<b>Chapter </b><b>82</b><b>: </b><b>Long </b><b>Day </b>
<b><i>Evander</i></b><b><i>/</i></b><b><i>Havoc’s </i></b><b><i>P.O.V. </i></b>
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“You okay?” Karma asked as he looked at me from hisptop.
“No,” I answered honestly. “What about you? It’s been a long day of you looking up missing
kids.”
“CG and I are takin‘ the rest of the night off from that,” Karma told me. “Pretty sure he’s in his room with a bottle of whiskey, ignorin‘ my orders to take a break for the night.”
<i>“</i>Aren’t you worried about him?” I asked.
“I’m worried about everyone,” he replied. “Mostly him, Psy.cho, and you.”
“Me?” I asked, confused. “I spent the day at the shop while you guys did all the hard sh.it.”
Karma shook his head.
“This is effectin‘ all of us. Everyone that was in church this mornin‘,” he said. “This sh.it… This is beyond selling‘ drugs and guns. This is… a fu.ckin‘ nightmare that we’re in the middle of. The brothers… they’re sick over what they heard, but we saw a bit of those videos. Enough to make me fu.ckin‘ sick. You’ve been actin‘ offtely too.”
Sh.it, so he had noticed. Typical Karma. Notices everything but waits to say sh.it. Now would be the perfect time toe clean about what I did. It’s just the two of us, and he’s already calling me out. He just has no idea for what exactly. However, it does make me nervous when he’s already dealing with all this sh.it.
“You been home today?” Karma suddenly asked while I was still trying to convince myself that now was the perfect time to spill my guts.
“Uh, yeah,” I replied. “I went there as soon as I got back. Ev was there. Her and Dad were fighting, but Bly and Angie weren’t there, so I came here.”
“You didn’t look for them?” he asked.
“They didn’t leave thepound,” I said. “Angie’s car was still there.”
“You just don’t want to risk Bly actin‘ funny in front of your parents,” he called <i>me </i><b><i>out</i></b>.
<i>“</i>She might shout about how she came all over my face again,” I muttered, making Karma
snort.
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“What were Tusk and Everly fightin‘ about?” he asked instead of continuing to tease me.
“Not too sure,” I admitted. “Ev was shouting about how nothing was fair, and she wasn’t going to y nice with ‘<i>that </i><i>bit.ch</i><i>‘</i>. My guess is that he confronted her about all the sh.it with Blythe growing up.”
“He was pretty fu.ckin‘ mad when he asked for her ban to be lifted so she could go home,” he told me. “Said he wants to handle her punishment himself.”
“What you think he’s gonna do?” I asked.
“I was gonna ask you that,” he said with a smirk.
I blew out a breath.
“No idea,” I admitted. “That’s his little girl, but… Damn, I hope he kicks her off the property permanently, if I’m honest.”
Karma gave me a look.
“That’s different for you,” hemented.
“Maybe I’m growing,” I muttered.
“Well, I’ll stand by whatever Tusk decides. I trust him to do the right thing,” he said.
“I’m just happy they believed Bly right away,” I mumbled.
“Me too,” Karma replied. “The four of us made enough mistakes with that.”
That made me smile.
“Four of us,” I said. “We should have listened to Dragon back then.”
“We should have,” he agreed.
Dragon always defended Bly when we told him stuff. I even remember that there were times when he said he didn’t give a sh.it how much she was acting out or if she grew up to be too spoiled, he was taking her regardless. He even threatened Everly and Alex one time, saying that one day Bly was <i>going </i><i>to </i>be his ol‘dy and, disrespecting his ol‘dy, wasn’t going to fly.
We should have been like that.
“When’s hisst match?” I asked.
“Couple more weeks,” Karma replied.
“<i>Then </i>he’s home <i>for </i>good?” I asked and Karma nodded. “What about that news article that
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dropped a few days ago? The one about him being engaged to Victoria–Tori Katz, that famous actress or whoever.” <fnb151> Content originallyes from f?i?n?d?n?o?v?e?l?</fnb151>
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“I’d hardly call her famous,” Karma mumbled. “I already talked to Dragon about it. He was pi.ssed. He dumped that girl months ago. She’s crazy. After he settles in here, I’m sure it’ll pass. For that girl’s sake, she better leave it alone. Once Dragon finds out Bly is here…” He trailed off, leaving the ending open as she smirked at me.
“Maybe we should tell him now,” I suggested.
“He has two more matches,” he replied. “He’d leave them ande rushin‘ back.”
“Yeah, you’re right, two weeks isn’t long,” I said.
Just then, there was a knock on the door before it swung open. Psy.cho walked in and threw the door shut. He plopped down on the couch and propped his feet up on the table.
“Take it that it didn’t go well?” Karma asked him.
“How was something like that supposed to go well?” he grumbled.
“How are they holding up?” I asked.
“They’re both a fu.cking wreck,” he replied. “I’m taking Granny over there tomorrow.”
“We’ll find Luna before they make it out of town,” Karma said. “We got eyes everywhere.”
“I hope we do,” Psy.cho muttered.
“Well, I’m d you’re here because I have more news,” Karma said.
“More news?” I asked with a raised brow.
“None of it’s good,” he told us. “I was gonna wait for CG too, but I think we can just tell himter. He’s been doin‘ a lot today.”
“Is it got to do with the kids?” Psy.cho asked.
“No, it has to do with Daniel and Sean,” he replied.
That had me stiffening up a bit.
“What’d you find out?” Psy.cho asked.
“Well, Ghost still can’t get into that church they were at, but he’s documented several high–ss citizens going in and out. Lawyers, mayors, politicians, CEOS, all kinds of people, all with money,” Karma said. “He’s been trying to find a way in, but can’t. All the windows are
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cked out and barred. Which is already strange, but it’s not even a bad area of <b>town</b><b>.” </b>
“And this is a church?<b>” </b>I asked.
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“That’s what it seems like, but somethin‘ ain’t right about it,” he replied. “So much so<b>, </b>that <b>I’m </b>pretty sure Ghost is losin‘ sight of his mission.”
“What do you mean?” Psy.cho asked.
“He’s obsessed with findin‘ out what’s in that church,” Karma said. “Granted, we got all the info on Sean that we really can right now. Ghost confirmed that Sean and Daniel are still lookin‘ for Blythe. They apparently have a five–man specialist team out trackin‘ her. Kinda makes me proud that Bly’s managed to stay hidden all this time.”
“Or maybe this specialist team are a bunch of dumba.sses,” Psy.cho mumbled.
“Anyway,” Karma continued. “Ghost is pretty obsessed with getting in there. I haven’t stopped him because, one, I don’t think he’ll listen to me, and two, I want to know what’s in there too. These people usuallyete at night and don’t leave until the next mornin‘. Some, he doesn’t see leave at all. It’s just… not normal.”
“And this is the ce Daniel practically lives at?” I asked.
Karma nodded.
“He spends 90% of his time there,” he told us.
“You think that’s where he had Bly?” Psy.cho asked. “I mean, do we know how long Daniel’s been at that ce?”
Karma sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.
“I’m not sure,” he admitted. “I don’t think we’ll have any answers until Ghost can manage to get in.”
“You sure he should be doing this on his own?” I asked.
“No,” he replied. “I’m gonna send Viper and Clutch to help him. Viper has military trainin‘<b>, </b>so I’m hopin‘ that’lle in handy.”
“You know that Clutch ain’t gonna wanna leave Maddie,” I mumbled.
Usually, this wouldn’t matter. No one wants to leave their ol‘dy or families, but we <i>do </i>it for the club. It’s not usually more than a few days unless you’re part of Crash’s team. <i>Even </i>then, the longest they were gone at a time was a little over a month.
However, Maddie is a special case. About three years ago, Clutch was on gate duty and
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found Maddie leaning against the fence around our property in the corner near <b>the </b><b>pond</b>. <b>She </b>was outside ourpound, but she was a bloody mess<b>. </b>Literally. It looked like <b>someone </b><b>had </b>beaten the sh.it out of her and left her for dead. Thankfully, she wasn’t beaten <b>as </b>badly <b>as </b><b>we </b>thought. She didn’t need a hospital, Doc managed to handle it.
After Doc fixed Maddie up, and she woke up, we saw the extent of the damage <b>really </b><b>done</b>. She was scared of us, but she was like a dog, ready to attack if needed. Clutch was the only person she let touch her. He helped her with everything, barely leaving her side.
It took Maddie a while to warm up to us. And then her aunt, who was her guardian after her parents died in a car wreck, attacked the club trying to get Maddie back. We found out that cu.nt was abusing her and had nned to force her to marry some rich old man for money. Maddie had run away one night after a severe beating, thinking it was her only chance. Thankfully, she ran to the Inferno’s Demon Riders.
However, Clutch and Maddie haven’t been apart for more than a few hours since they met. Maddie suffers from night terrors and severe anxiety still. I’m not so sure that this is a good
idea.
“Clutch is a P.I. on the side,” Karma said. “He might be able to help out more than anyone else. I’ll talk to him though. Worsees to worst, I’ll send Joker. He’s good with people. Maybe he can talk his way in.”
“Okay, and in the meantime?” I asked.
“All we can do is wait,” he replied.
“Well,” Psy.cho said, smirking at us. “I do have a blue–eyed beauty waiting in my bed to make it a whole lot easier.”
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