Daphne snorted and fell back onto the couch, wiping the tears leaking from her eyes. “I should not be laughing like this.”
“Yes, you should. It’s the best way to get through situations like this,” Ink said. “I guarantee I’ll be laughing when I snatch Terrible’s friend Leah from the comfort of her home.”
Daphne instantly sobered. “Please be careful. I don’t want anyone else getting hurt on my account.”
“I assume you’re referring to Carbon and Mason. Don’t beat yourself up about them. Carbon likes pain, and Mason begged Harper not to call in a plastic surgeon because he wanted the scar.”
“You can’t be serious.”
“Can and am. The Walkers are tough motherfuckers.”
“Still, please be careful.”
“I will,” Ink promised.
“Do you think Tori has anything to do with what’s going on with you?” I asked after Ink left.
“I doubt it. I mean, he left me for her. I’m actively trying to divorce him. She won. Why would she want to hurt me?”
“Have you ever had any contact with her?”
“No. I’ve never met her or seen her in person. I know what she looks like because I snooped through her social media profiles after Sean confessed to the affair, but that’s it.”
“Did you find anything interesting on her accounts?”
She grinned. “I found enough evidence to support my claims of adultery. People really should be careful what they post online, or at the very least, make their accounts private.”
“After seeing what Byte can dig up online, I completely agree.”
“Can I ask you something else?”
“You just did,” she laughed. “But yes, go ahead.”
“What’s your relationship like with your mother?” I asked carefully.
She exhaled heavily. “Nonexistent would probably be the best way to describe it. We don’t get a long and never really have, but I stopped talking to her when she couldn’t accept the decisions and choices I made. She criticized my friends, my boyfriends, my career, the way I dressed, the way I did my hair. It got to a point where I couldn’t take it anymore, so I cut off all contact with her. It was hard to do, but I didn’t realize how much she stressed me out until she wasn’t there to do it anymore.”
“Do you think she has anything to do with what’s going on with you?”
Her answer was immediate. “Oh, no. She likes herself too much to do anything that would put her at risk for going to jail.”
16
DICE
It took three days for Lewis and Leah to return to their respective homes. Oddly enough, they both went home around the same time, and neither one of them seemed surprised to have bikers at their door moments later.
I hurried over to the clubhouse when I got the call from Phoenix and was relieved to find everyone in the basement. I took a seat beside Ink, who did not look like his normally happy self.
“You okay?” I asked quietly.
“Yeah,” he sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. “I’m just annoyed that this bitch decided to go home right after my shift ended. She made me miss out on grabbing her, and she interfered with my sleep.”
“Hopefully, we’ll get some answers from them, and then you can take a nap.” I couldn’t blame him. I’d be grumpy, too, if I’d stayed up night after night and missed the culprit by less than an hour.
“Spoiler alert. I don’t think we’re going to get anything out of them. They’re way too calm.”
“Fucking great,” I muttered as Phoenix called the meeting to order.