Page 42 of Unruly Defender
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
– GRACY –
Loud cheers cause meto stare at the floor all shy as my hands fiddle with the leather of the cut I’m wearing.A squeal rips from my throat when I’m being grabbed and lifted into the air.
“Look at that, pretty girl, you’re officially off-limits with this cut showing everyone who you belong to,” Yates bellows loud as he places my feet back on the floor.
“Then why are your fucking hands all over my woman?”Henley growls and it makes me smile.
“Because she’s ours to protect too, Pres,” Yates says and he smacks him on the back.
“Congrats man, babies are the next step, you know that, right?Knock her up so she’s slow and easy to catch if she runs off.”
Henley grabs Yates’ cut.“Knocked up or not, she’s not running, not now, not ever.”
“Overbearing weirdos,” I mutter to myself and check my watch.
Normally I’d go to my boat a few times a week but if I won’t be there for a long time, I make sure to double check everything and lock up properly.I’m positive I didn’t double check and lock everything up the last time I left, when Henley was with me.My mind was occupied with other things at the time.I’m not even sure if I locked up at all.
“When does Clemente get here?I really need to check my boat.Maybe I could go to and from the marina myself real quick.I’ll be back within half an hour.”
This gets me a stare from all the guys around me as if I’m the insane one.
“What?”I question.
“Rush is still out there, even if Clemente has eyes on him.You can’t head out by yourself without protection,” Henley says and is now checking the time himself.“We will go together.I’m expecting him within half an hour so we would have to leave now and put a rush on it.”
“Want me to tag along?”Yates asks.
“Nah, stay here and keep Clemente busy if he’s early.We’ll be right back,” Henley says as he places his hand on my lower back to usher me out of the clubhouse.
It’s a quick ten-minute drive to the marina and when I step onto the boat I immediately feel something is off.The smell of gasoline enters my nose and I’m about to turn and tell Henley, but a guy appears behind him, smacking him on his head with the butt of a gun and knocking him out as he crumbles onto the deck.
“Don’t move,” the guy grunts and I recognize him as Maxton, one of the guys who is working with Rush.
When Henley was visiting Clemente, Rooney showed me pictures of all the guys and told me their names.He also mentioned Maxton, Banjo, and Den, pointing them out to me to make sure I’d stay away if I ever saw them.I guess it’s too late now.
“Get off the boat, and no sudden moves,” the other guy standing next to him says and I recognize him as Banjo.
Are Den and Rush somewhere too?No, wait, didn’t Henley mention something about Clemente having eyes on Rush?My mind is trying to comprehend what’s going on while all I can think about is Henley, how hard did that asshole hit him?He passed out, that’s bad, right?
“Move, cunt!”Maxton snaps and grabs me by my cut to drag me off the boat.
