bars.

Thomas foolishly thought the only information I had on him were the spreadsheets I showed him. For such a powerful man, he sure is stupid. I had so much shit on him it’s not even funny.

When Tech and the guys returned with the flash drives, I had already cooked up this little stunt. I had to be strategic. If I had let Sara find out, she would end up spilling the beans to Bear. It’s not intentional but Sara is a sucker to her Ol’ Man. The only reason I told her to cover for me is so no one would worry too much.

I also couldn’t let Tech know what was going on because he would rat me out for sure. No matter how close we’ve grown overthe years, his loyalty will always be with the brotherhood and I respect that.

I can still hear the fear in Thomas’s voice when I called the morning we left Arizona. He practically begged and said he would do anything to make this go away. He fell right into my trap.

“Hello?” he answered.

“Thomas, how are you?” I smiled mischievously. I heard his intake of breath before he hissed.

“What the fuck do you want?!” he barked into the phone.

“Well, that’s not very nice,” I chided. “Check your email.”

I could tell the moment he had the email pulled up. “Please, what do you want? I’ll do anything, just don’t drag my sister into this.”

“As long as you do as I say, I’ll leave her out of it.”

I have no intentions of actually doing anything to Thor’s mother, but I know it would be the push Thomas needed to do as I asked.

If this information got out, not only would Thomas do time but so would his sister. Thomas has been forging documents and stealing from the charities they run. She would be held equally responsible in the end.

“Name your price,” he growled.

I laughed before saying, “It’s not money I want. I know you have connections. Don’t even bother trying to lie about it. I need someone released from prison and you’re just the man to get it done.”

If I’m being honest, I’m surprised he got it done so fast. Wyatt has been in jail for over a decade. In my eyes, he didn’t deserve to spend a single minute in prison for what he had done.

Wyatt is my brothers’ best friend. In a way, he’s like a brother from another mother for us. We were all close growing up. Frances went through a really bad rebellious phase and endedup at a college party. When she suspected she had been drugged, she called Wyatt. He went to pick her up just to find three college students raping her. He snapped and beat the hell of them.

One of them he beat into a coma, and he died three months later. The victim’s father was really close to the judge who was in charge of Wyatt’s trial. That judge wasn’t the only one playing dirty. My dad has been trying to get Wyatt out since the day he was sentenced. There were just way too many hands involved. My time with STF taught me that in order to take down one monster you needed a bigger one.

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