Page 125 of The Saviors: Part One

“We’ll be there, but we can’t stay long. Give Maria and Evie my love.” Axel disconnects the call and turns to Sean. “You big mouth asshole. Evie and the girls aren’t going to let this shit go.”

“I think Chels will fit in good with them,” Cole says.

I shrug. “I think so too. As far as I know, she hasn’t left Forest Grove since she got away from Brady.”

Axel shakes his head and gestures to our prisoner. “Let’s end this shit.”

Cole grins like a maniac. “Where’s Brady?”

“I swear I don’t know who that is. Someone paid me a hundred bucks to keep that phone on and lay low.”

“Someone set your dumbass up,” I say. “What else did they tell you?”

“Nothing!” he yells when Cole jumps at him like he’s going to hit him. Sean starts cackling like a fool.

“That was too fucking easy,” Sean comments. “What’s the call, Axel?”

“Leave him until we find out what’s on that phone.”

Something isn’t sitting right with this. Why the hell would someone pay him to sit with the phone but do nothing else? It has to be Brady who paid him off because he figured Chelsea would track his location. So where’s Brady?

It’s about time we fucking found out.

Chapter39

Axel

We make our way back upstairs to the office where Chelsea and Nolan are. When I walk in, my heart does that weird flip seeing them laughing and talking like they’ve known each other forever.

We’ve always run like a well oiled machine, but something has always been missing, and looking at the gorgeous blonde in front of me, I know what that something is.

“You guys find anything?” I ask, sitting beside Chelsea. Kai, Sean, and Cole sit on the other side of the table.

“Not yet,” she answers. “He’s doing all kinds of typing, and I got lost.”

Nolan chuckles. “I’m just trying to bypass the lock code so I can see what’s on it. What did you guys find out?”

“Someone paid him a hundred bucks to hide with the phone,” I answer. On instinct, I lay my hand on Chelsea’s back, rubbing circles. She looks surprised but doesn’t push me away, so I take it as a good sign.

“Why, though?” she asks.

“Hopefully that phone will tell us,” Cole answers.

The conversation with Sean in the truck has played on repeat in my head. Now that he’s given me the go ahead to go after what I’ve always wanted, I can’t get that thought out of my head. “I have a question for you, Cupcake.” She turns in her chair to face me. “My niece is having a birthday party in a couple of days. I want you to go with us.”

She frowns. “Your niece?”

“Oh yeah. I found out a couple of years ago that I have a brother. His name is Gray, and he lives in Abbs Valley with his wife, Evie, and their family.”

“A brother?” she smiles. “That’s awesome.”

“I guess Charlie did actually do something right. Anyway, do you want to go? You’ll love them.”

“Do you think it’s safe with everything going on here?”

Sean laughs. “Abbs Valley is probably the safest place you can be.” He explains all the relationship dynamics there and who actually lives there.

“Wait,” Chelsea says, holding up a hand. “The leader of the Italian mafia is…a woman?”