Chapter 28

Greer

It has been the longest three days of my life without my baby in my arms. Everytime we get a lead and think we are closer to finding her, it’s a dead-end.

Spook went back to the Chaotic’s clubhouse yesterday to work with Professor, but I stayed here. This is the last place Ryland was and I feel that I need to be where it all happened.

Trigger stayed back with me. We haven’t left each other’s sides. When I can’t take the day anymore, Trigger and I sit in the main room and contemplate our next move with a bottle of Jack, like right now, we’re rambling about the possible people who would have it out for me enough to take Ryland.

Randie…gone.

My mother…in the wind.

The numerous politicians on Dimitri’s payroll…most in jail or made a deal with the Feds.

And then it hits me, the only person we haven’t been able to locate is Dyson.

I place the fifth of Jack on the coffee table and turn to my brother whose lounging with his arm over the back of the couch.

I shove his side and he jumps. “Dyson, Trigger. We never got the lowdown on what happen to Dyson.”

He sits up and rubs his scruff with his hand. “Fuck! But why would he be involved? The douche’s house was blown up.”

I nod. “True, but what if he was given a head’s up and it was all a ruse to end suspicion in his direction? He’s been in Dimitri’s back pocket for as long as I can remember. He’s a sick-fuck, Trigger and if he has my daughter I don’t even want to think of what he’s doing to her.”

“We need a techy that’s better than what we have. We need to get Rose.”

I pull out my phone and call Rose. She still has all the information from her searches on Dimitri and I hope she can comb through his financials again with the hope of finding an inkling to Dyson.

***

Spook

The tightness in my chest doesn’t do any justice to the ache in my heart. I’ve kept myself busy at the clubhouse going through every piece of information we have had on Dimitri, Farrah and any of his goons.

I tried to get Greer to come back to Cumming with me, but she wasn’t having it. She wanted to be where she felt closest to Ryland. It was selfish of me to want her, because it was a ruse to soothe my own tension. Having her within touching distances would have made the days and nights bearable.

Knowing that Greer has Trigger eases my mind, but it doesn’t help the strain hoping that Ryland will be found unharmed and Greer will mentally leave this unscathed.

She’s been through enough in her twenty-eight years that most people don’t even tip the iceberg on. She’s dealt with abuse to a degree that would wreck most. She’s stronger than she gives herself credit for and she’s loyal to a fault.

Neither of us saw the possibility of Ryland being taken with the degree Greer, Brute and Mitz went to conceal her.

My phone rings and I look at the screen. It’s my woman and some of the stiffness in my muscles relaxes.

“Hey, Princess.”

“Spook.” She sounds breathless. “We’ve got a lead and the Chaotic’s are closer than we are.”

I stand from my perch and begin walking towards Rudy’s office. “Hold on. Let me get to your dad’s office.” The door is open and Rudy has his forehead pressed to the desk. “Prez.” He looks up with eyes that haven’t seen sleep in days. “Greer’s on the phone and they have something.”

“Get the boys in the meeting room.” He growls as he gets up and stomps off to Church.

Chase is behind me and nods, letting me know that he’ll get the brothers.

Entering the meeting room, I put my phone on speaker and place it down on the table. The room slowly fills and when everyone is seated and quiet, I tell Greer to fill us in.

“Okay, Trigger and I were putting our heads together earlier and it hit me. We never looked into Dyson anymore after the explosion other than it wasn’t his body in the house. I called Rose and she was able to determine the transactions between Dimitri and Dyson, which lead her to tracking his financials.” She puffs out a loud breathe. “He’s in Atlanta. He has a condo on Spring Street.”

“What else, baby girl?” Rudy probes.

“He hired a nanny last week. Why would a man that has no kids hire a nanny unless he just acquired a kid, my kid.” Greer grits out. “Before ya’ll go guns blazing, he has security everywhere. Rose was able to get a satellite image of the condo and there are three guards out front, two in the back and we don’t know how many inside. We need to get her fast. He’s bought tickets for Mexico. He’s planning on leaving the country with my girl.” She begins to sob.

“Not over my dead fucking body, Princess. You and Trigger get your asses here. We’re going to get a plan together and suit up. We’ll have our girl home by bath time.” I roar towards the phone.

“Please, please be careful, all of you.” She whimpers.

“Don’t you worry about it and just get here, so we can have our family back together again. Love you, Princess.” I say with less aggression than I feel at the realization that my little girl is in the hands of a pedophile.

“Love you too, Spookie.”