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“You find what I’m looking for?”I ask Tyrant.

“Yeah, Prez.Questioning him and his bitch now.”

“Does Hero know?”

“Not yet.”

“Let him squirm a bit.”

“You sure?”

“You questioning me?”

“No, Prez.”

“That’s what I fucking thought.Let me know what you get out of Dave.”

A few hours later, Hero storms into my office and slaps a thick envelope down on my desk.

Sissy is sitting here watching the fucking show.Kid sees and hears way too fucking much, but she knows to keep her fucking mouth shut.I’m going to strangle Hero when this shit is all over if the Juarez brothers don’t burn us all out first.

“What’s this?”

“Twenty-five in there.Down payment on Dave’s debt.”

“Already fucked her, didn’t you?I sure as fuck hope you know what you’re doing.Your pretty little pussy cat won’t like you much once you kill her daddy.”

“Be my problem, won’t it?Like this deal going south.”

“Gonna let that slide this once.Warned you about Dave.Next time, you’ll fuckin’ listen.”

“Right,” he mutters.His cockiness is going to be his downfall.This girl has him forgetting his place.Forgetting that I taught him everything he knows.“You’ll get the other half tomorrow when the bank opens.”

“I’m calling church later.Make yourself available.”He storms out and Sissy goes running after him.I snort.Girl has no chance in hell of him seeing her as anything more than a pest like a little sister.He’s too old for her and I know he’d never entertain her other than giving her a rough time or to piss Lucie off.And that ship has sailed and sunk somewhere in the fucking harbor.

Later, I get another call from Tyrant letting me know that what I suspected was true.

Hero doesn’t know it yet, but he was right about the fucking Depraved Sinners.Dave sold us out to them.The cunt he was shacking up with is related to those scummy bastards.

This means war.

No one fucking steals from me and lives to tell about it.

I rally my guys and put the club on lockdown.

This ends tonight.

Chapter Fifteen

“So,how’sthesettlingin going?”Cecilia asks as she applies a fresh coat of nail polish to my fingernails.After a long week, this is exactly the kind of relaxation I need.

“It’s going… okay.”I hesitate.“There have been some hiccups.”

“Like?”

“Like Lucie.She can’t stand me all because of some petty shit from high school, and it’s causing tension.”

“Lucie has always been protective of Big Daddy.It’s not your place to change that, Gwyn.”Cecilia’s voice is calm and soothing.

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