Page 20 of Karma
“There is no link to him that Grayson or I could find,” Brock says. “He was a fucking ghost in the wind until Nina’s box showed up.”
Psycho narrows his eyes. “How’d she find him?”
Shrugging, Undertaker shakes his head. “Nina’s always been inquisitive, but I honestly don’t know. She did all this work because the twenty-something victim was her friend, Dina.”
Venom runs a hand over his face. “Marnie confirmed that Phillip was the man with Nina in the restaurant the night she saw her. All the women are blonde with blue eyes. Just like Lex.”
“Gerard says Phillip was perfecting his methods until he could get to Lex,” Brock says. “We’re pretty sure she’s his final target if we don’t stop him first.”
“What about the guys?” Psycho asks.
“We’re guessing it’s similar to the women. They look like Zane.”
Snapping his head up, VP stares expectedly at Colt. “And what are we doing to protect Zane?”
This sets Colt off, and he grips the edge of the table to stop himself from leaping across it at him. Wrapping his hands around VP’s throat would feel pretty damn good right about now.
“You’re worried about your son rather than your daughter. Checks out for a motherfucker like you,” Colt growls.
“Zane’s out there with no protection! Lex is here with us. Which is a decision all you assholes made.”
“Because he tried to kill her!” Venom shouts. “He’s lucky he could walk when he left Griffin’s Beach because if I’d seen him, he’d be six feet under right now and in no danger from your firstborn.”
Psycho perks up. “Back up. What the fuck did you just say? Zane tried to kill Lex?”
“They’re overreacting. Zane was drunk because he just lost his fucking wife—”
“Fuck off, VP,” Colt says. “I came home after Noah called to tell me he thought his uncle was going to hurt Mom, and I found Zane on top of Lex with his hands gripped around her throat as she tried to fight him off. Smacked Lucas around pretty good, too.”
“He definitely would have killed her if we hadn’t shown up,” Ky says. “My regret is not letting Colt kill him right there.”
Hand up, Psycho shakes. “Where the fuck is he now? Because I think I should pay him a little visit. You know, to make sure he’s… safe.”
“He was upset because he lost his wife!” VP shouts. “He would never have killed his sister!”
“He was pissed at Lex because she wouldn’t let him take his daughter on his bike while he was shitfaced,” Colt says.
Psycho nods and shrugs. “Obviously. I guess she deserved a beating, then?”
“Zane’s been through enough!”
“No wonder Phillip hates you,” Lex says, speaking for the first time since they walked into this room.
Whipping around, VP glares at her. “You have an entire club to protect you—”
“And who protected them?” she asks and points at the wall. “Phillip could have killed me today, but I’m pretty sure he wants you to know he’s here. That he’s the one doing this. He’s fucking with me to get to you. You’re the reason for all of this.”
“I think it’s probably in the best interest of your health if you keep your mouth shut,” Psycho says and looks at Lex. “You met him?”
Sniffling, she nods. “It was at the cafe. Harold ran up screaming at me, and this guy slammed him against the wall a few times until Harold scurried off. He looked so familiar, and we shared about our mutual dislike of our fathers. That’s when he told me we shared a dad, and VP abandoned him to start a new family when he was only five.”
“Yeah, he’s fucking with you. He wanted you to confront VP. That way, when he kills you, VP knows it’s his fault,” he says. “He’s doing this to make him take notice. What do we do? What’s the plan? Because I’ll be damned if I let anything happen to her.”
“And what about Zane?” VP asks.
The first stray Lex took in leaps across people to grab VP by the throat and choke him. “I don’t give a fuck about that piece of shit. This is what he did to your daughter. I’m about as likely to stop without intervention as he was,” Psycho shouts as it takes five men to pull him away.
“We can apply your logic for Zane to your other son. Phillip won’t kill Zane. He’ll stop before he goes too far. It’ll be fine,” Venom says.
