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“Saige, my beautiful butterfly, I need you to stay there. If you insist on trying to help, go inside and get Tech. Help him watch the security tapes from here. Maybe y’all can find something out that will break this wide open. Please?” I ask her.
“Cotton, okay. But if we find anything, or find out where they are, I’m going!” she hangs up the phone and I can’t help but laugh. Lord help Tech or anyone else that gets on her bad side today. I walk over to Loki who is standing by the firetruck, and we watch as Hawke and Wolfe put Crow in the bag as carefully as they can, lay him on the gurney, and roll him past us to the ambulance. We bow our heads as they go by, paying our brother our respect.
I look at Loki once they have gone by, and see the same fire burning in his. It’s time to make someone pay for Crow and find Tires and Bex.
Thirteen
Saige
Lynch walksinto the kitchen on the phone, “Yeah man, hang on, here she is.” He hands me the phone, as I put the dirty bottles in my hand into the sink.
“Hello?”
“Hey BFF, I have some news that you need to know, and I know that everyone will try to keep from you for a bit. But you need to know. Cotton got to the garage to see it on fire, and called nine one one, the whole side of the building has been blown apart, Crow is dead, the prospects aren’t here, and Cooper and Bexley are missing. His bike is here, so we know they were here, but not now.” Loki tells me. I reach for the counter horrified, just as Lynch catches me to keep me from hitting the floor. He pulls me over to the table and pulls out a chair for me. I sit down hard.
“Was it Richard? We know that he will take them to Michael. I need to be there.” I say as I hang up on Loki, getting up from the chair. I look at Lynch who looks like he’s about to say something and hold my hand up. “I have to be there to help them look for my brother and best friend. I won’t sit here at home worrying and not doing anything Lynch, I can’t.” I cry.
He pulls me to him, hugging me tight. “It’s gonna be okay, we’ll find them. I was gonna say, why not let me go with you. Stella is here. Let’s see if she will stay and help Alivia with the kids. Brennon and Bear can stay here with them. It’ll be alright. I’ll call the other nomads in to help. Let’s get crackin’. “He kisses the top of my head, and we head to get our gear and let the guys know Stella is staying with Alivia to help her.
I kiss all three of my kids, hug aunt Stella who is now crying, and Alivia. “Thank you for staying with the kids. I have to help out anyway I can, and I know they’re all safe here with y’all.” I head out the door to my cage. Lynch is already in the passenger seat and he has started the truck. I climb in and hit the gas. We are almost past the clubhouse when I slam on my brakes to keep from hitting dad. He yells at me and hands me his phone where I talk to Cotton.
After I hang up the phone with Cotton handing back to dad, I let him out and pull into the parking spot he just left. Lynch and I walk into the clubhouse and we go to find Tech. I go towards the rooms, and he goes towards the bar. I bang on Techs door, and he answers. Lynch comes around the corner at the same time. “Tech we need to pull up the security cameras from the garage for last night through this morning and see if we can find out what happened.”
Tech runs his hands through his hair. “Can this wait an hour at least? I need to shower and get some coffee.”
Lynch gets in his face, grabbing his shirt, “Fuck no this can’t wait, brother! Crow is dead. Tires and Bexley are missing. Do you think that can wait an hour?” He says as he pushes him away.
“No, I don’t think so. I’m sorry, come on in. I’ll pull the tapes up.”
“Good, Saige and I can go over them while you go take a shower and get coffee. I know how to run your system.” Lynch tells him as we walk into the room and sit at the huge computer system that Tech has. Lynch shews him away and pulls up the footage himself. Seeing that he does know how to run the system, Tech goes to shower.
Lynch waits until he is out of the room, then taps my leg to get my attention. He signs to me, ‘I don’t trust him, why does he want to shower and get coffee? He knows it’s important if we ask about tapes.’
I nod. ‘I agree. We’ll just have to keep watch on him.’ I sign back. He nods. He gets to the time we need to start watching from, and we both intently watch the screen. It’s to the three am point when we see a figure dressed all in black, pick a lock and go inside. Once inside the figure uses a headlamp to see what they are doing. They are carrying a large duffel bag and walking straight towards the bay area where the guys work on bikes and a few cars. I can tell it’s a guy, and I sign that to Lynch. He nods yes. We continue to watch while the person seems to be wiring a brick and sitting it on one of the shelves by the bay door, then running the wires to something that is then placed up high on the door, sticking to it. The guy then leaves, locking the door behind him. Nothing else happens until Crow shows up. He goes in and turns the light and computers on. Cooper and Bexley show up, and are walking around to the bay doors where Crow is starting to open them. He has it part way up when a white van pulls in and a blonde headed guy is getting out just as there is an explosion, throwing everything outwards even Crow, knocking Coop and Bex down. The guy is watching everything happening with a huge grin. He watches Coop crawl over to Bex, and then walks up to Coop hitting him on the head with a rock. Then he pulls the van up closer and pulls Coop and Bex into it.
Lynch taps my leg again. ‘That is that Richard guy. We need to go talk to Tonya. She knows more than she is saying.’ He signs to me.
‘Let me call Cotton, let him know what is on tapes. Did you make copy incase anything happens?’ I ask in sign.
He nods. We get up to leave the room yelling to Tech in the bathroom that we are leaving. Once we get outside in my truck, which I let Lynch drive towards the jail as I call Cotton. “Hey babe. We watched the tapes. It looks like that Richard guy did all this. So that can only mean Michael will have them soon if he doesn’t already. I’m on my way with Lynch to talk to Tonya. She has to know something more that she isn’t saying.”
“Saige, I don’t like that you are doing this, but we need to know. Maybe she will talk to you. Come back to the clubhouse when y’all are done. Gonna have church. I love you, be safe, please.” Cotton says.
“We will be. I love you too.” I say as I hang up.
Fourteen
Saige
We pullup to the jail, and Commander Thomas comes out the door. He walks up to the truck as we are getting out. “Saige, it’s good to see you and I know why you’re here, but I can’t let you in right now. I have an investigation to launch, and I can’t let anyone get into my crime scene. I.”
I interrupt him, “What do you mean crime scene? Is Tonya dead?”
He hangs his head, “Not just Tonya, but Grange also. He was there to keep her company like y’all talked about. I don’t know what happened yet. I can’t get my surveillance system to come up. I thought about getting Tech to come try.”
“NO!” Lynch and I yell at the same time. Thomas looks at us startled. “Why not let Lynch see if he can figure it out? He’s even better at computers and electronics than Tech.”
Thomas nods his head and has us follow him into his office. Lynch pulls up a bunch of files, typing away. He mumbles a little, and I see him getting angry. It takes a few minutes and he gets everything pulled up. We watch as we see Tonya and Grange talking. Grange on a chair outside the cell. Tonya is sitting on the edge of her bed, her knees up against the bars, leaning forward. They both turn towards the door that is always kept shut. It’s the one that leads to the solitary room. Grange stands as the guard approaches them. He looks at Grange says something, making Grange angry, and he rushes the guy only to back up holding his stomach, looking up in horror. The knife that the guard has is huge, and now dripping blood. Grange falls in the corner of the hall, and the guard pulls a key out and unlocks Tonya’s cell. She has nowhere to go. He grabs her by the hair, and she is fighting for all she is worth, but he is stronger, and he slits her throat. I stand back and watch in horror as all this happens. My biological mom, my cousin both murdered. The guard has kept his face away from the camera the whole time, but his blonde hair can be seen. He turns and makes sure that Grange is dead by slitting his throat. It’s then that he looks up at the camera and smiles. Richard.
