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My head snapped toward Kyle who was grinning at me. He knew what he was seeing between us and being a shit-starter, he just couldn’t help himself from calling her sweetheart. I didn’t say a word, but I didn’t have to before I heard chuckles behind me.
I returned his grin and turned to face Bear when he spoke. “What if we enter a bid?”
“To buy the ground?” Jax asked, and Bear jerked up his chin. “No offense, brother, but the town council isn’t going to sell that piece to you or the Widows. They don’t want any more shit between you than they’ve already seen.”
“Makes sense,” I acknowledged.
“Then we need someone we know to buy it,” Bear growled. “Anything to keep it out of that fucker’s hands.”
“Can you buy it off him?” Striker asked.
“Widows have deep pockets,” Bear replied begrudgingly. “Plus they’ll do enough illegal shit to get what they need. We won’t.”
“Wish we could help, brother, but I’m not sure I know anyone in the position to make that purchase,” Jax replied, but he sounded disappointed. He didn’t want Sal Bianco or the Widows to have it any more than we did.
I closed my eyes, but only for a moment until something occurred to me. Opening them quickly, I shifted my attention to Jax. “I might know someone.”
“Who?”
“My boss.”
Jax raised his eyebrows, but then he frowned. “Dimarco Construction just purchased a huge farm near Riverton. Heard development starts on that soon.”
“It does,” I agreed. “Talked to Ben yesterday on my way back, and he said he’s meeting with all the foremen on Monday to go over the plans.”
“Not sure there’s enough left in the pot for another purchase,” Jax pointed out.
“There might be if they know they have someone to buy or rent it from them.”
My attention shifted to Bear, whose lips tipped in a grin. “Like us.”
I jerked up my chin. “Town council won’t know that. They can present it to them as a possible development, which they would love.”
Jax stared at the table before lifting his head and grinning. “And with their reputation in the community, it would be more likely they would be considered before an outsider.”
“Exactly.” I shifted my attention back to Bear. “This need to go to church or can I call Ben?”
Bear considered that for a moment. “Call him. The Sinners don’t want to take any chances that the Widows could get their hands on property bordering ours. This works out, we’ll have church to decide what to do with it.”
“What about a racetrack?”
I turned slowly to face Becs when she spoke. I heard Bear speak behind me, but I couldn’t stop staring at her. She knew I missed it. She knew that before I went home, and when I returned, I told her again how much I missed building and racing cars. The fact that she would think of me after what I put her through recently told me I still had a chance of making up for some recent bad decisions. I should’ve trusted her this morning and gave her a heads-up. It wasn’t fair that she walked into this meeting without expecting me and Bear to be there, and as soon as I had a chance to tell her that, I would.
“That’s not a bad idea.” Bear snorted. “Actually, that’s a really good idea. It has the potential to bring more business to our town, which means more money to the club. With that, we could do a lot for the community and help rebuild our reputation.”
“I agree,” Jax stated. “It’s a hell of a plan if it works.”
I finally shifted my attention from Becs to Bear. “We need a backup plan in case it doesn’t.”
“Talk with Ben and Jake. See what they say,” Bear replied. “If it’s not a possibility, we’ll meet with the members.”
“What are we gonna do about Sal?” I asked.
“Want my opinion?” Jax asked, and I watched as Bear turned his attention back to Jax and nodded. “Do nothing. Find a way to steal that property out from under him. The only way to make a point with a man like him is to hit him where it hurts.”
“I have a feeling he’s pretty fucking sure he already has that ground and has been making promises around town. He’ll be answering to a lot of pissed-off bad dudes if this falls through,” Kyle added.
“Sounds like we have a plan.” Jax put his palms flat on the table. “Kyle will keep an eye on online activity and any more bids on that property.” He faced Becs. “You did good, Becs. You brought this to everyone’s attention in time for us to do something about it. If you hadn’t, we wouldn’t have known about the potential property sale. That would’ve hurt the club, but it would’ve also hurt our community, and the one thing we all have in common is what we want for our town. And we all agree that is not the Widows.”
