CHAPTER Twenty
Kidd
I slide into my normal table at The Kitty Kat and motion for a waitress to bring me and the boys a round of drinks. As soon as my beer’s in front of me, I turn to Reese. “Any news?”
He shakes his head. “Nah, man. It’s like the motherfucker disappeared overnight. Not one brother or any of the girls has seen him. Timmons is a ghost, man.”
Timber leans into the table, placing his palms on top of it. “I got an idea. Don’t know if it’ll work, but it’s worth a try.”
I lift my chin. “Tell me.”
“I think we should consider sending Preach to Mateland.” Timber motions towards Preach. “You all know that he’s got a talent for getting information. He’s got a way of getting a guy to talk, and you never even realize you’re telling him all your fuckin’ secrets until it’s too late. If they know where Timmons is, he’ll find out.”
Preach nods. “I don’t know if it’ll work, but I’m willing do anything to keep Ice safe.”
I nod my head. “Sounds like a plan to me, but I don’t want him going out on his own.”
“I’ll ride with him,” Reese offers.
“As much as I’d like to get your ass away from Jenna, I think it’d be better if you stayed here. I’ll need all the help I can get if Timmons goes after my old lady.”
“I think you should send Maker with me,” Preach says. “He’s a good brother, but he’s dumb as fuck. You send him with me, it’ll help get their guard down. There’s no way the Mateland crew will think I’m searching for information with Maker around.”
Chipper clears his throat. “That’s a good plan. The only hitch is that Kidd already called Brew. They know we’re on the war path, but they don’t why. It doesn’t matter though. They’ll be keeping shit tight until they find out.”
“If that’s true, why don’t you just ask Brew? He hates Timmons. If he knows anything, he’ll give it up,” Preach says.
Timber’s right: Preach is good at getting information. He learned a lot of shit when we were in Mateland, including that Timmons and Brew didn’t see eye to eye.
Reese shakes his head. “No he won’t. He’s protecting Timmons, so that Timmons will keep protecting him. Brew doesn’t want his secret getting out.”
I cut my eyes towards Reese. “You know about Brew and Ice?”
He nods. “I’ve known since the day Chipper took her out of that shithole.”
“What in the hell are you two talking about?” Chipper asks, looking between Reese and me.
I hate to tell my brother this shit, but it’s all gonna come out anyway as soon as Brew’s sorry ass steps foot in Big Clifty. It’s gonna kill him that Jenna didn’t trust him more. I hope he can understand that she was too scared to tell anyone. “Brew is Jenna’s father.”
His body goes rigid. “No, he’s fucking not. Her father’s name is David.”
“Her father’s name is Peter David Brewster,” I say, watching for his reaction.
He looks at me for a while, as if he’s searching for truth in my words, and then slams his fist onto the table. “She fuckin’ lied to me. I took care of her ass for years, and she fuckin’ lied to me.”
He starts to get up, but Reese grabs his arm and pushes him back down. “She was a scared kid. All she knew about the club was what her dad and Timmons told her. Timmons had her convinced that no one could take her away from him. She was afraid that you’d be forced to take her back to him.”
“Why the fuck would I do that?” Chipper asks, clenching his teeth together.
Reese looks towards me then back towards Chipper. He reluctantly says, “He claimed her, made her his old lady. Her dad and Timmons told Jenna that no one can take an old lady away.”
“What?” Chipper and I ask at the same time.
Reese shrugs. “I’m not sure of everything that happened when she was there. She refuses to talk about it, but I do know he claimed her. I also knew she was Brew’s daughter the moment she told me her name was Jenna. I wasn’t in Mateland long before I came here, but long enough to know that Timmons had claimed Brew’s daughter, Jenna. I was also told that she didn’t get a choice in the claiming.”