Twisted Pieces (Back Down Devil MC #5)(27)

“You were the one who gave him the eyes,” Miller said. “But as I said, we’re not going to just barge in there and kill him. If things are connected like Jace thinks…”

“Then what?” Jace asked. “After getting left in prison, I’ve had a folder delivered with my record in it and then I almost get ambushed and killed. What needs to happen next?”

“Me,” Jordyn said. She slowly broke away from the three men in the room. “I need to happen next.”

“What are you talking about?” Jace asked.

“What I’ve been doing,” Jordyn said. “I’ll keep doing it.”

“That could work,” Miller said.

“Fuck no,” Jace said.

“Why not?” Gaige asked. “She your old lady?”

Jace gritted his teeth and his body tensed. Jordyn felt the anger and tension in the room… and sensed jealousy. Could Jace really be jealous?

“He hit her once,” Jace said. “That’s unacceptable.”

“He hit her because she didn’t listen to him,” Miller said.

“So I’ll listen,” Jordyn said. “I’ll give him my panties when he asks. If he talks, I’m all ears. Like today… he showed me the eyes, then poured a drink and talked. Then he kicked me out of the office and told me to take the day off.”

“It’ll get worse,” Jace said, talking right to Jordyn. “A guy like Strokner, he won’t be satisfied. He’ll keep pushing. He’ll think he has more power than he does.”

“Which is what we need,” Miller said. “Let him dig his own grave.”

“And that’s what Shay thought about his brother, didn’t he?”

“That’s different,” Gaige said. “Caius had power. He hurt us, man. But Strokner is a goon. He can’t…”

Jace looked back at Gaige. “What? Can’t hurt Jordyn? Did you see the blood on her lip?”

“I want to do this,” Jordyn said. “Mr. Strokner lied to me. He gave me a job that I’ve always wanted… but it was a lie. He knew what he really wanted when he hired me.”

Jordyn had so much more to say, but it was for Jace's ears only. Maybe when she confessed everything to Jace about her life, her grandmother, and everything in between, it would make sense to him.

“How long do we let this go?” Jace asked.

“See where it takes us,” Miller said. “If things are connected, we’ll be able to find a better connection and then we can act.”

“I can’t just leave there,” Jordyn said. “He’ll go insane. I’m trapped. He has power. And money. I'm afraid if I say or do anything wrong, he will hurt me, make me disappear, or something like that.”

“Christ,” Jace yelled. “I came here to f*cking tell you what is going on, Miller. Not to have you turn Jordyn into a f*cking rat.”

“No, brother, no,” Miller said. He put a hand to Jace’s shoulder. “A rat is against us. Jordyn will be helping the club. It’s time we get rid of everything to do with the night Strokner's daughter was killed."

Jordyn looked at Jace. “I want to do this. I feel like an idiot for believing that I was important to him and his company. And after what I saw today…”

Jace wasn't even listening. He ripped the doors open and stormed out of the room. Jordyn was left standing with Miller and Gaige. She had no idea what she was doing there or if she could trust these guys. Hell, she wasn’t even sure if she could trust Jace. He already told her he would let her down and hurt her. But he would protect her…

“I’ll talk to him,” Gaige said.

Gaige slipped out of the room.

Miller held the door open and nodded for Jordyn to leave. She walked to the door and at the last second, Miller took her by the wrist. He looked down at her with a stern face. His eyes were the kind of eyes that had seen a lot of bad things in life.

“You doing this for yourself or for him?” Miller asked quietly.

“Maybe both?”

“You going to fall for him? You think you’re going to tame him?”

“I never said that,” Jordyn whispered.

“Just do yourself a favor. Get all you can out of Strokner. And when it’s done, slip away into the night. Start yourself a new life.”

“That’s your advice to me?”

“That would be my advice to any of the women that stick around here. Emily, Avery, Kaity, Ava… even the ones that aren’t here anymore…”

“Those women didn’t listen?”

“No.”

“Why?”

“Fuck if I should know. But maybe this time I can actually save someone.”

Miller let Jordyn go and then slammed the doors shut as he went back into the room. Jordyn stood in the clubhouse and watched as the members of Back Down Devil MC enjoyed their night. The first person she made eye contact with was Blaine. It made her stomach flip and it got worse as Blaine started to walk toward her. He had a cigarette hanging from his mouth and a bottle of beer in his hand. He walked right up to Jordyn and put a hand to the wall behind her. There was no shame or fear in Blaine. He was right in her face.

“Beautiful,” Blaine said. He took the cigarette from his mouth. “You look a little lost around here. Need some directions?”