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Only a handful of his brothers knew about his history, his childhood a nightmare he didn’t wish on his worst enemy.
Years of abuse at the hands of his single mother had taken their toll. Unhappy that his dad had scampered off with another woman, Moira Dolan became an alcoholic and a raging one at that. Cigarette burns, broken glass, whatever she had on hand was used to punish Sonny for his father’s sins. Until he grew big enough to fight back and leave, never looking back.
Sonny instinctively knew that nothing he told Avery could shock her or make her walk away – after all, she was raised in the MC. But it was still a difficult thing for him to talk about. He’d locked up the past and wanted to leave it there. No way did he like to feel or show any kind of vulnerability.
But he knew Avery and she knew him – the bad and the worse.
The curiosity and concern that he saw in her eyes told him he could trust her with his secrets. And the odd thing was, he wanted to tell her. For the first time in a long time, that cold veneer he’d carefully maintained started to crack.
He sighed as the minutes ticked by, sleep still evaded him.
A few minutes later, his phone pinged, and he picked it up, reading a group text.
Gage: Wyatt is stable and conscious, out of ICU and now in a private room.
A wave of relief passed through Sonny.
Xander: I tagged the vehicles that drove in and out of our compound for the last month. Outside of club members we got: Hazel Deluca & Tyra Litch, Jordan Sorlovsky (he runs an organic farm, we fuck on the regular), Louisa Jones (she owns a trucking company and was invited by Wyatt, she’s a regular at the gun range), and McKenzie Foley (he’s one of our gun contacts in Drumheller, invited by Gage). Other people arrived with this list (not in their own car). Twenty people in total. I researched Galen’s legal businesses and cross-referenced and what do you know? Louisa Jones pops up.
She’s working with Tyra? Maybe Galen promised her a cut?
Xander: Louisa’s business started out cross-country but over the past few months her drivers regularly make trips to the US. Galen probably has her crew taking drug and gun shipments in exchange for a cut. I looked at the gun range logbook and Louisa visited two days a week for the past month. I’ve got Wyatt’s laptop from the store and I’m checking to see if there’s malware or spying software installed or any strange logins. If he stepped away from the desk, it would only take a few minutes to install the software. That could be the leak.
Gage: Let’s say you’re right and Louisa accessed Wyatt’s laptop. She accesses our storage location and the passcode. Both she and Tyra attend our party to snoop around and confirm the location, then feed the info back to Galen. Meanwhile Galen has set Tyra up with Ray, then gets him to do the dirty work, stealing our stuff. But Sonny catches him when Ray makes a second attempt for more goods.
I don’t think Ray was supposed to come back a second time. He got greedy and stupid.
Gage: Even if Ray didn’t get caught, Galen had to know we’d discover the theft - and the trail - eventually.
Xander: If my cyber hunch is right, Louisa could have access to more than our storage spaces – she’d be able to get our contact list, sourcing, and future drop offs. That’s the valuable piece that Galen wants. The theft was probably just a warning. Like the bar, like the threat to Avery. He wants us to know he’s closing in.
Gage: If your guess is right, we need to get our tech security updated ASAP and reach out to our contacts. And we need to find Louisa.
Xander: On it
Gage: Sonny, you and Avery pay that bitch a visit tomorrow.
Of course
Gage: How’s Avery doing?
Sonny’s fingers froze. Should he say she was here with him? Gage didn’t want Avery out of Sonny’s sight, but he probably didn’t figure they’d be sharing the same bed. It finally hit Sonny that he was sleeping with the boss’s daughter.
He knew it was bad, but it felt so fucking good.
Fuck it.
She’s good. She’s here with me. Sleeping.
Gage: She’s at your cottage?
Yes
Xander: Oh fuck
Gage: I said keep an eye on her, just how closely are you watching?
She’s lying here beside me. You didn’t want her out of my sight, and I agreed. And just so you know, I’ll protect her with everything I have. Also, Avery is a full-grown woman who knows her own mind. She made the choice to come here.
