Instigation: A Twisted Mayhem MC Novel by Cat Mason

Author:Cat Mason [Mason, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Shy

One week after the drive by shooting outside the police station, the entire town shuts down for Chief McKelvy’s funeral. A man who built his career on using the piece of tin on his chest to line his pockets with club kickbacks, is being honored as a fallen hero. Not that he was a bad man, he wasn’t. McKelvy had his flaws, but he never really hurt anyone. It just surprises me how little the town knows about someone before placing them on some impossibly high pedestal.

According to Schrader, Lorzano hasn’t responded to the offer Stone left on the table at their meet. He assures me it isn’t a refusal, that Lorzano is smart by letting the heat die down before reaching out. I don’t buy it. Paranoia is my new best friend. I have an internal panic attack every time someone leaves the compound.

Instead of waiting for Lorzano to figure out whether he will be satisfied with some chump change and a truck driver, I have turned the entire compound upside down, hoping to find some clue to help me find where Troy hid the money.

My findings are disappointing.

Not that I expected it to be as easy as checking the pants pockets of his dirty jeans.

Slipping my sunglasses on, I step outside to see some of the guys getting their bikes ready to ride. Knowing that the club has always been close with McKelvy, it was no surprise when his wife asked Stone and the guys to lead the hearse through town to the cemetery. Stopping beside Roanne, at the bottom of the steps, I find Schrader immediately. Today, instead of the t-shirts he usually wears, that stretch over every inch of his torso, he has on a blue long sleeve dress shirt on beneath his leather. His normally unruly blonde hair, is slicked back out of his face. I have to stop myself from walking over there and messing it up with my fingers. Especially when I notice the smile I always look for is missing from his face this morning. He looks nothing like the easy-going man that has been the shadow I can’t shake over the last several days.

“Wanna ride with me to the cemetery?” I ask, pulling my keys from my bag, excited to actually get behind the wheel of my car again, now that the guys have patched up the bullet holes.

“Like he’s gonna let you drive your car,” Ro snorts sarcastically.

Schrader glances over at us and pats the space on the seat behind him. “No.” Shaking my head, I hold up my keys. “I’m driving myself.” His brow rises, silently challenging me.

“Take it from me, Shy,” Ro says quietly, nudging me with her elbow. “Sometimes, you should just say yes.” Her eyes move to Stone and she smiles. “On second thought, the fight can be fun too.”

“I feel like this conversation is about more than how I get to the funeral.”

Shaking her head, she laughs. “Like it was ever about that.” Walking away from me, she heads for Stone.

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