Page 112 of Restless
“Brooks Reddin’calledmy fuckin’ woman and intentionally involved her in club business?”
“Christopher—”
“Out of all the motherfuckers mentioned in my reminiscin’, how many still alive?”
“Digger and Johnnie,” she said miserably. “And Kendall.”
“How many of the fucked-up motherfuckers I fucked up because they fucked with you?”
“Brooks didn’t, er,fuckwith me,” she squeaked.
“He didn’t fuck with you?” Prez demanded. “I ain’t…I didn’t fuck up Spoon cuz I was with you at the hospital. I left Sharper alive out of courtesy to Mort and Digger. The rest of those motherfuckers? I shot the fuck out of, includin’ those two cunts. You got caught in the crosshairs of club business. Now Brooks fuckin’ Reddin’, a motherfucker very fuckin’ lucky to still be breathin’ after his bitch’s bullshit, callin’ you on your sick bed and tellin’youshit you don’t need to fuckin’ know.”
“You don’t have to make it sound so bad,” she grumped.
“Oh, it’s fuckin’ bad, baby. It’s fuckin’ horrendous.”
“You promised me.”
“Don’t have to kill that motherfucker to torture him. If he fuckin’ die from his injuries ain’t my fuckin’ fault. What the fuck he wanted?”
“It could’ve been to check on me,” she backtracked. “You don’t know why he called.”
“Megan—” he bellowed.
“God,” she said on a groan.
“Spill, baby.”
“Your brother was in Hortensia.”
“And? Cuz I’m missin’ some fuckin’ pieces. Why the fuck Brooks callin’ you when he already talked to my ass about Bash?”
“It…it has something to do with Kendall and Mattie. And me,” she added on a mumble.
“You fuckin’ shittin’ me.”
“No,” she said faintly. “Brooks said he’s concerned Bash is going to do something rash.”
“How the fuckyouinvolved?”
“Don’t forget Kendall and Mattie.”
“I might worry about them if I gotta fuck up Johnnie. Now, answer me.”
“I don’t know, Christopher. At least, I don’t understand. Brooks is terrified. Johnnie didn’t want him to tell you. Now, he’s afraid Johnnie’ll kill him for disobeying, and you’ll kill him for hiding information.”
“First educated thought the motherfucker had.”
“Christopher—”
“He fuckin’ told me it had to do with the Scorched Devils. Johnnie was payin’ Bash 50Gs a month to keep Dez and his brothers safe.
Dez and Derby exchanged glances.
“How the fuck that involveyou?” Outlaw roared. “You not a fuckin’ member of any of the fuckin’ clubs. If Brooks didn’t think he could talk to me, he should’ve called Derby.”
“He mentioned Dez and Derby, but it’s confusing. Brooks said Cole—the Devil you, er,that—was a former Scorpion, so Bash wanted to avenge his death. Though that doesn’t make sense, since Brooks also said Cole got out bad from the Scorpions, so why would they want to avenge his death by killing me—”
