Smoke's Flame (Savage Legion MC, Book 5) by Aria Ray

Author:Aria Ray [Ray, Aria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Smoke

As soon as we walk through the door, Serena pulls out her phone, sits down on the sofa and calls her friend’s family with shaking hands. I can tell she’s super worried by her body language and the expression on her face.

There are numerous reasons why someone’s best friend might stop responding to their texts and calls. The most obvious reason is that the friend is initiating a hard break of the relationship. Maybe long-distance friendships aren’t her strong suit, or perhaps she is bearing some resentment toward Serena for leaving.

For some reason, I have a bad feeling about this situation, maybe it was the incomplete text she received earlier, that’s unsettling me. I don’t think this call is going to end the way she hopes it does. Therefore, I stick close to her just in case. A minute later someone answers the call, Serena jumps to her feet and starts pacing as she speaks.

“Hello, sir. This is Serena Sommers, I’m a friend of your daughter’s. I’ve been trying to get in touch with Gina for a while and haven’t had any luck. I just wanted to check on her and see if everything was okay. Have heard from her lately?”

Whatever the person on the other end of the line says, causes Serena to stop in her tracks. Within moments her legs buckle out from under her, and she sinks to her knees.

I rush over to her and drop my knees beside her.

Serena bursts out crying. “How awful. No sir, I didn’t know. I’m so sorry.”

By this time, she’s crying so hard she can’t speak. I take the phone out of her hand and say, “I’m sorry, but Serena will have to call you back.”

Serena’s hands are covering her mouth and she’s shaking her head back and forth like she’s trying to deny the reality that something happened to her friend. I grasp her wrists and pull her hands down from her face. “Are you okay?”

She shook her head, “Gina’s dead. Murdered. They found her body dumped at a local park.”

I wrap my arms around her, pick her up and settle down on the sofa with her in my lap. “I’m so sorry, sweetness.”

“Why?” She asks tearfully. “Why would someone do something like that?”

“Because the world is full of ignorant fucks who don’t care about anyone but themselves,” I reply quietly.

“She didn’t deserve that,” Serena says through her tears.

“No one does,” I reply. Then I remember the unfinished text she got earlier, “When did it happen?”

“They found her three days ago,” she sobs. “Three days ago, that means—”

Her phone jingles again but she’s too distraught to answer it. I pull it out and turn it on. It’s a text from Gina, or at least whoever has her friend’s phone. My blood runs cold when I read it. Better look out. You could be next.

This is serious, her stalker is clearly someone she knew back in San Francisco, and I would bet my bottom dollar that they murdered her friend in an attempt to find out where Serena is.

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