He turns, and the look of seriousness on his face makes my stomach fall. He nods slowly. “I have a theory if you’d like to hear it.”
I nod, but I can tell by his tone I’m not going to like it.
“Look at Savage’s government name.”
“Silas Jones,” I say aloud.
“Sound familiar?”
“No.”
“Serenity … Serenity Jones.”
My head snaps up. “Are you saying they’re related? Jones is about as fucking common for a last name as one can have.”
“That alone wouldn’t have caught my eye, but I was just looking into her, remember? And I know she has a brother named Silas.”
I jump from my seat to make sure she and my sister are within eye shot. “Does anyone else know about this?”
“No.”
My heart pounds against my rib cage as I think about what I admitted to her last night. Could Serenity be so good at the game that she’s been lying to me this entire time?
“She said her brother died and left her with a debt,” I say, keeping my eyes on them.
“It’s him, Rage. Savage is Serenity’s brother. He’s not dead.”
“But do you really believe she went to all this trouble with my sister …” My words fade as Serenity looks my direction, shielding her eyes. She waves and points to Mila. My gaze follows her finger. Mila has the camera to her eye and is snapping pictures a few feet away.
I return to Serenity. She isn’t looking at me anymore. She has her hands over her chest, watching my sister with such adoration on her face, I know it can’t be fake.
If it is, she’s pure evil.
“Can we keep this between the two of us for now?”
“Rage, word on the street is the Scorpions owe the cartel a shit ton of money. Hence the reason for their visit. If this is true, this could be why he is so hell bent on stealing one of our shipments. And guess what?”
“It just happens to be enough to cover his debt?”
“Pretty damn close,” he answers. “Listen, I’m sorry brother, but this is serious. We can’t risk any trouble with these fuckers right now. Especially if they’re connected with the cartel. I think it best to cut her loose and hope he moves on.”
“He’s already threatened to stir up trouble before my custody hearing if we don’t give him the guns. He’s desperate.”
“We’ll call in Omaha, Lincoln, Jackson … whoever the fuck we need to, and we’ll set up a perimeter around the county to keep them out. All of the shipments we move to our secondary location until it cools down.”
My jaw clenches. I worked so hard for Jameson to get this set up here. He trusts me, but more than all that, there is Mila to consider. I have to do what is best for her.
She runs through a patch of wildflowers back to Serenity. She takes her hand, and they walk farther down the path toward the lake.
“Rage, you don’t have to make this decision. Lean on your club. Take it to the table, and we’ll vote on it.”
“I can’t leave her alone with my sister until I’m absolutely certain she isn’t a part of the Scorpions.” My fingers curl into fists. “Mila is already so attached to her,” I admit quietly.
Wizz stands and places his hand on my shoulder. “Mila will get through it. Better now than a month down the road.”
I close my eyes, resigned. “Call the meeting.”
“We’ll make a family event out of it. That way we can keep an eye on her. It will be a good distraction for Mila if we need to, you know, send Serenity on her way.”