Page 47 of Bound By Redemption
“Hey there, nugget. How’s my girls doin’ this morning?” Nugget. He called Remy nugget. Love, love, loved that for her. She had bug from Katie and me. Now nugget for her father. It made me practically giddy.
“Eat! Mes hungeee.” Remy told him.
“Come on down to the clubhouse. Princess and some of the ol’ ladies have a spread goin’ on.”
“Are you down there?” I asked, wanting to see him desperately.
“No, I’m with the guys. I may be around later, though. Just promise me you’ll stay in the clubhouse today. Do not leave for anything.”
Not only did my heart stop for a moment at his adamance, but it also reminded me of something. “We forgot Remy’s favorite book we read before bed. I did my best last night to remember it, but no matter how many times I'd read it, my memorization sucked. I was hoping to get that, her Trolls movie, and her extra blanky.”
“Tell Dryerson what you need, give him the key, and he’ll get it. I’ll text him and tell him.”
While I wanted to say something about him and Katie, little ears were sucking up everything like a sponge. “Okay. How long do you think we’ll be here? I’m off the next two days. I only do three twelves a week, and I can try and change my schedule next.”
“Day by day, babe. Just stick with me day by day.”
A smile came to my lips remembering last night. “Yeah.” It came out breathless, but that was exactly how he made me feel.
“Gotta run. You have fun today. Remy, I heard Chandler is gonna be there in about an hour.”
Remy’s eyes grew big as she started jumping up and down, strange sounds coming out of her mouth. She loved Chandler who was a little over a year or so older than Remy. They played together like they were sisters, and I loved that for my little girl.
“Well, that’ll have her riled up. Thanks for that.”
Micah chuckled. “See you later.”
“Byeeeee! Mikeeeee,” Remy said, putting her hand over her mouth, pretending to kiss it, then throwing it out to Micah. Damn, I wish he could’ve seen it.
“Later.” The phone disconnected.
It was time to find Katie, give her as much shit as I could, and eat. Hopefully today, nothing would blow up, but the day was just beginning.
16
Micah
“You gotany of your fancy shit that can find a match?” Buzz asked as Deke kept going through all of the fingerprints. Ax and Raid spent the night uploading all of the prints, and it literally took them all night to do so.
When I got here at five, they were just finishing up. Buzz and Breaker ran the prints through their system until Deke got here and took over for Breaker. Something about he needed to be with Shaina, his wife.
“I can run them through mine and see. What do you have?”
Buzz started talking to me about the program, and I knew I had one better.
“Let’s use mine.”
Buzz pulled off a flash drive from one of the computers and handed it to me. “Let me know if you get anything.”
It didn’t take too long before I was able to pull seven distinct prints from the samples. I printed off each of their rap sheets with pictures, then handed them over to Buzz.
The brothers were making a plan to narrow down if any of the prints had connections to the club. Since I didn’t know the connections, Jacks was nice enough to have me clean the cave’s bathroom where the toilet, he’d just left, was stopped up and overflowing all over the floor.
All I did was lift my chin and get to work, not flinching at the smell. It was a job that needed to get done, and I did it. Sure, there were some chuckles, but that was part of this. If I wanted to be a part of this brotherhood, I’d suck it up and do what I was told.
My cell rang as I made my way up the stairs to head out to the courtyard to find Remy and Ensley.
It saidDryerson calling.I picked up. “What’s goin’ on, man?”
