My stomach twistsagain.
“Dead battery.”
The realization hits me like a truck. Someone in our compound messed with my wife’s car. After everything that happened last night. My chair scrapes back violently, as I push to stand.
“So someone in our fucking club sabotaged her car.” My voice shakes with rage. “And she had to leave on foot in the middle of the fucking night, scared and alone. In the middle of some of the most tense club activity in years…”
No one speaks for a moment.
Then Four says quietly, “We’ll figure it out, brother. We will fix this and make it safe for her to come home.”
But the words don’t do a damn thing to calm the storm rising inside my chest.
“I am going back to the club and I am having a fucking conversation with Razor.”
The realization that I don’t have my bike kicks in and I turn to Torch, “I need to get to the club.”
He eyes me and then says, “First you need to hear what the prospect has to say.”
The prospect steps up beside Torch, his eyes still locked on his feet.
“I… ugh…”
Torch nudges him forward, “Spit it out kid, it will only be worse if you draw it out.”
Dread is settling in my stomach. The kid looks up finally and when his eyes lock on mine I know I won’t like what he has to say.
“Um… I did as you asked me to… I mean I tried… But he…”
My hands are vibrating at my sides.
“He what?” I grind out.
The kid instinctively takes a step back and Meg walks up beside him shooting me a dirty look before talking to him quietly. I know he helps her at her bakery sometimes and it's clear she's telling me I am on her shit list and he is not.
I take a deep breath and try again, “I need to know what actually happened after I left.”
He’s looking at his feet again and I barely hear“Razor’s nose.”
I go to open my mouth to ask for him to speak up, when Dani steps in beside Meg and shakes her head at me.
Torch looks like he’s ready to explode, “For fucks sake, he said he thinks Bex is the one who broke Razor’s nose.”
I feel nauseous, dizzy on my feet.
“When…” I croak and then clear my throat. “When did that happen?”
I try to keep my voice neutral, but I feel like I am one second away from losing my shit.
“I… When Bex was first trying to leave.” The prospect takes a deep breath, “We walked out to the main room and it was like Razor was waiting for her.”
I sense Angel step up beside me, and see Four, Cypher and the rest step up beside him. Everyone waiting to hear what the prospect says next.
“Keep going,” Meg urges him.
He closes his eyes and then blurts out, “He was waiting for her, overheard her say she wasn’t your Ol’ Lady anymore… sai… said he was glad because that meant she was up for grabs and then he grabbed her. I…”
I see red and I step forward, but Dani and Marisol step between me and the prospect and he keeps going.