“That’s good, right? We got a bead on him.”
“No, it was in town. Less than a mile away from Evonne’s house.”
“Son of a bitch,” Rocky swore. “He’s not going to touch one hair on her head.”
“No, but I think it’s a message. He used that as a warning to show us he hasn’t forgotten about her,” Tiny explained.
“He fucking needs to,” Rocky sneered. He tightened his fists, ready to take the bastard’s head off his shoulders.
“Brother, it’s not my practice to get in your shit, but Evonne is Mayhem. What are you doing? You screw her over and we’ll have two pissed old ladies and tension we don’t need.” Tiny stared intently at him.
It was nothing he hadn’t thought himself, but his obvious emotional attachment to Evonne left him exposed and irritated. A hush fell over the room. He’d never had a steady since he joined Mayhem, so this was a big deal and they all knew it. “Fuck, man, I’m keeping her… She just doesn’t know it yet.”
Tiny threw back his head and laughed.
“Fucking told you, bro,” Shooter said, pointing at Moose who shook his head.
“Those bitches are fucking deadly,” Moose mumbled.
“Another one bites the dust,” Hawk piped in. “Be careful, brothers, commitment is spreading like a contagious virus.”
“Nothing wrong with settling down,” Tiny said, narrowing his eyes at Hawk. “Maybe you should try that shit.”
“Oh, fuck no! Some bitch telling me what to do, when to come home and watching my every move. There’s a reason I left home,” Hawk said.
Tiny rolled his eyes and smirked. “You’d be lucky if you ever found a broad who’d put up with your shit anyways.”
“Hey, I’m a fucking joy to be around,” Hawk drawled.
Laughter erupted, killing off at least the top layer of tension in the room.
“I want to tighten ranks. Make sure you know where your lady is at all times and if she goes out, she’s got someone with her. I don’t trust that psycho…unpredictable as fuck. We any closer to putting this thing to bed?” Tiny said.
“Working on it. They keep their trail cleaned up and their witnesses scared as hell or so paid up they won’t talk,” Gadget explained.
“Do we have someone working them for information?” Tiny asked.
Gadget and Specs exchanged a glance.
“I know you a
ren’t thinking about keeping something to yourself, ‘cause that’ll get your ass beat,” Tiny warned.
“Hil is helping. We figured a female might get more out of the victims, considering,” Specs said.
“And let’s face it, she’s a total bulldozer. If anyone can change their minds it’ll be her,” Gadget added.
“You’re speaking a lot of truth there,” Tiny agreed. “Keep me posted and tell her to be careful, will you? I know we have people looking out for her, but if she does have success, shit could get even uglier fast.”
“I’ll tell her,” Specs said.
“Like she’ll listen,” Shooter huffed. “She does whatever the fuck she wants.”
“Someone needs to rein her ass in then,” Hawk said.
“You volunteering?” Tiny said as he stared him down.
“Fuck you. I’d wring her pretty little neck and spank her ass.” Hawk lifted his chin.