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He rewound it again.

“Ava?”

And then he paused it.“Lauren responded to the name Ava,” Grant said.“The guy was going after Ava.”And then, he played the video again.

They watched as Lauren literally pushed the fridge door closed, and he even saw her securing it.The attack didn’t stop, and Pat glanced to Rip.

It was over in a short time, and throughout it all, the man wore a ski mask.

He heard the sound of Ava from the fridge, screaming to let her out.The guy looked toward it, but it was like he had come for the person he had, and then left.

The room was silent, and they watched Ava from the fridge as she pressed against the door, slamming her body against it.She kicked and shoved, then she started to rummage around the stacks, finally breaking one of the trolleys and using it to pry the door.The fridge must have had some kind of timer, as she slammed it against the fridge, and without a word, it opened.

Then, Pat saw what had covered Ava in blood.She went straight to Lauren, trying to do CPR, trying to stop the bleeding, only Lauren had died.

This was heartbreaking to see, as Ava came to realize what had happened.

In the blood were some keys, and they watched as Ava scrambled out of the kitchen, falling through the blood, and then stumbling out toward the car.

It was then that Pat knew Ava had been the target, and the only thing that had saved her was her raven hair.The dye that seemed to be taking forever to wash out.

“We need to get Ava’s family here and now,” Pat said.“Someone is going after the club, and he’s targeting the people we know.”

“Go get them,” Bull said.“Now.”

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Ava woke up, staredup at the ceiling, and felt empty.Everything from the previous night came rushing back to her.Lauren, the attack, the blood.

“She’s awake,” Violet said.

She quickly turned to see her mother and sister inside Pat’s bedroom in the Chaos and Carnage MC clubhouse.

“Mom?Violet.”

“We’re here, darling,” Hazel said.

“What’s going on?”

“Pat explained everything,” Violet said.“He told us what happened.What you saw, what you had to deal with.”Violet was sitting on one side of the bed, and her mother had moved around the bed to her other side.

Ava tried not to cry, but it was impossible.

“I should have gone to the police,” Ava said.

“No,” Hazel said, surprising her.“You can’t go to the police like this.For one, Dylan is in the hospital.He was attacked.And second, this is MC business.”

“Mom?”

“I know.I know.I have always told you girls to do the right thing, and yes, if this has nothing to do with the club, then going to the police is the right thing.You did the right thing, because the only people I would trust right now are Pat and the club,” Hazel said.

“Do you mean that?”

“Yes,” Hazel said.“I would not lie to you, honey.You know this.”

There was a whimper.

“It’s Bernice,” Violet said.“I don’t think she was happy at being moved.”