“Dec?”
“That fucking traitorous bitch. She’s here!”
“Mina’s there?”
“Yeah. Mac just came to tell me she’s here and is sneaking around the club. Do you think she’s here to save him?”
“I told you last night she betrayed you.”
“I’ll call you back later…Mac. Tony. Go get her. I want her alive. I don’t give a fuck if you have to rough her up. Just don’t kill her.”
I hear his men in the background, then more silence.
~PRESENT DAY~
That wasthe last time I talked to Declan. Rodger called me a few days later to tell me about Declan, Mac, and Tony. I didn’t make it back for the memorial. I had to track down the leader of the gang near one of our warehouses. Rodger found out they were responsible for Jocko’s death, and he said Declan’s, too, but I know that’s a lie.
The leader of the gang confessed to killing Jocko, buthe died swearing he didn’t touch Declan. That was the only proof I needed. Mina and Myles killed Declan, Mac, and Tony.
And now I’ll have my revenge.
*Ring*
It’s Cash.
“What?”
“Hello to you, too.”
“I just don’t know why you’re calling me. I told you I’ll be back in a little bit.”
“What’s going on with you?”
I take a second to breathe and calm the boiling rage threatening to burst. I’m this fucking close to having my revenge.
“Nothing. Why?”
“I’ve never seen you act like that. Especially over a woman.”
To be fair, it wasn’t for her benefit. I figured if I could play knight in shining armor and save her from him, then I could get her alone and not have all the messy struggle of a standard kidnapping. Just get her in my car alone, then one tiny prick of a needle and then she’d be out like a light. Now…Well, things are going to get messy.
“I’m just really interested in her, Cash. Declan was obsessed with her, and I want to know why.”
I never told him what I found out. Cash never wanted to be involved in our side business. He preferred to be the good guy. Went to business school. Got a degree. Made a career for himself. How fucking noble? Yet if I told him that Mina was the one responsible for Declan’s death, he wouldn’t bat an eye. He hated his cousin and wanted totake over Badlands back when his uncle died, but everything went to Declan.
He would probably thank Myles and Mina for getting rid of a problem. He’s almost as much of a traitor in my books as she is…Almost.
Declan was like a brother to me. Even more so than Cash, honestly. Cash and I never fully saw eye to eye on most things. Declan was truly my brother.
I’m going to make Mina tell me exactly what happened that day, then I’m going to kill her and hand-deliver her body to Myles Langston.
What’s that old saying? An eye for an eye?
CHAPTER 28
Myles
Icould die right now, and I’d die happy. I have Mina back in my arms. I was able to confess everything. She knows how much I love her, and she loves me back. It’s crazy, and honestly, I probably should feel bad, but…I don’t. She made me realize that I’ve lived my life centered around my best friend. My best friend, who’s been gone for twenty years. It’s time I start living for myself and what I want. And the only thing I want is her.
