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Looking at my watch, I groaned.
That meant the brat would be up by sunup at the latest, ready to create havoc... Great.
“He’s just a little boy, King,” Frank stated. “He’s a good kid.”
“You volunteering to take him to the distillery?” King challenged as Frank paled, slowly shaking his head.
“Didn’t think so. I’ve put in a call to Beth. She will be here in the morning, as she is the only mom we know that has experience with unruly heathens. If she can handle Gunner, then the kid should be a piece of cake.”
“Hey!” Gunner piped up. “I’m not that bad.”
“No, you’re worse,” King groaned. “Whatever Beth wants or needs, she will get.”
“Skylar okay? She has everything she needs?” Scribe asked.
Looking at my brother, I growled, “Why do you care?”
“Because I like her. She got dealt a shitty hand and you know it. Just making sure she has everything she needs.”
“She’s fine. Leave her alone,” I lowly barked.
Everyone in the room stared at me as if I’d lost my damn mind. I rarely said shit in church, preferring to listen. Even King looked curiously at me before he asked. “There something you want to add, Pyro?”
“Nope. Just want my life back. Can you move this along? It’s late and I have work in the morning.”
King scowled at me before turning back to the others. “We have guests arriving in the next day or so. Most of you will know them on sight, but for those who won’t, Gunner and Pyro, Matthew Law from Harbor Security in New York City and Lucifer Hawk, president of Disturbed MC, will be our guest until we find and take care of Hiller. I’m only going to say this once. Do not piss either man off. You will not like what happens if you do. They are coming as a favor to me. You should also know that Law and Hawk are Skylar’s godfathers. When they heard what happened to Hobbs, they wanted in.”
“Damn,King,” Priest said, rubbing the back of his neck. “What the hell is going on? You and Scribe are the kid’s godfathers. Now Hawk and Law are Skylar’s. Something isn’t right here?”
“I know. It shocked me when I heard that too. Kevin Hobbs covered his bases. The military community is a close-knit family. We all knew that. But to have four high-ranking men as godfathers to his children speaks volumes.”
“You’re thinking Hobbs knew something?” Scribe carefully whispered.
King nodded. “That’s my assessment as well. Now we need to figure out what Hobbs knew. Once we solved that puzzle, the answer to why Hiller killed Hobbs and his wife will become clear to us.”
“You thinking this had something to do with while you were in the military?” Gunner asked.
“Possibly. We all ran our own teams. Hobbs was our munitions and transport expert. If we needed anything, Hobbs made sure we got it. Hobbs had his hands in a lot of pots. Everyone who knew Hobbs would say he was a stand-up guy.”
“And Hiller?” I asked.
“Sgt. Hiller was under Hobbs,” King stated.
“Hiller is a slimy bastard. Hated that we all went to Hobbs,” Priest added. “Hiller was always looking for a way in. One thing you learn quick in the military is who to trust, and no one trusted Hiller.”
“Then how in the hell did Skylar Rose get his number?” I asked. “If what all of you are saying is true, then when her parents died, she should have called us or this Law or Hawk guy. Why call Hiller?”
“I didn’t call him,” Skylar said, standing in the doorway. “He showed up after the accident. He was there when the sheriff came to tell me the news. I’m sorry to interrupt, but I knocked.”
Getting to my feet, I walked over to her, escorting her to my seat.
No one said a word as she continued. “The night my parents died, the local sheriff came and told me what happened. That’s when I saw Hiller. He jumped in and told me he worked with Dad and would stay to help me with whatever I needed. I didn’t know what to do. Mom and Dad never told me what to do if they died. Over the next week or so, Hiller took care of everything, just like he said he would. Before I knew it, Cameron and I were standing in a cemetery as we watched our parents being buried. A few days later, he was gone. I didn’t know about the insurance policies until a week later, when I received a letter from the Marine Corps. That’s when I knew something was wrong. I found Dad’s address book and started calling names I remembered him mentioning. You were one of those names, King.”
My brother reached over and covered her hands with his. “You were in shock, Skylar. You just lost your parents. Like you just said, youdidn’t know. But it doesn’t matter now because you are here with us, and we will make it right.”
“King’s right, Skylar,” Scribe smiled. “Everyone here knew your dad. We all liked him. He was the best of us.”
“Thank you for that,” she sniffed. “I’m sorry I barged in here, but I needed to ask you something.”
