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“Fine.” I sighed, “But I want it written that you made me do it.”
“Done.” He said and smiled, proud of himself for getting his way. “I’ll see you on Tuesday. Fill the script I gave you for pain and swelling.” He pointed at me with authority.
“Sure thing, Dad.” I droned as I walked by him. When I got to my desk a pharmacy bag sat on my keyboard and I paused, looking over at Winnie.
“You weren’t going to fill it, so I had pharmacy drop it off on their rounds.” She said with a shrug of her shoulders.
“Thank you.” I answered, “I’m being sent home.”
“I’m glad he listened to me and forced you to go.” She smartassed.
“Thanks.” I said and grabbed my things. “See you Tuesday.”
“Don’t rush it, D. Come back when you’re feeling better.” She smiled gently and I could see the sympathy in her eyes and hated it.
I hated being pitied for what I couldn’t control. Neither of them knew what happened to me, just that someone had obviously broken my ribs. It was too messy to tell either of them the full truth.
I grabbed my things, shoving the prescription bag into my purse and walked out to my car. I was so incredibly bone weary that the idea of even driving home was daunting, but I wanted to get in bed so bad I was willing to suffer a bit longer. As I walked across the parking lot, I noticed two men on motorcycles sitting in the spot that Fox had been earlier. My step faltered when their gazes landed on me. One of the men was tall like Fox but even wider and the other was small but had tattoos on every single inch of visible skin.
The small one nudged his cohort and they both watched me approach as anxiety rose in my spine.
“Delilah Beckett?” The big one asked, standing up and adjusting his cut, revealing the patch over his left chest.
Black Eagles.
Relief poured through me even as apprehension continued to burn in my gut. “Who’s asking?”
I paused on the sidewalk, ten feet away from them. If I had to make a run for it, I needed every bit of a head start I could get.
“Fox is the one asking. I’m Tony, this is Hammer.” The small one nodded to his friend. “Houston put us on watch while Fox took a break.”
“Watch for what?”
Tony shrugged, “To make sure no one fucks with you.”
I lifted my head up and down like I followed that train of thought, “You mean Taz and his crew?”
“Or anyone in general, but yes, mainly Taz.”
“You haven’t found him yet huh?” I asked, taking a couple of steps towards my car parked a few rows past where they sat.
“Not yet,” Hammer grunted, “But we will.”
“Okay.” I said, “I’m headed home for the day so you can go back to whatever club business you got pulled off of for babysitting duty.”
“We go where you go.” Tony replied like it was obvious.
I wasn’t going to stand in the parking lot and argue with a couple of strangers when I didn’t have the energy to even stand. So, I just turned and walked away to my car.
Only when I approached it, I realized something wasn’t quite right about it.
I paused and tilted my head, trying to figure out what was off and then realized what it was.
Both of my tires were flat.
I walked around to the other side and both of them were flat as well.
“What the hell?” I whispered, walking up to one, and running my hands over the rubber, feeling the slow leak still letting air out and found a slash the size of a quarter in it. “No.” I cursed and quickly felt over the other three, finding three identical slashes.
