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“No worries, brother. What’s up?” His voice is calm as his eyes take in the office.
“We’re waist deep in a pile of shit,” I tell him and gesture around the office. “Geoffrey Morgan was living two different lives. Turns out he’s a fuckin undercover Fed and we need to dig through everything to find out what he knows. Maybe he’s found a weakness in Rojas’ crew.”
“Fuck man, how’d you find out?” His surprise is genuine and he nods toward the floor-to-ceiling windows at the other end of the office.
“All these fuckin files. And this.” I wave the ID and follow him to the window. “Aria is a fucking mess.”
“I can imagine.”
”Fuck, man. You think he was in bed with LTC to bust them?”
“Either that or he’s gone rogue.” I say. “Your job to find out. I’m still babysitting.”
“Did you tell Ace?” Wild Man rakes his fingers through his curls, releasing a heavy sigh.
“Nah, man. I didn’t want to risk it over a call.”
“Fuck!” Wild Man yells out in frustration. “We’ve already got the fucking Bloodthirsty Devils on our asses,” he growls, shaking his head. “Those motherfuckers are on a rampage, won’t stop the bullshit they’re pulling until we hand over Banger. Since that’s sure as hell not gonna happen, we have to find another way to end this shit show.”
His jaw clenches in frustration, and again, I find myself wishing I could be at the clubhouse with my brothers.
“We’re flush with cash now,” I start, but Wild Man interrupts me.
“Paying them off isn’t going to fix this.”
“No shit,” I laugh. “But we can use some of that cash to grease someone else’s wheels. Guns or drugs, or whatever the fuck they need to get rid of the Bloodthirsty Devils, we help them get it.”
“And create another problem to deal with later?”
I shrug. “They’ll be too busy fighting on two fronts. Fighting two enemies at once is unsustainable. They’ll either slip up or hang on until we have time to fuck them up properly.” I sigh and nod toward the stacks of files scattered around the office. “With Morgan being a federal fucking agent, we have to focus on that first. And then LTC.”
Wild Man nods, but I can tell it’s not sitting right with him to have to wait for revenge. LTC went after his woman and her business, and he’s more eager for revenge than Dix. “I’ll let Ace know what you suggested. How are things with Aria?”
I’m not sure exactly how to answer that question. It’s not like fucking someone we’re protecting is against the rules, but I’m not ready to talk about it yet.
“Yo, boys. I got something interesting.” Gia looks up, but she’s not smiling, which means she found something serious.
Wild Man and I rush to the desk as the air in the room changes. “What is it,” I ask.
“It’s rough, and I’m not even sure it’s relevant to anything we need, but—”
I frown. It’s not like Gia to beat around the bush, hell, the woman doesn’t do it when we want her to. I ball my hands into fists and dig my heels into the fancy rug to steel myself. “Gia.”
She nods and lets out a resigned sigh. “Aria’s mother was an informant, and Geoffrey got a little too close to her. She was killed when Aria was two years old by someone trying to get to Geoffrey.”
No.
“What?” Aria’s voice shrieks behind us, and I turn around to see total devastation written all over her face. Tears well in her eyes, and they fall before I can even form a sympathetic word.
I’m at her side instantly, wrapping her in my arms while her body shakes with heartbreaking sobs. I ignore the questioning glances from Gia and Wild Man.
“She was an informant,” Aria cries. “That means she was a criminal, right?”
She’s becoming hysterical, and I rub her back in slow, soothing circles while Gia and Wild Man watch. They have questions, I know they do, but right now, the focus is on Aria.
“We don’t know that, Aria. Don’t jump to conclusions.”
She lets out a small, bitter laugh. “It’s hard not to think that, Lucky. What am I supposed to think? Usually, people are informants as a way to work off some kind of criminal debt with the cops. Right?” She looks around the room, her brown eyes pleading. “Right?”
