Page 139 of Menace

Carlos shook his head and sighed dramatically. “I never sent a guard. I think Carmella sent him with orders to take her to where she was keeping Joaquin. Your boy was most probably giving them hell and they needed her to control him.”

Pablo stared at him with dead eyes and he didn’t like it. Not at all.

“What do we do about the baby?” Jorge asked quietly.

“We do the exchange with the bikers. We give them the baby and they give us Joaquin. And his grandmother it now seems.”

Drawing in a breath he let it out slowly his mind racing ahead, planning for the future.

“We do the exchange and go home. There we regroup and plan our next steps. This has been a setback but it’s not the end of Los Rojos. We will return and next time our allies won’t be weak.”

He stood, dismissed everyone and walked over to pour himself a drink. He needed one.

Tomorrow he would start rebuilding.

And training Joaquin.

Jorge, his brother, would always be with him.

Unfortunately if Pablo survived the bikers he would be with them as well. It would stall his plans for Joaquin but he had time.

He had a good feeling about his plan.

A very good feeling.

As long as the exchange went down the way he wanted it to happen.

With the death of Pablo, his brother’s son.

He felt for his brother but then, Jorge would still have Joaquin.

They would both have Joaquin.

Yes, he definitely had a good feeling.

THIRTY NINE

Lucky

Leaving the ICU Lucky marched down the corridor to the elevators, Rider and Asa keeping up with him. Dive and Lure joined them before the elevator arrived.

“Where’re we goin’?” Dive asked.

“To get some answers.” Lucky said.

“Who we gettin’ those answers from?” Lure asked.

“The bastard who was undercover with Los Rojos, Cole Conrad.” He said as he stabbed at the button once again.

The elevators were too slow as far as he was concerned but he didn’t feel up to tackling the stairs. He was too damned tired but pushing through for his son and old lady.

Stepping out of the elevator he instantly knew which room was Cole’s, he had a guard posted outside his door, a cop judging by the uniform.

Lucky grinned when he saw two of his brothers and one of Asa’s men lounging in chairs further down the corridor.

He knew why they were there, they were watching over Bren, Viper and Magic who, incidentally, were on the same floor as Cole.

Once he was done with Cole he would be visiting them to see how they were getting on. Bren and Magic’s injuries were worse than Viper’s. The brother had been lucky, the other two not so much.

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