OWN HER: A Dark Mafia Romance(154)
I ran a tired hand through my hair and sighed. I knew exactly what needed to be done, and I felt like such a jackass for not handling it sooner. I’d let that beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed thief steal something more valuable than my drugs this time around. She’d taken my integrity, and it was a good thing I was starting to catch on before she stole my heart with it. Of course, I couldn’t mention that last part to the guys. They never would have let me live that one down.
“From here, I need you, Gage, and everyone to go back to HQ. Get the basement ready, because I’m going back to my apartment to pick up our girl,” I said.
“Your apartment? She’s at your apartment?” Gage started again. “Jesus H. Christ, Cole, no wonder you can’t get it together, brother. How was it?”
“Fuck off, Gage,” I said, grabbing my gun and heading towards the door.
“No, really, was it worth selling out your MC?” he asked behind me.
“You know what? It was. And if her answers satisfy me back at HQ, it’ll happen again. So don’t think I’m going to bring her back for anyone to lay a finger on her, got it?” I snapped, turning around and getting right back in Gage’s face.
“Yeah, brother, I got it. I read you loud and clear,” he said. “You’re a punk,” he added, laughing and walking around me.
I laughed, too. I couldn’t fight with him anymore. I had to laugh it off or else I’d knock his block off.
I stopped at the door and looked back in while the guys walked down the stairs outside.
“Hey, is it possible we’re missing something?” I called out to them.
“Like what?” Dante asked, stopping on the stairs.
“I don’t know. I feel like there’s another room or something here,” I added. My eyes probed the back wall, looking for a door or panel in the wall that wasn’t quite in place. I didn’t see anything, but I couldn’t shake the feeling we’d missed something.
“That’s just disappointment that you’re feeling,” Gage called up to me from the pavement. He looked up and shielded his eyes against the sun.
“I guess so,” I said with a sigh. I left the light on as I closed the door, not really admitting defeat, but coping with a setback.
“Come on, let’s go so you can get Sasha and bring her back to HQ before she runs,” Dante said as I started down the stairs.
“Oh shit.” I stopped and looked at him, realizing why we’d been had.
“What is it?” Dante asked me.
“Remember what happened when we left her alone at HQ with Andre?”
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Dante said as the realization dawned on him as well.
“What happened?” Gage asked. “I missed it.”
“Yeah. Look, she tried to escape, but someone besides Fang tried to pick her up. It wasn’t pretty, and I bet that’s what’s happening right now,” I said as I ran down the stairs.
“You really think her boss has it out for her?” Gage asked, running over to his bike.
“Yeah, I think so. She was caught, brother. She walked right into a trap when she came to HQ the first time. Bosses like Fang don’t take too kindly to stuff like that, so when she finally got in touch with him, he sent a few of his goons to get her. They didn’t look like they were a welcoming committee either,” I explained.
“Yeah, but we showed up just in time and killed two of them. We wounded the third, and no one really got a look at the driver,” Dante added.
“How much do you want to bet when she called Fang to let him know we were on the way, he sent some more goons to pick her up at the apartment?” I asked.
“You want us to follow?” Gage asked.
“Not yet,” I said. “Get everyone back to HQ. You two get the basement ready for her. I’ll call you if anything’s wrong.”
“Alright, go,” Gage said. “You need to get there while there’s still a girl to pick up.”
The three of us gunned our engines at the same time and started pulling away from the building. Dante and Gage rode off in one direction, waving their arms to collect the guys who’d parked in neighboring properties to keep their eyes on the hideout.
I sat and listened to all the engines roaring, breathing life back into this dead portion of the city. It was a beautiful sound. I revved my engine and watched as motorcycles started pouring out onto the streets.
Then, I spotted someone who wasn’t with us on top of one of the other buildings.