Stripping Callum (Last Hangman MC Book 6)(80)

“Bella, you promised you wouldn’t tell her about what we talked about earlier.”

“I didn’t,” he says, sounding genuine.

“How did she hear about it then?”

“Did you ask her whatever it is that you’re talking about?” Nancy asks, sounding annoyed.

“No, I didn’t see her, she left me this.” I hand the note to Bennett. He reads it then passes it to Nancy. She reads only the first line before her tiny fist connects with my jaw.

“You motherf*cker. How dare you think that of her?” she yells at me.

“I had a stupid moment. I regret it, there’s no going back. You’re the only one who knew, Bennett.”

“I promise you, it wasn’t me. I wouldn’t tell anyone about it. I made you a promise.” He holds his hands up.

“Who did then?” I rub my face feeling defeated.

“Your father,” Nancy says.

“What?”

“You said he was working with Shane. He’s the only one who is out to ruin your relationship and life that way.” She shrugs.

“She has a point,” Bennett says.

“I’m always right.” She smirks.

“Not the time, gorgeous.” I sigh.

“Where are you going to find him? Maybe he has her?” Bennett questions, making me worry that he could have her, but if he did, I doubt he’d have been thoughtful enough to take their clothes with him.

“I know where to find him and her too,” I say through gritted teeth.

“I’ll come with you.” Bennett gets his jacket.

“You stay with Nancy, she needs you.”

“I’m not a fragile little flower. I can take care of myself for a few hours.” She glares at me.

“Yes, you’re all fragile flowers.” I smile at her, and she slaps my arm.

“Go get her. I’ll get Ryan to come lady sit me if that’ll make you feel any better.” She gets her phone out ready to text him.

“Yeah, do that. I’ll be back as soon as I can. If Ryan can’t be around you sho—” she cuts Bennett off.

“Go stay with Line and Aleck. I know the drill.” She chuckles and kisses Bennett. I walk out, giving them some privacy, and get on my bike.

If I remember well, there’s one place where my father could be that’s close enough to here so that he doesn’t have to drive back and forth all the time. When I was younger, he was very much into hunting and had a cabin in the woods. I say cabin but it looked more like a shed.

It’s not in the same location as I have mine, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he knew where mine is. After all, he and Shane have been following Bella and me for months.

“Where to, brother?” Bennett asks me as he gets on his bike.

“The woods,” I say through gritted teeth and drive off waving at Nancy.

The drive takes us about twenty minutes. I don’t care about him hearing us arrive. I know the woods like the back of my hand. Even if he tries to run away, I’ll be able to catch up to him and finish what I wasn’t strong enough to do twenty-five years ago.

We park by the shed. The light is off, but there’s a fire burning in the distance. A silhouette is sitting by it, sipping a bottle of whiskey I’d guess. It’s always been his alcohol of choice.

We get off our bikes and Bennett lets me go on my own. I need to do this alone, but at least I know he’s there in case things go south.

Walking the short distance between us, my heart pounds harder the closer I get to him.

“Callum,” he says in his rough voice.

“How?”

“It’s crazy the things you can do with a phone.” He chuckles and keeps his back to me.

“What the hell are you going on about?”

“When Shane got you, he put a microphone into your phone and an app that would control it, giving us the ability to record your conversation. It’s proven to be very useful. The recording was cracking a bit, but we, and by ‘we’ I mean Annabella and me, could hear you loud and clear. She was pissed to say the least,” he scoffs.

“Why?”

“You ruined my life when you were born and your mother left me. Watching you grow up was a daily reminder of what I lost. You have her eyes. The worst is that you’re not even my son. She was a bit of a slut back then and f*cked another guy while we were together, and he got her pregnant.”

“Why would you raise me instead of giving me up for adoption?”

“She blamed me for getting her pregnant. You ruined my life so I wanted to ruin yours. Payback is a bitch, isn’t it?”

“How did you figure out I wasn’t yours?”

“Because I can’t have children. I never wanted them so I got a vasectomy early on. The real kicker was when you left me for dead in the house and left, I woke up in the hospital and swore I’d find you and ruin your life. I could have just killed you, but where would the fun have been in that?” He chuckles darkly.

“You’re f*cked up.”

“You and me both. The fun part was to f*ck Alina when you were f*cking her. Shane is the one who got her pregnant by the way. Billy wasn’t yours.” He knows what to say to cut me deep. I know I shouldn’t care, but I’m so far gone that it is affecting me.