Fine Line by A. D. Justice

Author:A. D. Justice [Justice, A. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Nick

For the next ten minutes and thirty-seven seconds, I stare dumbfounded at the TV, listening to the news anchor drone on and on. About me. About my sins. About my crimes. The long litany of offenses bringing back every haunting memory as she reads each one off the teleprompter, speaking as if she knows every intimate detail about me.

Hitchhiking females kidnapped off the street, brought into the fold, and forced into prostitution.

Involvement in skirmishes with rival gangs, resulting in injuries and deaths.

Women bought, sold, traded, or just plain given away within the club.

Sheep, those who didn’t belong to any one biker, forced into street-level drug dealing on behalf of the club.

Rampant physical and sexual abuse against any woman without a “property of” patch…and even some with the patch, with her man’s consent…from any and all members, at any time they choose, in any way they want.

Every tick of the second hand makes the bile in my stomach churn even more. Any thought I had of leaving those deeds under the rug, neatly hidden from the light of day, is completely obliterated now. My chance to confess to Savannah and try to help her understand the circumstances I faced while undercover was just annihilated by a partially fake news report. The report of the crimes committed by the Devils was true. My part in those crimes was not true. Not that I can completely absolve myself of all the violations I allowed to happen, but I’d still prefer she heard it from me first.

Time to face the music.

“Savannah.” Her name leaves my lips before I dare to look at her, knowing the disappointment I’ll see on her face will gut me. I feel enough like a failure as it is. My gaze swings over to hers just as she wraps her hand around mine and squeezes it.

“Nick, I can’t believe they’re comparing you to all those bikers and accusing you of doing this to me. You’re nothing like those men. You’d never hurt me. I’m calling them to set the record straight. This is bullshit.”

“Wait, darlin’. Hold up a minute. No, I’d never hurt you, but I didn’t stop those guys from hurting all those other women. I’m just as guilty as they are—I watched them commit all kinds of unspeakable acts, and I did nothing. For two years, I was complicit in every crime they committed against those women. At first, I walked away from the scene so I wouldn’t say anything. But I could only do that for so long before they started to question me.”

“Nick—I know all of this. Don’t you think I know you had to do things while undercover that you wouldn’t normally do? I’m glad you did, no matter what it was at the time. Thanks to you, those violent men are off the streets. They’re going to pay for their crimes. What you did was for the greater good—you were looking at the long game, no matter what it cost you in the short run.

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