Outlaw Revenge (Back Down Devil MC #1)(43)

Now Gaige just had to deal with Vinny. He put his gun away because the same fate wouldn’t occur on the road for Vinny. There was something better waiting for him.

Gaige caught up to Vinny within a few seconds. He cut to the right and Vinny cut right back at Gaige. This guy wasn’t going to go down without a fight. That was fine by Gaige. He wanted to fight. Right now.

As they went around a turn, Gaige moved to the right and kicked at Vinny. He hit Vinny at his ribs and sent Vinny to the ground. The bike skidded with Vinny under it. Gaige hit his brakes and then turned his motorcycle around. He got off and slowly walked to Vinny as the man screamed in pain. Gaige knelt down next to Vinny and placed his gun to his head.

“Scream again and I’ll blow your f*cking brains out.”

“Fuck you,” Vinny said. “Just f*cking kill me if you want. But I have information. I didn’t make the call. I was put on the job.”

Gaige stood and lifted the motorcycle off Vinny. He rolled it to the side of the road and let it drop. Vinny was already trying to stand. With one good punch, he sent Vinny back to the ground, out cold.

Satisfied for now Gaige put his gun away and took out a smoke. He lit it and smoked while he waited for the rest of the guys to show up.

They did a few minutes later, Nate and Blaine first.

“Holy shit,” Blaine said as he stared down at Vinny. “Is he dead?”

“Not yet,” Gaige said. “I have to deal with this.”

“That’s a f*cking mess back there,” Nate said. “You shot him while riding? That’s…”

“I don’t care,” Gaige said. “They break rules, so do I. I’ll have Miller call Chief Jerry to clean that up. Make it a drug deal gone wrong.”

“Fuck,” Nate said.

A car pulled up a minute later and Shay climbed from the front seat. He looked at Vinny on the ground and there was no need for words. Shay and Gaige lifted Vinny and put him in the trunk of the car.

Miller arrived next and climbed off his motorcycle with fire coming out of his eyes and ears. “What the f*ck is this?”

“Revenge,” Gaige said.

Miller grabbed Gaige by his leather and pulled him close. “What the f*ck are you doing?”

“Solving problems,” Gaige said. “I need Vinny alive. I’ll take care of him at the clubhouse. I have to make Strokner happy.”

“Shit,” Miller said. He released Gaige. “Shit. I don’t like f*cking businessmen messing with us.”

“Not for long,” Gaige said. “Trust me, Miller. I know what I’m doing.”

“Yeah. I hope so. I’m going to call Jerry about the mess up the road. I want everyone else back at the f*cking clubhouse right now. Got it?”

Everyone nodded.

Gaige said, “We’re there.”

The ride back to clubhouse was a peaceful one. Gaige felt the relief come off his shoulders a little, knowing that at least half the problems were solved. Eight Under would receive the message loud and clear. They sent out two *s to shoot at Back Down Devil and the revenge was complete now. It would take them time to fix their little shit hole of a gas station and get back to business.

Now Gaige needed to get to Max and make it all go away.

Back at the clubhouse, Gaige parked his motorcycle and waited for Shay. Shay backed the black car down the ramp to the underground garage. He and Gaige then carried Vinny from the truck into a small room that was labeled to be a janitorial closet. A lot of blood was spilled in that room. A lot of screams buried in the heavy concrete.

They tied Vinny and left him there.

Gaige shut the door and locked it.

“You going to kill him?” Shay asked.

“Soon,” Gaige said. “I need to do something else first.”

“You need to see your woman,” Shay said. “She’s gotten to you, bro.”

“Yeah, maybe she has.” Gaige started to walk and Shay put a hand out. “Don’t f*cking do it,” Gaige warned. “I’m not in the mood.”

“No, brother, I don’t care where you stick your cock. I want you to know that Jace stuck up for your woman in there.”

“Yeah?”

“That Strokner fellow had his hands all over her. Touching her. Saying things to her. Jace had a gun pointed at him and he still made a move. He took a nasty hit to the face too. Keep that in mind.”

“Thanks,” Gaige said.

They exited the underground garage. Shay got in the car and Gaige went to the clubhouse. Once inside, he looked around and started to feel comfortable. This was his home. These were his brothers. Even if they didn’t all get along.

Gaige spotted Jace at the corner of the bar with a shot and beer in front of him. He saw the cut on his face and knew he needed to say something. He walked to the bar next to Jace and ordered a beer. He drank from it as he stared at the back of the bar.

“What you did today…,” Gaige started.

“I don’t want to f*cking talk about it,” Jace said.

“We’re not going to talk about it. I’m going to thank you for f*cking helping me when I wasn’t here. This is a messy time right now and it’s good to know we all have each other’s back.”

“Of course we f*cking do,” Jace said. “That’s what the patch means, bro.”