Avery agreed as she told Gunner, “I’ve seen him sometimes and the way he treats his brothers and their families is terrible.If they fall short of the payments he expects from them he’ll take more than his share and his brothers’ families suffer.And I think his mind is sharper than Sarah thinks it is.She assumes he’ll never notice but if he’s looking into his accounts, he’ll find a lot of his money is missing and he’ll know exactly who took it.”
King joined them and asked, “What do you think he’ll do if he finds the money missing?”
Avery looked up at the two men and stated, “I think they will end up killing each other and neither one will regret it one bit.”
Gunner shook his head and looked over at King.“If they still have Gina they might shoot her as well.I just hope Jett can find them first.”
Just then, King turned his head as a commotion grew louder at the back door.He and Gunner took off down the hall and found Stitches standing there with his weapon pointed at a younger woman who was holding her hands up in the air.
King slid to a stop and he looked the woman over carefully.
Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and her clothes look dirty and ill fitting.They were way too big for her and she had a piece of rope around her waist to keep her pants up.Her jacket was too big for her as it covered her shirt.Her feet were in well worn tennis shoes.
“Who the fuck are you?”King growled.
The young woman raised her arms up in surrender.
King heard a sound behind him.He turned to see Andy and Avery standing there.
Andy looked stunned as she stared at the woman in the doorway with her hands up and caught her breath, “Tameria, what the hell are you doing here?”
“Tameria?”King barked out sharply.
Andy nodded.“This is my cousin Tameria.She’s one of my Uncle Brink’s kids.”
King turned his head and barked out, “Well girl, what are you doing here?”
Tameria swallowed hard.Her arms were getting tired from holding them up.“I had to come and warn you guys.”
“Warn us about what?”King asked.
Tameria looked at King and said, “About what Sarah and Grandpa were really doing here.”
King glanced at Gunner then motioned her inside.“Well, get yer little butt in here and tell us what you came to tell us then.We got men tracking Sarah and her dad.”
Tameria paused to ask, “Why?”
“They shot my son Train and grabbed Gina then took off with her, that’s why.That was after they sent twelve men here to try to release the prisoners we took after they tried to come in here and kill us all.When that didn’t work, they sent in another crew to try to get their people back.Then Sarah came to try to get Gabby to give her the money her mom left for her.That didn’t work either.So little Missie, tell us what grand scheme Sarah has in mind this time?”
Tameria sighed hard then she slowly lowered her hands.She reached inside her jacket pocket then froze when Stitches cocked his weapon.She looked at him and said, “Inside my pocket is a notebook.It has notes and timelines in it.I think your guys need to read it.”Then she lifted her hand away from her pocket slowly.“I don’t have any weapons.”
Andy stepped forward and looked at her cousin then she reached inside the pocket and withdrew the notebook.She handed it to King.Then she hugged her cousin lightly.“I’m sorry cousin.”
Tameria nodded.Then she shrugged.“Yeah, I don’t expect any member of the Asher family to be welcome here right now.But I had to come.Sarah and grandpa are just about out of options and this was their last-minute gamble.They stopped at the bank before they came here so I think they are planning on leaving the area.They already shut down their house in Houston.”
“Did they empty their accounts?”King growled.
Tameria nodded.“I think so.”
King looked at Gunner.“Damn, we didn’t get their money in time.”
Avery snorted.“Maybe not their main ones but Sarah and Lester didn’t keep their money in just one account.Sarah has five accounts, all in different banks and I don’t think she’d risk emptying all her accounts with her dad in tow.She might take just the one she had at the same bank.But that’s just pocket change for her.”
“I hope you’re right about that,” King stated.
Avery nodded.“Lester doesn’t know about four of the five accounts.If he did, she wouldn’t have them.He might be older but he’s still a miserable S-O-B.”She snorted.“And Sarah ain’t no fool.She might have plans to ditch him at some point when he’s no longer useful to her.”
Tameria nodded in agreement.“You got that right.She owns a house near here and I think that’s where they are going now.”
