Hanging up the phone, I motion for Knuckles to turn around.
“What’s goin’ on?”he asks me through our communication system.
“Down ‘n Dirty is on fire,” I tell him shortly, my voice shaking with the rage filling me.
“What the fuck?We just left there?”Knuckles yells, his voice harder than normal when he’s not around his family.
“I know.I guess it started in the basement and went up to the storage room.Said it could’ve been a lot worse because of the alcohol but they got it put out before it could,” I tell him as we make our way to the bar.
We can’t get too close with the fire trucks parked there and the police having the area taped off.Knuckles and I park our bikes where we can and walk the rest of the way to the parking lot of the bar.It doesn’t take us long to smell the smoke from the fire and see the damage that’s been done to the place.Dylan said on the phone that there was some damage to the place, but this is more than a little bit if you ask me.
“Fuck!”I shout, my anger making me want to pound the shit out of something.
“We don’t know how bad it is yet, Carbon,” Knuckles says, trying to calm me down as I try to get even closer to the place.
“It’s gonna be bad, Knuckles.I don’t have to be a genius to know that,” I respond, my voice going even colder than before.
“Let’s not do anythin’ rash right now, Carbon.Let Rooster and everyone else get here before we do anythin’,” he tries to reason with me as I hear the rumble of bikes getting closer to our location.
“Knuckles, this isn’t gonna fuckin’ fly with me.Not only is someone after my woman but someone is also fuckin’ with my business.Yeah, it might belong to the club, but I’m the one runnin’ the fuckin’ place.This is an attack on me and no one will fuckin’ tell me any different,” I tell him, my entire body shaking with rage as I take in the scene before me and know something isn’t right about this situation.
Before Knuckles can respond to me, Rooster and everyone else rushes up to our side.
“What the fuck is goin’ on?”Rooster questions us as we watch the scene before us.
“We haven’t talked to anyone yet.They’re all busy wanderin’ around the scene and takin’ care of shit to talk to us yet,” Knuckles answers Rooster for me as I keep my eyes locked on the scene in front of me.
“We’ll figure it out as soon as they’re done.For now, we watch over everyone as they work to get the fire out and figure out what the hell is goin’ on,” Rooster states, his voice cold as hell while we all remain at the tape the police put up to keep everyone away from the fire.
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The fire ended up reignitingand started all over again.It happened just as the fire department was packing up and getting ready to head out.The chief didn’t even have a chance to talk to us before they had to pull their equipment back out again and put the fire out once again.To say I was pissed would be an understatement.This is complete bullshit and I have no clue what the hell is going on.
“Go call your woman and check in on her and the twins,” Rooster orders me, his voice going slightly softer as he looks at me and pulls me away from the tape.
With a short nod of my head, I turn my back on the chaos behind us and pull my phone from my pocket.There are no messages from Peyton and no calls.While part of me likes seeing she hasn’t called or messaged me when I know she’s not at the house, another part of me starts to panic.
Peyton’s phone goes directly to voicemail.She never once turns her phone off.Because of the kids and her family, she always keeps the phone on.Peyton isn’t one to miss out on something happening to anyone she loves.Now that includes the men and women of the Dirty Slayers MC as well.
Switching up, I call my sister instead.
“Carbon?What’s going on?”Kimber answers her phone, her voice trembling with emotion and I’m immediately on high alert.
“Where’s Peyton?Her phone is goin’ straight to voicemail and that’s not like her,” I question my sister.
“She, um, she took one of the Slayer Slits to the store a while ago and hasn’t returned yet.I was just getting ready to call and check on her,” Kimber informs me as the rage I’ve been feeling all day long intensifies even more.
“Are you fuckin’ kiddin’ me!”I explode, my voice breaking and I know I’m scaring my sister.
“I’m sorry, Matt.I can say no one went with them.It’s just the two of them and I have a feeling now something is wrong,” Kimber says, her tone showing signs of guilt and fear.
“What the fuck!”I yell out as Brick and more of the guys race to my side and I hand my phone over to my best friend.
“What’s goin’ on, Carbon?”Rooster questions me, his voice hard and cold as he waits for me to calm down enough to answer him.
“This is a fuckin’ distraction for what’s really goin’ on,” I tell him, knowing deep in my heart that’s the truth of the matter.“The fire was started intentionally to distract us while my fuckin’ woman was taken.”
“What the hell are you talkin’ about?”Homicide asks, his tone immediately hard and cold as he goes into full Enforcer mode.
