Twisted Pieces (Back Down Devil MC #5)(26)

“What she knows?” Miller asked. “The table…?”

“Miller, she just watched me take out a prospect from Coast Road. Fucker followed me and pulled a gun. I kicked him off his ride and shot him.”

“Christ,” Miller said. “Why would…”

“Table?” Jace asked.

Jordyn watched Miller look around. He then rubbed his chin and nodded. “Go ahead. I’ll be in.”

Jace pulled Jordyn again. They stopped in front of a large set of doors. Jace gave her a serious look and then opened the doors. The next room contained a large banner displaying the MC's name and a long table with chairs. A chill ran through her when she realized that she was standing in the room that determined life or death.

“This is a special place,” Jace said, interrupting her thoughts. “Fucking remember that.”

Jordyn stood and waited. A second later, the door opened and in walked two men. One was Miller, the other she didn’t know.

“Miller, Gaige,” Jace said.

Jordyn nodded. Gaige.

“What’s this all about?” Gaige asked.

“Jordyn’s been working for Strokner,” Jace said. “He hired her because she reminds him of his daughter, and he wants to f*ck her. That's what he's into."

“That’s sick,” Miller said. “That’s Blaine territory.”

“Well, Strokner is f*cked in the head, man,” Jace said. “He had Jordyn deliver a folder to me that had all my arrests in it. Including the current one. There’s something not right. I’m telling you.”

“Miller said you were almost attacked by Coast Road?” Gaige asked.

Jace nodded. “They know I know about the drugs they took off that boat. They must have seen me. I’m telling you, they’re dealing. And the judge is somehow connected. I just know it."

“One step at a time,” Miller said. He then looked at Jordyn. “You work for Strokner?”

“Yes,” Jordyn said.

“What do you do?”

“I used to do business stuff. Paperwork, meetings, spreadsheets.”

“Used to?” Gaige asked. He took out a cigarette and lit it. “What do you mean by used to?”

“Now Strokner just wants… me,” Jordyn said.

Jace's hands balled into fists as he listened to the story again. How Strokner started with comments then started to touch her. Then he demanded to see her. Then he wanted to sleep with her and when she said no, he hit her. And now, he was collecting her panties and making comments about power and the club.

When Jordyn stopped talking, Jace put an arm around her. She was shaking with fear.

No one was speaking. Gaige turned and walked down to the end of the table. He took a few deep drags of his cigarette. Miller had his hands on his hips and shook his head.

“What a stand up guy, huh?” he asked.

“He’s an * who lost his mind. More than that, he’s threatenning the club. You may not take his threats too seriously, because the guy is a suit and tie piece of shit, but I can’t help but remind everyone of what happened with Caius…”

“He said that name,” Jordyn said. “I remember that.”

Miller grabbed Jordyn by the arm and pulled her away from Jace. “He talked about Caius to you?”

“Yes,” Jordyn said. “He said Caius wanted him to help but he refused. He knew that Caius was too emotionally involved. That’s when he said he was right then and he was going to be right again now.”

“Fuck,” Miller said. He look at Jace. “So what’s your plan? Since you seem to be lining things up and taking care of it.”

“First off, Miller, I’m sorry about that shit with the judge, okay? I didn’t even touch the kid and nothing happened. But this is all connected, I can f*cking feel it. Murder charges. Evidence that hasn’t been presented yet. Me getting left in prison for weeks. Strokner. Coast Road. Drugs. I just have this feeling…”

“This is my fault,” Gaige said. He turned and kicked a chair. “I let that guy in.”

“You did what you had to do,” Miller said.

“You protected Emily,” Jace said. “And you made sure Strokner was good enough to keep his mouth shut.”

“Which he has,” Miller said. “But now we’ve given him too much power.”

“Then we take him down,” Gaige said.

“We can’t just kill him,” Miller said.

Jordyn felt her lips slowly part. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing right now. These bikers were talking about getting rid of Strokner. Were they going to just shoot him like Jace had just done to that other guy?

“Then what do we do?” Jace asked. “I mean, he’s sick… Christ, Miller, he showed Jordyn the eyeballs.”

Gaige came running forward. He stopped just inches from Jordyn and stared at her.

“He showed you the eyeballs?”

“Yes.”

“You understand what they are?” Gaige asked.

“He told me.”

“And now we’re supposed to just trust you?”

“I watched Jace shoot a guy to death. I understand some of it now.”

“I don’t f*cking like this,” Gaige said. “At all.”