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My neck strained and I held my anger down.

“Sorry, man. I know. I was just doing it to get the fucker off my back.” He paused for a beat. “And yours.”

I knew it but I still wasn’t happy hearing it come out of his mouth like that.

“But then he made a comment under his breath,” he went on. “Sayin’ how fucked up his bike must be if it took a hit hard enough to send him flyin’ like that.”

“Fuck,” I said under my breath.

“If I was you,” he leaned over the table, snatched up B-ry’s untouched glass and downed it. “I’d either get rid of that bike or fuck it up really bad.”

“I’ll take care of it,” I told him flatly.

“I don’t think he’s going to give this one up.”

“There isn’t a body to examine, so he’ll never know anything as long as no one says shit.” I didn’t have to make a threat, he could read between the lines.

“No one but me knows on my end. You have yer people to worry about. And what about that girl of Petra’s? Trust her?”

“I trust Petra to handle it,” I told him sternly.

“Yeah, fair point. I wouldn’t fuck with her, that’s for sure.”

“Any word on the other stuff?”

“No word. I don’t think anyone from that hick town has even looked into it.”

“Are you sure? Maybe Mullins is keeping a tight lid on it,” I said. I knew Cable had said that there hadn’t been any calls made, but there were still things that could slip by. He couldn’t monitor every single thing they did. Every single email they used or phone. I wasn’t blaming him, I was just covering all of our asses.

Connor grinned, a guilty kind of one.

“If there was something, I’d know. Got a little piece in the department that likes to keep her nose in everyone’s business. Thing is, no one notices because she is just a file girl. But she’s in and out of everyone’s office all day long. She knows everything. And all I have to do is fuck it out of her.”

I shook my head but couldn’t hold back the smile from my face.

“But I never said that,” he finished with a serious look on his face.

“Loud and clear, man,” I told him as I sat back.

“How are you going to handle it?”

“Still thinkin’ on it. But from what we gather, I don’t think they are going to want any heads turned in their direction. I’m worried they might kill the mother to keep it all quiet.”

“Damn,” he breathed out with a shake of his head.

The more I thought about it, the more I got this twisted feeling in my gut.

This had turned into a big mess.

I needed to get it handled as soon as fucking possible.

I slid my glass across the table.

Connor didn’t hesitate to toss it back.

“Alright,” I said and followed B-ry out of the booth. “I’ll keep you updated if there’s anything youneedto know.”

“I hope I don’t hear from you,” he replied as he leaned back in the booth to look up at me.

With a nod, we headed out, Blade getting up and taking up the rear as we passed by.

“I’m gonna ride,” I told them as we climbed onto our bikes. “Got some plannin’ to do.”

I took off thinking I needed to plan fast. Not only because I needed to get this shit taken care of, but also because I wasn’t going to miss Abigail’s dinner.