After Keola had told me that there was a middle person or inside person within the school system I was stunned. But also shouldn't be surprised as there's so much corruption that is going on right now. but I was a little bit more stunned and I feel like I shouldn't have been to find out that the assistant superintendent Spence is now at the compound waiting for us.
And to top it all off he is the person that has been putting these kids in jeopardy leading Cedric into getting the kids into this situation.
“What do you wish to accomplish in having the Assistant Superintendent at the compound?” I ask him. Was there going to be more blood spilled? I don't know if I could take the life of somebody no matter how much they may not deserve to continue on.
“Well that's up to you?” he says, nonchalantly.
“What do you mean it's up to me? Do you realize how much trouble we could get into? And the fact that he is a public figure?” I'm not telling any lies, I'm stating facts. Imagine the city, the state or even the country finding out that even a lowly government official is dead due to being involved with a motorcycle gang. Oh and only to be executed by another motorcycle gang. It's basically a movie. Everything starts to hurt again, the aches and pains of the past couple of weeks, I’m surprised I’m not passed out on the floor somewhere.
“Angel, I'm not trying to make you decide, but you have to remember what happened,” he says.
“So what? Are we to play judge, jury, and executioner all at the same time? No way? And plus, what am I going to tell Finn?” Shit, what am I going to say to him? The Grim Wolves aren’t exactly quiet on things that happen around the club, the very least what goes bump in the night.
As we pull into the compound, the ground lights brightly light up. In the end, I want to forget about Spence, I want to just hug my nephew and get Keola and myself in my bed. My partial wish was coming soon because as we parked the truck, I see Finn waiting for me on the deck. Tessa stands next to him smiling very widely.
I don't wait for Keola to open the door or anything I’m first out running to my nephew. Both of us collided as we engulfed each other in a hug. The force of the hug made us fall straight to the ground, the gravel crushing our legs, but we don't care. All we care about is the fact that we have each other.
“You can't do that again,” Finn says.
I laugh, “Like I wanted to be kidnapped, kid.”
He shakes his head, “No, I'm talking about ever leaving me.”
I never want to leave him. I need him just as much as he needs me, just like we need Keola. “I'm sorry kid, but I'm here now. No one can hurt us anymore.”
As I say those last words, my heart starts to sink. Was that true, was anybody else going to hurt us? The Falcons will stay their distance or they'll be met with friendly fire. But anybody else that creeped into their lives, that was fair game.
I glance at Keola as he walks to Tessa. Whatever he says to her, she just nods her head. He wasn't pressuring me to make a decision about Spence. But telling Finn that no one else would hurt us unfortunately made me rethink.
I pull away from the embrace tucking his red hair behind his ear, “We're going to go back home, bud. We just have to finish up a bit of business.”
“Seriously, we're going home, like our own beds?” he jumps up with excitement. As I stand up I nod my head. Finn celebrates rushing back indoors to go pack up his stuff I imagine.
I walked towards Keola and Tessa, “Good to see that you're back on the land of living.”
“Yeah I wouldn't want to be on the other side of things.” I say sheepishly.
With an exhale I asked the burning question, “Where is he?” Keola turns his head to the side towards a building that I haven't been in before. Partially because I've never needed to go over there but something tells me that's going to change today.
“Any advice, boss?” I asked Tessa.
She shrugs her shoulders, “ If you're asking me whether he should live or die, you know me. We have bleeding hearts, Lottie, and sometimes that can be a curse. We hold out hope that things could change, but honestly, some people don’t,” she says, rubbing my shoulders.
Keola and I trek towards the dark building. Unsurprisingly, it’s full of weaponry and tools, but there’s a door that sits to the side.
“You’re kidding me, please tell me he’s not in a basement,” I groan.
He looks back at me, “Okay, I won’t tell you that he’s tied up in a basement.”
“He’s tied up!” I shout.
He rolls his eyes at me as he twists the doorknob, “You make it sound like that’s a bad thing, considering you find it a turn on.” He throws a wink.
My cheeks start to blush as I try to walk but trip over my damn feet. The last thing that I need is to get flustered and or turned on because of this dumbass. The steps beneath us creak as we continue downward into a pit of darkness.
I didn't think it was going to be stereotypical of a motorcycle criminal club to have a dungeon per se but it shouldn't have shocked me either. The decision of what to do is Spence laid in my hand. Thinking about Tessa's statement and the feeling that I had when Finn was in my arms it wasn't going to be easy, especially on my conscience. I think it's the same thing as my thoughts towards my father. I don't want to see him dead. I just know how much of a trash human being he is. But if you ask me if I knew if I could pull the trigger I don't know if I could.
I see Spence tied to a chair, his head hanging low. Jackson stands in the corner with his arms folded. D.R in the other corner looming over Spence like he could get up any second now and break free.
