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Reaching for my phone off the wooden rail, I quickly dial Logan’s number.
“Hello?” he answers, unsure who the caller is.
“What’s the craic, Logan?”
“Puck?” His voice raises an octave.
“Aye, it’s me. I’m awful sorry if y’ve tried to reach me. I’ve been busy.”
“Yes, I heard,” he says, hinting the news has spread. “I have the list. Do ya want me to run it over to ye?”
“No, I want ya to organize a meetin’ with those names on that list.”
“All of them?” he questions, his concern clear.
“Aye. Will that be a problem?”
“Naw, no problem. It might take me some time.”
“How about tomorrow?”
Logan exhales, realizing this isn’t optional. “All right. I’ll see ya tomorrow.”
“Grand. Ya remember where yer loyalties used to lay?” I don’t wait for him to reply. “The meetin’ will be held there.”
I hang up, hoping this works. This might be the smartest or the rashest idea I’ve ever had. We will see how loyal these men truly are. They made their choice when they sided with the Doyles. But a second chance is coming for them.
Babydoll looks at me, waiting for me to explain.
“Logan Doherty used to work for us, but he got lost along the way. He’s got one chance to make amends for his error. He’s organizing a meetin’ at Connor’s old factory.”
“The same factory Sean is at?” she asks, putting two and two together.
“I don’t know if he’s there. But he wanted Ronan to overhear him for a reason. We’re safer going there with numbers behind us. Well, I hope so. We’ll find out soon enough.”
“What if they all turn? What if Sean got to them first?”
“I can only hope their loyalty to Connor will lead them in the right direction. If not, we’ll come prepared.”
“Prepared for what?”
“For war,” I reply firmly. “I’m countin’ on Sean being there. No more waitin’. We bring him, then we bring all of them to us. I’m certain one of those arseholes will tell Sean what I’m plannin’, and he won’t miss an opportunity like that.”
Babydoll inhales deeply, understanding the seriousness of what I have planned. “So you want the men we do trust, like Ron, to wait hidden, and we ambush Sean?”
I shrug because I’m going into this blind. “Maybe. I don’t know. It didn’t work for me ten years ago, but I’m done waitin’ for him to show himself. We entice him and offer him somethin’ he can’t refuse.”
“And what’s that?” she asks, her slender throat dipping as she swallows deeply. She knows what, but she needs me to say it.
“Me.”
I needed to find Sean’s collateral, and I have.
I offer myself to Sean if all else fails in exchange for Ethan and Eva. I don’t want it to come to that, but I’ll be prepared if it does.
Sean needs me alive to help him gain face. He can’t do it alone. Ten years of fighting for dominance proves this. If we play happy families, then the men who were once loyal will return to serving the Kelly name. And the men loyal to the Doyles? They can have them.
I want no part in Ireland.
