Outcast by Kristin Coley

Author:Kristin Coley [Coley, Kristin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Cord

I set the plate on the counter, staring at it for the longest time as I sorted through everything that had happened in the last two hours. She’d stopped me from killing Rob and I wasn’t sure how I felt about it.

“You’re back,” I wasn’t surprised to hear Creed’s voice and turned to face him. He pointed at the plate. “Sloan wondered if you were going to bring that back. I told her you probably dumped the whole thing in the trash when you walked out the door.”

“She check the trash can?” I asked, amused in spite of myself.

“Yup.”

“Tori ate it. Said to tell Sloan thank you.”

“I’ll pass it along,” Creed said easily. “What’s that?” He’d seen the walking stick and went over to pick it up. “This is bad ass. It’s got our insignia and everything.”

“Tori,” I said simply, crossing my arms as I propped my hip against the counter. “It’s on loan. Belonged to Jean’s husband.”

“Ah, that’s where I’ve seen it, at the tattoo shop.” He admired the artwork a little longer. “Who painted it?”

“Tori,” I answered. “I almost beat Rob to death with it tonight.” Creed’s head came up and he pinned me with a sharp stare.

“You didn’t, though, right?”

“No, Tori intervened.”

“Tori seems to be doing a lot lately,” Creed said carefully, setting the walking stick back. “I get that she’s helping the club –”

“Save it,” I interrupted. “Spare me the lecture and trust that I’m not stupid enough to hook up with another addict.”

Creed ran a hand over his face. “That’s not what I meant,” he started to say, stopping when he saw my face. “Why Rob? Why now?” He waved his arm. “You didn’t see fit to punish him ten years ago.”

“He’s dealing. Not only that I think he’s responsible for the rumors about the Rebels taking bribes.”

“Those are some big leaps, brother.”

“We were supposed to meet Felisha’s dealer tonight behind the barber shop,” I paused when something flickered across Creed’s face. “What is it?”

“Ronnie owns the barber shop now. The club and Clutch financed it. It’s a girl salon now.”

I rubbed the back of my neck. “Clutch was there when we got there. Made a few threats to Rob.”

“Yeah, I’m not surprised. About a year ago, Clutch comes across Rob hitting Ronnie. Clutch goes after him, Ronnie defends Rob. There’s been bad blood ever since,” Creed explained, staring at my drawn expression. “Ronnie’s good at hiding the bruises. Rob isn’t club.”

“I should have killed him,” I muttered under my breath and Creed smiled ruefully.

“No one would miss him.”

I inhaled, looking at Creed. “He said the drugs are coming from Viper.”

“Shiiiiit,” Creed cursed. “Monty’s in jail.”

“Apparently, that hasn’t slowed them down.” I shook my head. “Why didn’t we suspect them?”

“Monty and the Vipers have been a brother club for years. They kept pointing the finger at the Aces and we had no reason to doubt them. The Aces are –”

“Gun runners, always have been, and I know we leave that shit alone, but what I want to know is why the Aces don’t have a problem with this,” I interjected, waving my hand.

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