“In this,” he nudged his foot against the folding crib his parents had brought.
“I figured, but where?Is it going to stay there?Get moved into the bedroom?I’ll need some kind of shelf or table nearby that I can put this on.”He held up a small device that brought to mind the image of an eyeball on a stick.Not something he’d say to anyone as it wasn’t an image he wanted to put into anyone else’s head.
Smokey glanced around.“We can put him next to the desk, then you can set it on the desk.”
Rene looked toward the desk then back to Smokey.
“Is he standing on his own yet?”
Smokey shook his head.“He can sit, but he’s still wobbly at it.”
“Then that will work for now.As soon as he starts pulling himself up, you’ll need to move him, at least far enough away he can’t pull things off on himself.”Rene moved to the desk, finding the outlets and getting things plugged in.He fell quiet while he worked, leaving Smokey to watch Carter as he drifted off to sleep.Gently, he laid the empty bottle aside, then stood, careful not to jar the baby or make him giggle too much as he moved over and laid him in the portable crib.He took the bottle to the sink and filled it with water so the milk inside wouldn’t dry to an impossible to remove ring in the bottom.
“When you get that working, bring me the receiver.I should be in Raven’s office.”Smokey picked up his phone and headed for the door, pausing for a moment before leaving to watch Carter and make sure he wasn’t going to wake up after being moved.
Downstairs, he found Raven in the common room and made his way to him, waving to Ringo behind the bar for a drink.
“Hey, what’s up?”Smokey asked the president as he pulled up a seat.
“A few of the guys went out earlier.They brought back something for you,” the president said, glancing around the room.
His interest in who was there made Smokey wonder if he was looking for someone in particular or making sure someone wasn’t around.He glanced around himself, but tried not to make it obvious.He didn’t see anyone out of the ordinary.Most of the brothers were there, except for those he knew were in Bozeman, or headed that way.Raven had sent a couple more that way this afternoon to make sure even the brothers up there were protected.Then there would be at least two men on the gate, possibly three considering the current orders.
“What is it?and where’d they put it?”He frowned and looked around again, this time looking for anything new or out of place instead of scanning faces and looking at the people.
“Not really awhat,” Raven said.“More of awho.”Raven’s gaze didn’t leave his face this time.
Smokey’s frown turned into a scowl.He’d already looked at all the faces in the room, there was no one out of the ordinary there.Or at least no one his brothers would have brought to him.
“Then where are they?”
“Downstairs making sure he’s secured.”
Smokey stared at his president for a moment, not sure he could believe what he was thinking.Had they possibly gone out and gotten that fucker Tania had married?But what could they do to him that wouldn’t come back on the Angels?They couldn’t kill him.His disappearance would be missed.They had to be careful about what they did to him because he and his family had connections.The last thing they needed was someone to go to the cops outside of Craven’s Creek, or the county.They didn’t have anyone outside of the immediate area on their side.
“But before we go see him, we need to go have a talk with Hawkeye.He and Pike say they’ve found something we need to see.”
“What is it?”Smokey didn’t want to go talk to someone else, he wanted to know.To be able to go beat the shit out of that son of a bitch.
Maybe waiting to go see him was a good idea.It would give him time to cool off and be less at risk for killing the worthless piece of shit.
“Don’t know.They wanted a little more time to put it all in order.That was when I tried to call.”
Smokey nodded slowly.He wanted to do this now.He needed to make sure his family was safe.Not just the Angels, who had been his family for years, Carter, Tania, and his folks too.
