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Callum was right. Kelley had hedged his bet on his daughter being weak. He hadn’t counted on Maddie having a stronger backbone than her selfish father.

“You gonna tell Maxim the kid is in danger?”

Shaking my head, I confirmed, “The kid will be in danger his whole fuckin’ life. Would you wanna go up against the Bloodletter, the same man who killed his father and his brother?”

“Fuck, no.”

“Maddie’s letting him go. That girl is stronger than all of us.”

“What’s Caity’s plan? And Maddie’s?” Callum asked, his eyes looking everywhere but at me.

“Why are you asking?”

“Niall’s got a thing for her.”

I laughed. I couldn’t help it. Niall was a good kid. He was Callum’s son, but he had a lot to learn. There was no chance in hell Sal would give his permission for Niall to approach Maddie, though.

“Caity and Maddie are moving back to Boston. Niall’s welcome to approach Sal—”

“He ain’t got the balls for that.” Callum grinned.

“And you have him as your right hand?” I asked skeptically.

“No one I trust more. The kid might still be young and scared to death of the boss, but he’s not weak, and he’s got my back. Hell, most of the soldiers are afraid of Sal.”

“As they should be,” Mac said, walking back into the room followed by Niall and Aran. Lucan stayed outside, watching the truck.

“Grab the rest of the boxes and load them up. We need to get back to the house and make sure Cian is still alive.”

Niall and Aran both smirked as they each grabbed a box, while Callum laughed out loud. The two younger men knew better than to laugh at the boss’ sister.

Once Mac followed them out the door, I turned back to Callum.

“We’ve been through most of what’s here. If you find anything regarding Maddie or Henry, or any inkling of where Kelley might be, let me know.”

“Will do. There’s talk about him having a link in Louisiana.”

“Yea, I’ve got Ronan keeping an eye out for him. Really hoping we don’t have to go down there.”

Callum looked at me, a question in his eyes. “He ask about Liam?”

“Of course he did. Wants me to bring him with me if I head that way.”

“Good luck with that,” he said and slapped me on the shoulder.

“Yea, as if I don’t have enough shit looking for Kelley and Tyran. I have to get in the middle of a fuckin’ family feud.”

“You know she’s gone, right?”

I looked at the man in front of me. “What the fuck do you mean, she’s gone? Where the hell did she go?”

“Niall spoke with Gavin. He said Sheena up and left six months ago.”

I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to ward off the headache that was encroaching. “All that bullshit she pulled and she up and left?”

“That’s what Gavin said. He thinks she might be pregnant.”

“Fuck! If Liam finds out she’s pregnant, he’ll lose his shit.”