Chapter 20

Mauve

Sitting in the Devils’ meeting room surrounded by a bunch of angry bikers is not how I planned my day, but thanks to their snooping and putting Greer’s cover in jeopardy I had to step in since she couldn’t be here herself.

Brute’s hostel question puts me on guard along with Rose, Maggie and Tasha. “Why the fuck have you not told us you knew where Greer was all along? We could’ve put an end to this shit months ago.”

I clear my throat. “I didn’t know where she was until six weeks after she left.” Spook stands so fiercely that his chair slams to the floor. He strides towards me, but before he can get close, Tasha stands. She’s six-two of pure muscle and she’s the type of bitch you don’t want to fuck with regardless if you are a man or not. I stand slowly from my chair. “I couldn’t tell you any of the information that I received because you would’ve put her in more danger just like you’re doing now.”

“What the fuck are you talking about? How are we putting her in danger? We have no clue where she is.” Spook bellows.

I hold my hands up in surrender. “It doesn’t matter. Everytime you do a search on her name or use facial recognition software on her, it pings back to the Feds who are trying to help. They get one step ahead and then ya’ll force them two steps back.”

Rudy bows his head and barely audible says, “Just tell us everything that is going on. I want my daughter home.”

This seems to ease most of the men other than Spook who’s still eyeing Tasha to find a weakness.

“The Pretty Pinks have a chapter in Arizona. Apparently, all Greer had to do was mention my name and Rose’s and they let her in. She gave them the rundown of what was going on. Cami, the President, has better connection with the Feds than I do since she’s a judge. She called in a marker she had with one of them and after a little recon, he found enough information to take on the case. But the only way to make sure that he had enough, he needed Greer. Greer has been a part of the daily ins and outs of Dimitri’s business. The Feds have been able to trail him until ya’ll called the Clark Country Coroner looking for Jane Doe’s.”

The men look at each other trying to figure out who called and Trigger throws his head back and his hands up. “I’m fucking done put a knife in me. I called those motherfuckers last week. I talked to Cheryl.”

“Well that set off Dimitri doing his own searches for women fitting Greer’s description. It’s fine now, but please don’t do any more searching that has to do with Greer. Let’s this play out. She’s safe.”

Spook relaxes a tad and exhales sharply. “Can we at least talk to her? I just need to hear her voice.”

Before I can answer, multiple phones are dinging and ringing. Spook breaks eye contact to pull his cell out of his pocket. He stares at it confused and brings it closer to his face. He doesn’t even have time to comment on the message before Rudy has his to his ear.

“Chase! Whose fucking finger is that?” He listens absorbedly. “Hold on, let me put you on speaker.”

Rudy places his phone in the center of the table and presses a button. Chase’s voice fills the room. “We got a package earlier today addressed to Queenie. I called a few minutes ago and asked her if it was something that we needed to be careful with. She said she didn’t order anything, so I opened it.” Silence. Chase doesn’t speak another word for a few seconds. “There was a fucking finger in the box. On a string attached to the finger, it reads ‘either stop your prying or I’ll send a piece of the club Princess each time I get wind of you in my business.’ It’s signed D.G.”

The air is sucked out of the room. That can’t be Greer’s finger because I talked to her earlier today. I stride over to the corner of the room and pull my cell to my ear.

After a couple of rings, she answers. “Mauve.”

“Hey, um, I’ve got a question and I don’t want you to freak out. Okay?”

“Sure.”

“Do you have all your fingers?”

She chuckles. “Yeah, Mauve all ten and my toes. What’s going on?”

“Please keep your head about you.”

“Spit it out.” She says aggravatedly.

“Your loving stepfather sent a finger to the Chaotic’s today and fastened a note saying it was yours and that if they interfered anymore that he would send a piece of you everytime he got wind of it.”

“What the fuck?” She yells so loud I have to take the phone from my ear, which is a mistake because Spook snatches it from my hand.

“Greer?” He questions. I watch his face light up as he listens to her speak. “Princess, I’ve missed you so much. When can you come back to us?” He listens some more and then his face falls. “Baby, I never died. I was in a coma, but I never died. I can’t believe that you thought I was dead this whole time.” He glances around the room landing on Rudy. “Do you want to talk to your dad? He’s right here.” He listens some more and then walks towards the table. He does the same thing that Rudy did with Chase’s call and puts her on speaker.

Greer’s voice brings serenity to the room with her unfiltered words. “What’s up fuckers? Man, I’ve missed ya’ll, especially Trigger’s needy ass.” Trigger smiles ear to ear and his eyes glisten. “I’m sure he’s an even bigger pain in the ass these days since I can’t keep him in line. How’s my baby? I bet she’s getting so big.” Her voice cracks

“You wouldn’t believe how big she is now and into everything.” Rudy says as he chuckles.

“I can’t wait until this shit is done so I can come back home, but I need ya’ll to listen to Mauve and back down. I know how stubborn you all are and if I need ya I won’t hesitate but right now everything is good and we’re so close to putting his ass in the ground.”

Spook coughs to clear the emotion from his voice. “We’ll try, Princess. We miss you more than words can explain, so get your ass home soon.”

Talking in the background and Greer covering the phone to answer echo through the room. “I’ve got to go, but just remember that when this is all said and done we won’t have to worry about my shit causing problems.” Before anyone can respond, she hangs up.

Taking in the room, everyone is at ease with the news that Greer is okay and all her digits are attached. Rudy gets back on the phone with Chase and orders him to take the finger to a man named Goober.

I clap my hands to get everyone’s attention. “If there isn’t anything else you need to know from me, then we are going to head out.”

I shouldn’t be surprised when my brother is the one to stop me from leaving. “Why didn’t you tell us? Shit, you could’ve at least told me.”

I take in the massive man with is light brown skin and the bulging vein in his neck that used to play Barbie dolls with me and braid my hair, and wonder where the time went when we were close and could tell each other everything.

“I couldn’t tell anyone other than the people involved. The main objective is to keep Greer’s location private. Only a handful of people know where she is and I can’t put her at risk. You can feel left out and your feelings can be hurt if it means that she’s safe and the deadline ends sooner rather than later.” I move closer to his face and whisper. “This has nothing to do with us, Dante, so if there isn’t anything else I can assist them with, I’m out.”

I stride to the door with my head held high and pray I make it out of this room before my heart breaks a little more with the way our relationship has crumbled.