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“Exactly,” Wolf said. “We’ll have to put on a show just in case the assassin is already here watching the place.”

“What if he’s listening?” Colton asked, as the thought just came to him.

Wolf shook his head. “Not possible. We have our own technical security to disrupt those kinds of listening devices. All chapters do, we can’t have the police spying on us like that.”

Colton nodded. “If he’s as professional as I am, and I know he is, he’ll want to confirm the kill. He may break in once I leave to see for himself.”

“But there won’t be a body,” Hound Dog said.

“There won’t need to be. That’s the show we’ll put on. Let him think we removed the body to keep the cops out of our business. With us not being on friendly terms with them, it won’t be that much of a stretch to sell,” Wolf said, then turned to one of the club brothers. “Get me the makeup kit.”

“Sure,” one of the brothers said, then ran off to perform the task.

“I’ll give you the kit, I assume you know how to make someone look dead?” Wolf asked Colton, who nodded. “Good. And when you leave, we’ll wait for a few minutes before we put on a show. Act like we’ve just discovered what happened and we’re looking for you. In reality, we'll be heading toward the asshole who hired you.” He turned to Snoopy. “We’re going to need your help on this one. Find out everything you can on Lindsay Hutchinson and most importantly, where he is now.”

“You’ve got it, SA,” Snoopy said, running off to get the info.

“Very clever,” Colton said as he gave Wolf an impressed nod.

“Wolf is our Sergeant-at-Arms, coming up with plans is what he excels at,” Ze said.

“Probably why you should have told us what was going on instead of trying to get your jollies off,” Jimmy chastised.

“I’m sorry, Pres, I really am,” Ze apologized. It hurt him to know that he’d disappointed his club that much. His club was his life and he couldn’t help but feel like maybe he’d betrayed them in some way.

Jimmy shook his head in both disgust and frustration. “Get a team together to get this Hutchinson fella. Wolf, I want you in charge.”

Wolf nodded. “Of course.”

“Holy shit, Hutchinson,” Ze blurted out. “Now I know why that son of a bitch is after me. But how the fuck did he find out?”

“What’s the connection?” Jimmy asked.

“Remember, about three years ago, that woman’s family came to us, told us about their daughter being murdered. You had me look into it,” Ze said.

Jimmy frowned at first as he searched through his recollection for the memory. “Ahhh, yes… I remember now. The serial killer.”

Ze nodded. “Yeah, him. Sean Hutchinson. I killed the motherfucker, but I burned and buried his body. As far as I know, he’s still considered missing… How did he find out?”

“We’ll ask the motherfucker when we get him,” Wolf said.

“I want to kill him,” Ze said.

“Survive this assassin first, that’s where I want your focus,” Jimmy said.

“If this guy is a sniper, it’s best that we sneak you out of here,” Wolf said.

“The cock in a box?” Romeo suggested.

Wolf pointed at him. “That’s a plan.”

“Cock in a box?” Colton asked, looking at Ze to explain.

“Basically, they’ll put me in a box and load me into the back of a black van that we own,” Ze said.

Colton nodded “Ah, I see. That will work. You have my address?”

Ze smirked. “Your address to your penthouse downtown, your mansion in Miami, and your villa in Italy, as well as your art gallery.”