Boomer let out a relieved breath.“Damn, them boys were loud.”
Spider and Tracker chuckled as Boomer was known as THE loudest biker anywhere.But one look from Boomer made them keep their mouths shut.
Lily and Canto were led inside and sat down at one of the tables.
Titus, Bouncer, Boomer and Ironman all sat down as well.
The rest of them settled down close by to hear what Lily and her only remaining brother had to say.
Bouncer crossed his arms over his chest and looked directly at Lily.“So honey, why did you walk away when the shooting started?”
Lily slowly shook her head.“I amsonot your honey, your sweetheart or your baby.Don’t you disrespect me like that.”
Bouncer shook his head.“Not disrespecting you.Just asking a question.”
Lily stared at him and she looked disgusted.“I walked away because I was done with him.”
“Him?”Ironman asked.
“Eduardo,” she spoke quietly.“The devil who made me who I am, who I will always be.”She looked around the room.“Que?You didn’t think I could read the situation?You think I didn’t know what was going to happen today?”Shaking her head she added, “I could read exactly how far my father would push this.I know he wholly expected Joel to come in from the back while flying his plane and catch you all unawares.He expected to find your compound blown to hell so he would get no resistance to coming through the front door.He never imagined in his lifetime that Joel might fail.That thought would never cross his mind.”She shrugged her shoulders.“He never expected Ricco to be dead either.He knew his son was wild and crass, but he never thought he would take the coward’s way out.He should have known Ricco would wimp out if there was no other choice to be had.”
“You said earlier that Ricco knew Gabriel was in that bar,” Titus said.“You said he knew and he blew it up anyway.How are you so sure he knew?”
“Ricco had his own man check inside the bar and his man told him Gabreil was there and Ricco still blew it up,” Lily assured them.“This man is loyal to me as I saved his family from being killed by Ricco.He told me what happened.Then Ricco left town before the police notified us.He also knew what Eduardo would do when he found him.I believe that Ricco didn’t want to die by Eduardo’s hand.He knew Eduardo would take his own sweet time to kill him and that was Ricco’s greatest fear...Eduardo’s rage.”
“Why would your father do something like that?”Ironman asked.
Lily turned her head to look at him and said, “Because Gabriel was his favorite from the time he was born.Gabe was his firstborn and my father thought the sun and moon rose from him.Ricco was his second born and Eduardo always made him feel second best.”She shrugged.“Me?His thirdborn was a disappointment all the way.I was a girl and he didn’t have time for a girl.But he didn’t forget me.He just trained me to become a ruthless killer.When I was fifteen he began training me in hand to hand combat.He taught me to use a knife, a handgun and a rifle.If I missed my mark on the range, he would put me in a ring with a professional fighter.I wasn’t allowed out until I defeated the fighter.Sometimes I won, sometimes I didn’t.”
The room went silent as if shock had hit them all.
Chapter Five
“Holy fuck.”Ironmangrowled.“That’s inhumane.”
Lily nodded.“It might be as you say...inhumane but hell that was Eduardo.I got stronger and people began to fear me.There were many rumors about me.A killer.A woman with no soul.”She shrugged.“They avoided me like the plague and that made Eduardo proud.And he used that belief in me to his advantage.Then he made a deal with Joel Prescott.He arranged a marriage to make himself stronger.”
