“If it’s not too late after I take care of my girl, I’ll swing by and get what I need.”
“What happened to the stuff we used when we were doing surveillance on the Phantom properties?”Watching her closely, he saw just how much this break-in worried her.Her movements were quick and efficient, if not automatic.She appeared to be going through the motions while her mind seemed a million miles away.
“Race had me add them to the cameras already installed at Bottoms Up this morning.Said he wants as many chances as possible to catch Tinker at something.”
“Okay.Do the best you can and take care of your girl.Give me a call when you can come by.”
“You have somewhere she can go if I don’t make it there tonight?”Jackson asked.
“Yeah.I’ll figure something out.Don’t worry.We got this covered until you can do your thing.”He said goodbye and hung up.He shoved his phone in his pocket and returned to the other three.“I’ve got bad news.He and Calliope have a doctor's appointment for Harper this afternoon and won’t be able to pick up what he needs until after.He said he’d do his best to set it up ASAP.”
“Oh.Okay.That’s fine.”She rubbed her forehead again.“Please tell him not to hurry on my account.I want him to be able to deal with his family without worrying about me and my problems.”
“It’s okay.He’ll get to it, and it's not a problem.”
He felt like shit.Everything bad that was happening to her was because of another biker club.She didn’t ask for any of this.She hadn’t been in Redemption long before another biker was fixating on her and messing with her.He truly feared Tinker might get violent with her after last night if given half a chance, and because of that, he shocked the shit out of himself by saying, “I’ll stay with you as long as it takes Jackson to set everything up.That way you won’t have to be alone, and you won’t have to worry about Oliver.”
“Oh.Okay.”Was it his imagination, or did her shoulders relax just a little?
Race caught his eye and nodded toward the door.“Sadie, Dagger, and I are going to take off.If you needanything,you have my number.Don’t hesitate to call.Hear me?”
“Yes,” she nodded her head.“I hear you.And thank you.”
Race smiled and nodded his head before he walked toward the door.
“I’ll be right back,” Jed told Sadie, and met him and Dagger on the landing.
“Do you know what you’re doing?”Race asked as soon as the door closed behind him.
“Yes.I’m going to hang out here until Jackson gets things hooked up.”The way Race was intently watching him made him squirm.“What?You think I should push her to go to the clubhouse?”
“Of course not.She’s been through a lot of shit because of the Phantoms.I’m not sure she’s in a place to give you a shot.”
“A shot?”
“Never mind.”Race started for the stairs, tossing over his shoulder, “You’ll figure it out.Call me if you need me.”
Jed didn’t wait for them to descend all the way down the stairs before he let himself back inside.His heart skipped a beat when he didn’t immediately find Sadie where he had left her in the kitchen.He ventured down the hall and found her standing beside her bed with a trash bag in one hand and a pair of tongs in the other, staring at her panties like she expected them to jump at her at any time.
“You want me to do it?”She jumped at the sound of his voice.“Sorry.Didn’t mean to scare you.”
“No.I got it.”She reached over and grabbed her panties with the tongs and immediately shoved them in the trash bag.She disappeared down the hall, presumably to throw it away.While she was dealing with that, he started wadding up the blanket, making sure to keep the cum in the middle.He was debating how he was going to shove it in the small washer in the stacked unit when she caught up with him in the hall.
“It’s not going to fit," he told her.
“No.It’s not.”Jed turned to find her biting her lip, trying not to laugh.
“I’m debating burning that.”Sadie pointed at it.
“If you really like it, we could take it to the laundromat.Do we have enough time before Oliver gets dropped off?”
“Yeah.He won’t be home for another hour and a half.Where’s the closest one?”She passed him in the hall and disappeared into her room.She came out a couple of minutes later, carrying the sheets from her bed.“If we wash that, we’re washing it all.I’m not taking any chance that whoever did that to the covers didn’t do it to the sheets.”
“Good idea.We’ll need to take your car.”
“Okay.”
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