Chapter Fourteen
“You little bitch.”Satan snarled.“Your old man is a dead man walking.”
“What happened that changed your mind?”Daisy wanted to know.
“At first, I didn’t believe you, I never thought for one second that Demon would turn on me.He needed me a hell of a lot more than I needed him.”
“So what happened?”Daisy asked him again.
A long moment of silence went by then Satan told her and in turn everyone else, “We tested out one of those pills.We found a stray dog on the street and we gave him the pill.And we waited.It didn’t take long.The fucking dog died convulsing and yowling in pain.”
Daisy shook her head.“I told you, I fucking told you.”
“Yeah, you did,” Satan admitted in a low voice.“You said you had a file about your dad’s plans, what else did he plan out?”
“Move into your compound and take it over
“To hell you say.”Satan growled.“He wouldn’t dare.”
Daisy tisked into the phone.“Demon has been wearing out his own welcome at home and he knows it.He knew he would have to leave before he got into a deal that might turn on him.I guess he decided your place would work.Then if asked, he could explain away your deaths.He could say that you just got a bad batch of pills.Claim that he didn’t know anything about where those pills came from.You see, no one but him and I know anything about where the pills really came from.I know that recipe.I used it when Demon would beat on my mother.It’s safe in a lotion but then he added something dangerous.And he knew it was dangerous.The recipe came from my grandmother.She used to make for pain, not because she wanted to get high.She wrote every warning inside the book in red ink.When he made those pills he knew exactly what would happen.After I ran away, he found that recipe under the floorboards in my bedroom.”
Satan was silent on his end, then he said, “You know I’m gonna kill him, don’t you?”
Daisy replied, “Yeah, I know.Demon has crossed and double-crossed more men than just you.He doesn’t think anyone will stand up against him.He probably thinks you and your guys are already dead.He also probably thinks he’s safe because he’s behind bars right now.”
When Satan didn’t say anything, Daisy spoke up again, “Look, I didn’t tell you about the pills to start a street war.Hell, I didn’t know if you would even believe me.I just didn’t want your deaths on my hands.I do know that if he ever gets out of jail I’m going to end up with a bullet in my head.But I’m not like him.I would never tell you what to do or not to do.I chose to tell you to warn you about what Demon was doing to save your lives.”
“Why?Why would you want to save our lives?”He growled.“You don’t even know us or what we do.”
“You’re right,” Daisy agreed.“I don’t know you or what you do and I don’t need to know.My father might be willing to kill you but I’m not.You and yours are a lot like Demon and my brothers, but you are still a person.Good or bad, you are still a person and what you do is on you, not me.”
Satan didn’t say anything for a long minute then he vowed, “I’m still going after your dad.”
Daisy sighed hard, “I know and I’m not going to stop you, I wouldn’t even know where to start nor am I going to beg you to reconsider.You are going to do what you think is right.At least I did what I had to do.I warned you about the pills.”
“You got that right.I’m a little surprised you aren’t going to beg for their lives though.After all, you are Demon’s own girl.”
“As much as I hate to admit it, someone needs to stop Demon and my brothers.I think you might be the only one that can,” Daisy admitted.“Of course, Demon knows how to spin a story too.He might be able to talk his way out of trouble but not the kind you will bring.Besides, if he gets away with this crap, you can bet he’s going to try this shit again somewhere else.The men he takes down might not be as lucky as you were.Then I would be guilty of their deaths too.”Daisy lowered the phone and ended the call.As she did she heard Satan swearing but she ended the call anyway.
Daisy handed the phone to Thumper.
He took the device from her, then he looked at Fox and said, “Print Satan’s file.Then clip it to the front gate.Like use a huge red arrow from say a marker.Then we get everyone else in place.If he comes alone, we let him pick up the file and leave.If he comes here looking for trouble, well he’ll find it.”
“Yeah brother, maybe we need him to read the file with his name on it,” Bishop agreed.“Let him go after the right person.”
Torin shook his head.“And if he comes back for our skin?”
Cardinal smiled then crossed his arms over his chest.“Then we show him right from wrong, kid.He’s already found out he can’t get lots of men inside our perimeter.So if he comes back we’ll just reinforce that thought.”
Fox got busy then printed off the file and clipped it to the front gate.
