I dropped my arms from her waist and stared at her. She looked scared—of me, and I didn’t like that shit. I couldn’t focus on that at the moment, though.
I snatched the toothpick out of my mouth. “Fuck you just say?”
“He said that one of the Vipers killed your father.”
I knew I heard her the first time, but I couldn’t wrap my head around it. The Vipers were my father’s life besides my mother and me. He treated everyone fairly, until you did some bullshit. I’d witnessed him give people more opportunities than they deserved, so I couldn’t see one of them killing him. We were a family.
My body vibrated as I paced in front of her car.
“Where is this flash drive?”
Munch pulled at the bottom of her shirt.
“It’s at home. I think there is more on there somewhere. I wanted to look through it again.”
“I’m about to go in there and kill every last one of them!”
Munch jumped when I raised my voice. She hadn’t seen me angry, and I was sure she was afraid.
She grabbed my hand and pulled me toward her.
“Wait, Kane.” She wrapped her arms around me and held me as tight as she could. I was a lot stronger than her, so I could have broken from her hold, but it actually calmed me down a little. For the moment. “You can’t go in there and just kill everybody. You have to think about this and find out the truth. I feel like your father’s death and my brother’s are somehow connected, but we have to be smart about it.”
She kissed my chest through my shirt, and I hugged her. We stood like that for a few moments. She was right; I couldn’t move impulsively. I needed to find out exactly what happened. I would have hated to kill one of my brothers for nothing. Someone was going to pay, though. That I was sure of.
“You’re right. I need to see this video. For now, we are going to go in here and tell everyone else. All the important people are in there, including Beast.” An indescribable look passed over her face when I said Beast, but it quickly disappeared. “Come on.” I held her hand and led her inside the clubhouse.
All eyes were on us when we entered.
“If you aren’t an official Viper, get the fuck out!”
The people that didn’t need to be there quickly left. The people that stayed looked at me questionably.
“What’s this about?” Beast asked.
I pulled Munch closer and told her to sit down. I stood behind her because I couldn’t sit down, and I needed to see everyone’s reaction. I needed to see if anyone would give anything away. Some people couldn’t hide their guilt if they tried.
“I’m still doing some investigating, but it has been brought to my attention that someone, possibly in this room, is responsible for my father’s death, and potentially Slim’s.”
Isis and Carmen gasped. Tech, Slider, and Rico all looked shocked. Beast looked—angry.
He jumped up from his chair so fast, it fell over.
“What the fuck? Who said that shit? She did?” he asked as he pointed at Munch.
My jaw clenched as I made a fist against my leg. I wanted to knock him in his shit, but like Munch said, we had to move carefully.
“Who said it doesn’t matter. What matters is finding out the truth.” I stepped away from Munch and walked around the room. “I always wondered if some other shit was going on. My father treated everyone like brothers or his children, but there’s always a muthafucka that’s jealous.” I shook my head. “But I can’t see family killing him. Shit doesn’t sound right to me.”
I said that to them, but inside, I wasn’t sure. I felt like if it were a rival, they would have boasted about it. It was like my father died, and nobody said a word. The only person that would have benefited from him dying would have been Beast, but I really didn’t want to think it was him.
Everyone looked around at each other, but nobody said a word.
“Look, I don’t want to accuse anyone.” I walked back over to the table and leaned over it. “I will say this. If someone in this room did that shit, I guarantee you I will kill you myself.” I grabbed Munch and left the clubhouse.
“Follow me to my house.” I opened her car door.
She got in the car without saying anything back. I was glad she didn’t and that she listened. Right now, she was the only person I felt like I could trust. Shit was crazy because before she came along, I didn’t trust a woman unless it was my mother. Somehow, Munch’s little ass made her way into my heart.
