Page 25 of The Secret's Out

Damn, I hoped she went for it.

Pick already knew where Josie worked from Nancy. We pulled our rides up out front in one of the few spare parks. Looked to be a busy day. Without words, we stalked our way to the diner. Upon opening the door, we heard yelled, “Leave her be, young man.”

Our gazes settled on what was before us and knowing Pick, ‘cause like me, we didn’t like what we saw. In fact, anger rumbled up and shot out of my chest on a roar, “Get the fuck away from her.”

Josie was being held around the waist by some dick sitting in a booth. An older lady, no doubt her boss, was standing in front, but off to the side, so I could see the panicked look on Josie’s face.

“Josie, here now,” Caden growled. Josie went to get up, but fuck-head tightened his grip on her waist.

The diner was quiet, and fuck it to hell, nearly full. The damage I wanted to do to the fucker wasn’t gonna happen when so many witnesses were around.

Caden’s hand touched my back before he started for the table. That touch told me to check my anger, told me to be calm and not hot-headed about it, like I fuckin’ wanted to be. Damn it.

With clenched hands, I walked after Caden, dodging through the tables and chairs scattered around. Some of the idiot’s mates eyed us and I got a thrill when their eyes landed on our vests.

Yeah, motherfuckers, look who you gotta deal with.

One pansy even stood, muttering, “I’m not getting involved in this.” And then left as Caden and I stopped just in front of their booth.

“I don’t want trouble in here,” the old lady said.

“We ain’t bringing it, and it’ll stay that way if this...guy let’s go of something that belongs to us.”

“Cameron, they’re from Hawks,” a mate of Cameron’s who sat across from him in the booth uttered.

Cameron, ignoring all of us, said to Josie, “Sugar, I didn’t know you were a club’s whore.” He grabbed her chin and roughly pulled it around so she was looking at him.

It took everything in me not to jump the table and kill the fucker.

Take a blade to his neck.

Gut him like the pig he was.

“And yet you won’t put out for me. Stupid slut.”

“Enough,” I growled low. Caden stepped to the side and I stepped up. My hands went to the table and I leaned in, over Josie, to get in this guy’s face where I whispered, “Listen here, you little shit. You do not speak to her like that. She ain’t no club whore. She’s our boss’ sister-in-law. You know what that means? She’s like a fuckin’ princess to us and anyone who gives her crap has us to deal with. Do you know what that means?”

The fool smirked at me and said, “No, what?”

“Let her up and I’ll enlighten you.”

“Billy,” Caden warned.

Looking over my shoulder, I said, “I’ll do it in the nicest possible way, brother.” Caden snorted and shook his head. He reached his hand out to Josie. I moved back and thank fuck, the dickhead let her up. She went straight into Caden’s arms. She was safe, for now. But something told me, no matter what I was about to say to the cum-sucker, he wouldn’t take the threat real.

I was looking forward to delivering some pain then.

“Well?” Cameron mocked.

Shaking my head, I smiled down at him. The cocky smirk fell from his lips for a second. I leaned back in, met his gaze and held it with a glare while I told him the truth. “It means, Cameron, that if you continue this shit for our princess, then expect payback. And I mean payback in the form of pain. And that, Cameron, means you won’t be walking for the rest of your life, because I will have shoved that much shit down your throat and up your arse you won’t want to sit down or eat. You’ll want your life to end and quickly, but I won’t bring the quick and painless end to you. No. Once I’m done, I’ll give you over to our boss, but it won’t be only him. You see, you little fuckin’ twat, there are thousands of us who like to dish out pain when retaliating against a dipshit who has harmed a member of our club. You will be beaten, abused and tortured—”

“Billy, that’ll do,” Caden snapped.

Looking over my shoulder, I saw Josie’s shocked gaze as she clung to Caden. Fuck. I was a stupid fuckin’ idiot, not thinkin’ Josie would have heard anything I just said.

Christ. I probably just scared her half to death. Now she knew I could be one disgusting, mean motherfucker.

“That was...crude, but to the point, kid.” Turning to Josie’s boss who, fuck me, was smiling wide, she clapped me on the back and then said to Cameron, “Now get outta here, boy, and never grace this establishment again with your bad temper. This is a safe place for my girl, Josie, so I better not see your face in here again or I’ll be telling these guys.”

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