“We found her,” I don’t like his tone.
“Tell it to me straight Tough.”
“We were too late. She’s inside this ambulance Top is with her, Hollow is in cuffs over there. They are precautionary, he was a little rabid. Everything else here is mostly wrapped up.” My whole body starts to shake, when I look over at Raven she is falling apart in Scar’s arms.
I notice for the first time that not only is the parking lot covered in cops but it’s covered in bikers. It looks like the whole chapter is here.
“We were having a meeting close by. I’m glad we were all here.”
“We were still too late.”
I pull away from Tough and go over to Raven. “I am going to stay here and figure some things out, but I want you to go to the hospital in the ambulance.”
Her head starts to shake, and the only thing she can say between sobs is, “family.”
“We are her family; it won’t be a problem. Go with her.”
She takes a few shaky steps and sobs loudly; I know that she is struggling with this but she is going to have to be stronger than this if she is going to get in that ambulance with Zoe.
“Hey,” I put both of my hands on her shoulders and try to be gentle, but I am at the end of my rope for that feeling, “You have to stop that. I understand that this is a terrible thing that happened, but your tears are not going to make her feel better. I can promise you that nothing you feel right now holds a candle to how she is feeling. If you can’t get yourself together you can’t go with her.”
“Your kind of bitch when you are in MC mode…” Instead of crying, she smiles at me and wipes the tears off of her face, she might have been calling me a bitch, but she is also acknowledging that I am right.
“Can’t help it. Staying like this is keeping me from losing my mind. Now, go on. They should be leaving.”
She climbs up in the back after I have a stern conversation with the EMTs, and they leave knowing some of us will be right behind them. The rest of us will follow when everything here is wrapped up.
Once they are gone, I have Tough point out the officer in charge.
“Captain Roger.” Tough calls his name and the man himself turns to us.
“What happened? Why is Hollow in cuffs still?”
“Well, ma’am. He was still assaulting our suspect when we got here, even though he was unconscious. When his friends and our guys tried to pull him off, he turned on them so we took him down. As far as what happened, I cannot discuss an open investigation with a young woman.” My laugh is ice cold, even the captain feels the effects of it.
“I want his cuffs off.”
“Listen, ma’am. This is an open investigation, and he is being detained for assaulting an officer of the law, I will not be letting him go. You can pick your boyfriend up at the station. Tomorrow, after he has seen the judge.” I feel the crowd of people behind me move, a few of the other officers flank the captain but not nearly enough considering the Mafia men that Lex called have joined us.
“You might be the captain of this police force but make no mistake. I am in charge here. Take his cuffs off and tell me what you know.”
“I can tell you what happened,” Hollow speaks up. He turns his back to the officers and one of them un-cuffs him, he rubs at his wrists and then wipes the blood off his knuckles onto his pants. “They were gone when we got here, all but one. I guess he is the one that’s responsible for taking her to the hospital, for whatever reason he was waiting around. I lost it a little bit when we got here. A few of us went inside while the rest looked around out here to see if they could find anything.”
“How did you know what apartment she was in?”
“That app is very specific. If you zoom in it tells you exactly where the person is. When you sent it to Scar, he shared it with me and I found her.” His voice cracks a little and Tough puts a hand on his shoulder.
“We got her dude. She is going to be okay.”
“Would anyone be okay after what she just went through? Even if she doesn’t remember it, her body will.” Hollow argues, his anger is starting to get to him again and I see a few of the cops stiffen.
“She’s tough.”
“Is she though? She’s a beauty queen that got a full ride to a great college.” The guys and her haven’t been together long enough for them to learn just how strong she is.
“She’s lived through worse than this,” I don’t mean to say the words, but it’s too late. Their eyes jump to mine, and I put my hands up, “Not my story. I want to see the apartment.” I tell the captain and he scoffs at me.
“She is the boss.” My father’s voice is flat, and he gets right up in the captain’s face. “You have no idea how many of us are in your city right now. We are not trying to cause trouble and we will keep it that way, but you will give my daughter what she wants. And she wants to see the apartment.”