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I exchanged glances with my cousins. The truth was, we could up and leave. The loss wouldn’t even be a drop in the ocean for us. But did we want to? I had begun to fall in love with Spearfish, and I enjoyed being around the locality.
“Could we do something?” Lio asked.
“Not really. Men like him, all they know is how to bully and take. I’ve experienced, hell, we have all got experience with those types of guys. We’ve shot down more bullies than anyone can imagine,” Brandy replied.
“Well, I will give you mine and Justin’s direct numbers. Call us should you need to. And I’ll have some officers come over. As for security, I can recommend a top-notch firm,” Lio replied, speaking to me.
“No need. We had a guy come from Rapid City who did security here and on our home. Lance, he said he was former armed forces and rides in an MC too,” I replied.
“Fallen Warriors. Yup, one of the best. I think the only better are Hawthorne’s and Juno Group, and there’s not much between the three of them. Sorry, I never got your name?” Lio asked, turning to me.
“Madisen Roderick, this is Tamsin and Camille Roderick, sisters and my cousins. And this is Brandy Carter, my cousin from my mother’s side. Would you like our address?”
“Yes, please, all four of you, if you witnessed anything, would need to give statements,” Lio answered, distracted as someone called him. He bent his head towards us and moved towards the uniform who was rather animated and pointed at us.
A few seconds later, Lio jogged back.
“Sorry, I must ask. Did any of you use a gun during the firefight? Witnesses have mentioned seeing shots come from here?” Lio asked calmly.
“Yes. I did,” Brandy admitted.
“And me. We both have a licence to carry concealed. Neither of us hit anyone, but we were trying to keep those below us safe. There was a family of four, for starters,” Tami said and stared at Lio.
“Our actions were in self-defence. Bullets were aimed at our building, and so we protected our property and ourselves,” Brandy announced, and I saw Lio’s eyes flick towards her.
“Lawyer?” he asked.
Brandy grinned and bared her teeth.
Lio groaned but tilted his head.
“Appears the family were singing your praises for saving them. If everything checks out, you can keep your guns. But for now, I’d need them entering into evidence,” he announced.
“Not a problem. We have others,” Tami said with a grim smile. “And yes, we have a licence, and they’re all registered.”
I watched as Levi and Lio swapped glances, and then Lio left. We were on their radar, and I wasn’t sure if that was a good thing. Levi’s name being bellowed made him also leave, but the look he gave me warned me it wasn’t over.
Levi
“What do we know about the woman across the street?” Levi questioned Chance and Bear as he approached them. Police were rapidly closing off the road, and a crime scene was already established.
“Something shaking?” Bear asked, and Levi nodded.
“Nice lady, but with dark secrets. I can sense them. And the way they handled that just now? Ice cold,” Levi replied. His gut was kicking in. Something was off with Madisen and her cousins. He didn’t care what anyone said. Nobody was that calm after a firefight. Yeah he knew he had organised crime relations but even so, far too calm. Although, at first, Madisen had appeared shaken. He’d liked the feel of her in his arms, but she recovered too quickly. Almost as if she was playing a part.
“Discuss it inside,” Chance murmured, glancing around at the milling cops. The street was swarming with them; even the chief was down, Wilson Holmes, and bellowing orders. Chance saw half his brothers, who’d responded when the first shots had been fired, giving statements.
“Lio! Heading towards the garage office, we’ll be in there,” Chance called to Lio, who was interviewing a growling Tiny.
“Catch you there,” Lio replied and, sighing, turned his attention to Mr Grumpy.
Levi chuckled as Tiny glowered at the cop, and he followed on Chance and Bear’s heels as they strode quickly towards the garage office.
“You know something,” Levi said the instant he shut the door behind them.
“Yeah. Bear had the woman run when she bought the building. Not that she knew about it, but that fucker wasn’t gonna sell to us! Whatever, fuckers probably spent all his money by now and regretting selling cheaper. But at the meeting we just gave you all the bare basics, didn’t think we’d need to go into depth,” Chance complained.
“Madisen,” Levi said firmly.
