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“What the fuck just happened?” Viper demands, voice rumbling and sounding harsher than normal.
Slowly, I turn toward him and the others. “Fucker’s playing with us.”
“His attempt to get Jade was him playing with us. Getting our attention,” Wolf remarks.
“Yeah, and I don’t like the feeling I’m getting. What does he mean? What are we missing?” Aries asks.
“Let’s get back to the clubhouse. Kevlar, you talk to Rosie, get her to tell you. Don’t tell her that he’s giving her three days. Just find out what the hell he’s got, and we don’t,” Viper orders.
I nod, not speaking. I don’t think I could if I wanted to. My throat thickens as I think about the different possibilities. What could that bastard have on her? What hasn’t she told me yet? The bastard could have easily gotten Jade instead of just her purse. A thought pops into my head, and it makes me sick as I make my way to my bike. I don’t even want to voice the very idea. The guy took Jade’s purse. Kept her phone. Could Jade really know what my woman cares about most? Could there have been something in Jade’s purse? Something that would have told Dominic what we now need to know.
Swear to fuck, these women are going to do my head in. First, neither of them told any of us that Rosemary’s family was from another club. Then, when she went missing, instead of outright telling us, Jade kept it a secret until it was too late.
Now, there’s something else. What the fuck it could be is the million-dollar question, and I intend to find out the moment I get back. I don’t give a fuck who’s around to listen.
* * *
I don’t bother waiting on my brothers when we get back to the clubhouse. I don’t have the patience to wait. My focus is on getting to Rosemary and finding out what the fuck I need to know.
Throwing open the doors, I find her sitting at a table with Jade. The two of them looked concerned. Rosemary’s eyes come straight to me, and she seems to pale further than she already is. With her captivity she hadn’t been out in the sun and had lost her sexy tan that she always seemed to have.
I stalk over to her table, brace my hands on the top, and lean toward her. “You want to tell me what the fuck Dominic has on you? What the fuck you’re hiding?”
Rosemary stills and slowly starts shaking her head. “No,” she whispers.
“Rosie, you need to tell him,” Jade whispers just as softly.
“I can’t.” Tears swell in Rosemary’s eyes and spill over her cheeks. “I just can’t.”
“If you don’t. I will,” Jade declares, her voice not changing from the softness, but there’s a firmness to it now. “They need to know. I can’t keep keeping secrets.”
“Someone better start talking,” Viper commands.
“Start talking. What are you two hiding?” I demand.
Rosemary closes her eyes, her breath hitches, and she lowers her head. “He’s threatened to kill my son.”
With those few words, it’s like my world is kicked out from under me and I’m left trying to find a hold on something. Anything.
“Your son?” Viper speaks, sounding just as shocked.
“When we both moved, Rosie found out she was pregnant,” Jade whispers and sucks in a breath. “What no one, not even her dad or brother, knows is she was raped the same night her mom was killed. No one knew who the guy was—”
“I do know who he was,” Rosemary interrupts, breathing heavily, shaking her head. “He’ll take Joshua and kill his parents. That’s what he told me. He told me about knowing of the rape.” Rosemary lifts her head to look only at Jade. “Only you and I knew about that night. He knew about it. It was him who did it. He found out about Joshua, and that’s what he’s holding over my head.” Shaking her head, tears streaming freely down her cheeks. “Now he wants me back. He wants me to fight. I have no choice but to go back. I have to keep fighting. I have to protect Joshua.”
“You’re not fuckin’ going back to that bastard,” I snarl, the words ripping themselves from my chest. This shit is too fucking much, but still, I won’t let my woman think she’s doing this alone. Stepping away from the table, I turn from it and start walking away, only to call out over my shoulder. “Don’t let her out of your sight.”
With that said, I leave. I need time to clear my head. To figure shit out and what I’m going to do next.
CHAPTER17
ROSEMARY
“I’m such an idiot.” Swiping at the tears streaming down my face, I stare after Kevlar, wishing for him to come back through the door.
“You’re not an idiot,” Jade utters. “This isn’t your fault.”
“Rosie, I get you not wanting to tell anyone this shit,” Viper remarks, losing the pissed-off tone and squats next to me. “But you could’ve come to me and told me.”
