Page 44 of Whip’s Wisdom

“Leave.”

He immediately turns and walks out the door and I put the phone up to my ear.

“Bulldog, what’s going on? Is Peyton okay?”

“Linda’s at the house in Briarfield. She’s making threats. Says you owe her over a year's worth of money. I thought you haven’t heard from them in a year and what the fuck does she mean you owe her money?”

I look around the room and turn my back to my brothers.

“Listen, I don’t want to get into all that. Is she still there?”

“No, Knox got rid of her, but you need to know that your family is now mixed into some real bad shit. We might have to get the Moretti’s in on this.”

“You know I will handle it myself. I gotta go.”

I hang up the phone and turn back to my council brothers.

“Is there anything else you need from me right now? I’ve got to go.”

“Is everything okay?”

“Yeah it’s fine, I just got some shit I’ve got to take care of at Untamed.”

He gives me a look and then nods his head banging the gavel. I take off towards the entrance of the club and hop on my bike. I guess I should’ve paid more attention because following me out the door was Terror, Thorn, Dragon, Twister, Rage, Hurricane, and Doc.

“You guys don’t need to come with me.”

“Shut up. Let’s get out of here.”

With that we head out of the clubhouse and to Briarfield where I feel like I am going to have to answer some of the questions I have been putting off for too long.

When we finally pull up to the Untamed Rebels gate the prospect sees us and with wide eyes opens the gate. I skip the clubhouse knowing that Knox would keep Peyton there til I got there. As we pull up in the driveway Knox comes outside to meet us.

“I wasn’t expecting all the brothers to come with you, but good to see you all.”

“What happened?”

“Well I got a text from Bulldog, who was on the phone with Peyton when your mom showed up.”

Thorn’s head whips towards me so fast I feel like he is going to give himself whiplash.

“She apparently was asking Peyton for you, I don’t know, there were threats made. She said she was very clear that you owe her money. If you want to know exactly how everything went down it’s all recorded. Peyton didn’t know who the hell she was and fuck, I didn’t either. But she claims that your brother is in with the Bellacane Syndicate. Now Peyton is wondering and as am I, how would he be able to become part of that Italian crime family?”

“Listen, I don’t know what he’s done or who he has hooked up with, okay? I’ve had Wiz keep tabs on them to make sure they weren’t up to anything, he did find out he was hanging out with some fucked up people and doing shady shit. Listen, I didn’t think this shit would come back to us. I told them last year I was done paying for their habits. That’s the errand I had to run on Christmas Eve last year.”

“Well she is claiming that the don has given up information about you, about me, about Peyton and about the kids. So you may have told them you were done, but I think they want something else. Especially now that there is another crime family involved. Peyton and the babies are going to be staying in the clubhouse suite tonight. We need to figure this out and at least get them off our back. She claimed they were pissed because we like Chaos decided to align with the Moretti’s.”

“Alright, well yeah I want to take care of this tonight. She needs to learn that she cannot threaten my family. Then maybe she can pass that message along to her new friends. I don’t know why they are trying to get involved with either of our clubs.”

“Okay, let’s get this done then. I’ll bring along Domino, Switchback, Anvil, Hex, Riot and Spade. With the men you have with you we should be okay.”

“Alright, let’s get Peyton to the clubhouse and then we can head out.”

I nod to my brothers and they climb on their bikes and begin making their way to the clubhouse. Knox does the same for Switchback, Anvil and Domino. After telling them what other brothers to grab so that they are ready to head out after we get Peyton to the clubhouse. I know she is going to have all sorts of questions and I don’t know if I have it in me to answer them right now. Hopefully she can hold off on the interrogation until after I deal with all of this. Walking inside I am greeted with a very stormy eyed Peyton and if looks could kill I’d be buried six feet under right now.

“So, care to explain to me why some crazy old bat is showing up at my home making threats?”

I sigh and walk up to her so that we are standing chest to chest and she is looking up at me.