Page 48 of The Saviors: Part One

Sean covers a laugh with a cough, earning a glare from Axel. I try to keep my eyes from straying to them, but after what happened this morning, I can’t. Can we really work this out now that I know he works for Axel? I know about the Saviors, and I know what they do.

“Why Daybreak?” Cole asks.

“My middle is Dawn. Dawn is daybreak.”

“That’s clever, Gorgeous.” I feel like Sean sliding in that nickname is just to rile up Axel on purpose. I just don’t know why.

“Thanks,” I smile and turn back to Axel. “Can you give me any other information on the documents?”

“Passports, driver’s license. Anything to disappear.”

“A name?” I do those things every day.

“No,” he sighs, some of the anger leaving him. I guess he realized I wouldn’t give Charlie anything willingly. “That’s what I need to find out.”

“I can’t help you…” He opens his mouth to interrupt, and I hold a hand up. “If you’ll let me finish, I was going to say I can’t help you without more information.”

“What can you use without a name?” Kai asks.

“A date would help. I can possibly narrow it down from there.”

“Why are you helping me?” Axel asks skeptically. So, he isn’t blind to the fact that I hate him and Cole.

I shrug. “Charlie is a horrible human. If you’re looking for him, then it must be for good reason.”

“We have a guy we can call to see if he found anything else. But I need my phone,” Cole says with those sad puppy dog eyes.Fuck that.

No matter how much I hate them, I missed them just as much. I’m more pissed at Axel than Cole. I know he’s the final factor that made them leave me behind. They said they did it to protect me, but I could never figure out how the fuck leaving me would do that. They were my only family. My mom was an alcoholic, and my stepdad was a creep. We planned it our freshman year of high school. They turned eighteen before me, so the day that I did, we would leave together. We held that plan until the day after graduation when they told me they were leaving. Without me. That’s the day my life truly fell apart, and I’ve been picking it up ever since.

“Baxter, get their phones from the car,” I say into my earpiece.

A few minutes later, he walks in, lays them down in front of me, and leans down. “Are you okay?” he whispers.

“I’m fine. I promise.”

The second I figured out what I wanted to do, I hired Baxter and his cousin, Roland, as my security. I didn’t trust anyone else, and they were fit for the role. They work for me, and I fund their women’s shelter. It works all the way around. He turns to leave, glaring at the guys on the way out, and I have to hide a smile.

“Which one?” I ask Cole. No way they were all getting their phones until they left my property.

“The one with the black case.” I slide it across the table, and it causes Sean’s phone to light up, showing my name on the screen. I sent him a message seconds before I walked into this meeting. Kai has an identical one saying I miss you.

After our morning together, I was on cloud nine. Kai getting over whatever hangups he has concerning me, showed that he trusts me.

Cole dials a number, flipping it to speakerphone. A voice answers on the second ring. “You guys good?”

Cole looks at Axel, who gives a shrug. “Yeah. We’re still at the meeting. Long story, but you can speak freely.”

“What’s going on?” The voice comes back instantly alert.

“We’re fine, Nolan,” Axel answers. That’s a name I don’t recognize. If Axel is looking for his dad, that means they finally ousted him from the Saviors, and that means Axel is their new leader. “Did you dig up anything else on those documents? Like a date?”

“I have a date and a last name. Hold on.” I can hear him clicking through files. “The nineteenth of February and the last name is Lancaster.”

“Thanks, Nolan. Call Ari and tell him to be at the house when I get done here.”

“What’s going on?”

“Some new developments,” Axel says looking at me.