Page 97 of Moose

Beckett shook his head. “Where the fuck are they going?”

Lily gasped and pulled out her phone. “Hey, Daisy. Yeah, yeah I’m fine. Tessa and her boyfriend kidnapped the kids. Yeah, we need an Amber alert. Plate number, five, mary, two, zero, one, five. Red honda civic. Got it, thanks.”

“Damn, princess. How did you know all of that?”

She just shrugged as she pushed past all the men.

“I saw the car outside and made a mental note. Now let’s go. I’m not waiting for the cops to save the day.”

I quickly got up and ran toward her. “Baby, wait. You need to slow down. We need a plan.”

“I have a plan.”

“Yeah, and what is it?”

She put her hands on her hips and glared at me. “End both of their feeble lives and save the kids.”

Goose laughed. “I fucking love this side of Lily.”

I just shook my head. “Don’t encourage her, Goose.”

He just shrugged. “I say let’s fucking go. Lily seems fine despite all the blood.”

She reached up and touched her head. “Shit. Yeah, I’m fine.”

Mav sighed. “No. Get cleaned up and then we follow the tracker. Let Doc check you out. It’s not a request, it’s a demand. Moose, get your woman under control.”

I stepped back as Lily whipped around. “Excuse me?”

Mav put his hands in the air. “Listen, I’m playing it smart here.”

“And I’m playing no fucking holds. I’m not some dainty little girl. I lived this fucking life before. I’ll clean up but Doc is not looking at me.”

Lily stormed off to the bathroom, and Mav and Goose both looked at me.

“Her father’s family runs theChicos del Lado Sur.Her ex is the head now. She’s nothing like the woman we thought she was.”

Lily came back out of the bathroom and walked down the stairs. We all followed her as we headed out the door. Lily hopped into the passenger seat and pulled up the tracking info on the tablet.

Mav stood in front of everybody. “Alright, brothers. Striker is still with Lilah, so I’m in charge. We’re gonna follow Moose in the truck and find those kids. Police are on it as well, so we have backup. Daisy, the new cop, is aware and let her contacts know.”

Everybody nodded and hopped onto their bikes. I got into the truck and started out of the compound. We were off to save my kids from their fucking lunatic mother and her boyfriend. I felt like I was gonna be sick, but held it together.

I needed to be on my fucking a-game when we finally got to them. My kids needed me and I would not let them down.

Wewereabouttwohours out of town when the dot stopped moving. I pressed down on the gas pedal to move even faster before they took off again.

Slowly but surely, we made it to the small parking lot where the car had stopped. As we pulled in, State Police were right behind us.

Lily hopped out and headed over to them right away. The club hung back as I walked over to where Lily was.

Lily stepped back into my arms as the troopers surrounded the car, yelling at everybody to put their hands up.

As they opened the door, I could see that it was just Tessa, high out of her fucking mind. I stormed over and grabbed her, shaking her sickly thin body.

“Where the fuck are my kids?! What the fuck did you do to them, Tessa?!”

The cops pushed past me with her, and I collapsed to the ground. We were so close and yet they were gone. My brothers came over to help me up when there was a big commotion. I looked up to see Tessa running away.

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