“I know so. Never once has my Remy blamed me for what happened to her in her early life. Instead she looks at me like her hero. I know I don’t deserve it for what she went through, but that just pushed me to do right by her until she fell in love with a man who loves her the way she deserves.”
“Wait, she’s one of Chewy’s computer people, isn’t she? The little blonde?” I ask, only now just remembering which one Remy is.
“That’s her.” He smiles proudly. “As her dad it was my job to take care of her heart until her best friend came along to steal her away from me. I’m still not over that, but if you’ll allow me I’d love to look out for your girls. Might be because I’m missing my granddaughter, or it could be that you both have girls that need a grumpy old biker in their lives.” He gives me a wink and I lean in on his other side to give him a hug.
“I’d like that,” I whisper at the same time Nell tearily says something similar.
“Good. Now let’s dry all these tears and see who’s gonna wrestle Damian’s huge ass.”
I can’t help the snort that flies out of me at Flack’s words and I stand with him and Nell, my eyes landing on all the kids,including River all piled on top of Damian. He’s a good sport, acting as if he’s dying there on the floor. Again.
A loud whistle rends the air and all eyes turn to Prez. “Sorry to ruin your fun kids, but we have Church. The Matrix twins have found something.”
I’m not sure what the Matrix is, but all eyes turn to the newcomers who stand in the mouth of the hall in their professional attire. Vex said they work for Chewy but I have no idea what that little woman would need with two accountant looking men. Although I guess that doesn’t really matter, as long as they can help figure out not only what is going on with the twins’ dad, but also with whoever killed that man and sprayed Eden’s Keep on his wall.
Chapter 16
Vex
We all file into Church, the kids off giggling and dancing around in the common room with Loyal, Nell, Joe and the prospects. I’m sure Damian will keep things light and fun while we find out just what the Matrix twins know.
“What you got?” Dex says as my ass has barely touched my seat.
Theo, the one without glasses, looks around the room, “Do you have a screen or a large TV I can cast the info to?”
We sit and stare at him. The Keep is still pretty much set up the same way it was when my father was in charge. I mean we did splash out for wifi and that cool ass bar, but other than that this room looks the same. Bright heavenly white, long wooden table in the middle and comfy chairs for the council members. What’s not part of the room is a projector screen or a TV. I think it’s safe to say we’re not really that tech savvy. Thank fuck for Chewy’s geeks.
Jay must get the picture because he mumbles something to himself while his brother lets out a long sigh as Omen frowns at them.
“Problem, gentlemen?” my brother growls.
“No. You’ll all just have to squish up to see the laptop screen is all,” Theo answers drily.
I try to cover my snort as I look around the room at my brother’s faces. TumTum would be the smallest of the Keep Chapter brothers, but even then the man is still 6’ tall and lanky.
“Fine. Just tell us what you know,” Dex says, waving a hand to get the twins talking.
They share a look before nodding once at each other. “From what we understand you’ve got two problems. You got Hitchens who was originally on the DRMC radar in Texas before he went to ground, and thanks to your woman’s friend-” Theo nods in my direction, “Hitchens now knows where the kids are.”
Flack goes to open his mouth but Jay beats him to it. “No, Joe has no ties to Hitchens other than his fist found her face. From what we could tell through CCTV footage of the day she arrived here, she did a lot to evade him. The problem is the guy has ties to black market military security.”
“He put a tracker on her?” Omen growls.
“On her car. She did a good job of leaving it in town and managed to hitch a ride out here, but still. Hitchens is clever enough to know that a beaten woman like Joe will end up at the Keep. Everyone in Adonner knows that this place is a sanctuary now.”
I scrub my hand down my face. It was wishful thinking that he would have gone back to Rose Grove for the originals to take care of him.
“We upped our security after Chewy found gaps in it, so hopefully that’ll hold,” Sniper says in a low voice.
Jay looks thoughtful for a moment, sharing a look with his twin. “How many of you are from Eden’s Keep originally?”
“Five counting Loyal,” I answer. “Why?”
“Well, there’s security that someone like Chewy would put in place. She’s good, real good, but she will never know the hiddenins and outs a place like this has,” Theo says, hitting me with a raised eyebrow.
I look to Omen, and then Saint, running through all the passages I remember as a kid. When I was little they were fun places to play, it wasn’t until we were older that we were taught to use them should the government come to visit. The routes were drummed into us.
“Fuck, the tunnels,” Omen says, turning to look at Chef. “After Church you’re with me.”
