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Jez: Tell them. It’s okay.
Me: How did u know?
Jez: Cameras
Fuck.
My phone is yanked out of my grasp, and I whip my head up to see Soul reading the texts. When he looks at me, he smirks.
“See, you have her blessing. Now talk.”
And I do. I tell them all about how Jez tracked me down and wanted to work together. I explain just how deep her hacking goes, how involved she was in the purging of sinners back then.
“Mary killed people?” Soul asks.
I shake my head. “She never actually stole their last heartbeat. But they’d be alive if it wasn’t for her.” Smirking, I try to lighten the mood. “And don’t let her hear you call her Mary. She’s liable to send the Reaper to your door.” When Soul doesn’t smile, I continue. “When we reconnected, I asked Jez to keep her nose to the ground for any information on my parents. By then, my father was beating my mother on the reg, and she wouldn’t leave, despite all my begging.”
“Let me guess,” Thorn says. “Jez sniffed something out for you?”
I nod as I recall the email I got from her all those years ago.
JD,
Did what you asked. Things aren’t good. Diane was taken to the ER earlier this week. Refused to press charges. Was treated, released, and she returned home. Not sure how much more she can take. Don’t know exactly where you are or when you’ll see this, but you need to get home ASAP.
~Jez
P.S. - Sorry I didn’t notify you sooner. My equipment got compromised and had to set up all new.
“Ever since then, Jez has blamed herself for my mother’s death.”
Fort holds his hand up. “Wait a sec… How did Jez’s equipment get compromised?”
“She was keeping an eye on a senator who was involved in a human trafficking ring. Turns out, the senator had a hacker on his payroll who was equally as brilliant as Jez.” I shrug. “After all was said and done with my mom, I took care of the hacker and the senator.”
“Are you talking about Jay Wilson?” Spike asks. “I remember when he died. Media said it was a suicide.”
“That was you?” Abyss asks.
I nod. “When I arrived at my parent’s house, five days had passed since her ER visit. I happened to walk in when my dad was beating my mom, and it was the most violent I’d ever seen him get.” I take a deep breath. “I killed him that day. Mom refused to go to the hospital, so Jez and I took her to a motel so she could heal.”
“But Aunt Diane didn’t heal,” Rogue comments.
“No, she didn’t. I’ve told Jez a million times that it’s not her fault, but she swears if she’d had better security on her system, she’d have gotten the hospital alert in time to save my mom. That’s crap, but that doesn’t seem to matter.”
“So, what you’re telling us is that Jez has been a part of the purging even before Saints Purgatory MC existed?” Soul demands.
“Yes.”
“She could’ve been killed!”
“Hate to break it to you, Prez, but she’s far better at playing the badass than you give her credit for.”
Rather than respond, Soul grabs the chair he’s standing behind and throws it at the wall. Then he storms toward the door and marches out the moment it slides open.
“Guess church is over,” Animal signs.
The guys begin to file out of the room, but Malice remains behind.
