Teaching Aleck (The Last Hangman MC #2)(66)

“O…okay.” She sniffs. It’s breaking my heart to see her so distraught. This is all because of me. I never should have offered to watch her this weekend. She would have been safer at Josie’s. She slowly starts to relax in my arms and falls sleep, the stress overwhelming her. I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding. I’m glad she’s finally able to relax.





CHAPTER 28



Aleck

That sick motherf*cker!

I don’t know who the f*ck called me, but it turned my blood to ice.

I ride as fast as I can to make it to Charline’s as soon as possible.

I keep replaying the conversation in my mind over and over again as the miles fly past me.

My phone rings right in the middle of the meeting with the Bastards from Hell. I stand up and walk out of their chapel to pick up. I’m not risking anyone knowing that Charline and Ally are on their own. Gabe is keeping an eye on them from his truck down the street, but he’s still recovering so I’m not sure how much help he could be, it depends on how many f*ckers might try to mess with the women of my life.

“Hello?”

“Your life is going to change tonight…for the worse.”

“Who the f*ck is this?” I below.

“A friend who just wanted to warn you.” Whoever is on the line chuckles darkly.

“What do you want you sick f*ck?”

“Your sweet little girlfriend.”

“Don’t you dare touch as much as one hair on her head or I swear to you I’ll kill you with my bare hands.”

“Oh, but you see, I know you’re too far to be here within the next few minutes. Such a shame…”

“I’m going to f*cking kill you, you sick motherf*cker!” I yell.

Everybody comes out of the chapel staring at me.

“See, by the time you get to her house, it’ll be too late. If I were you, I would give her a heads up of what’s about to happen to her. Just so she can prepare herself to meet her fate.”

“You touch either of them and I swear I will rip you apart very slowly and I’ll enjoy every single second of it.”

“No, no, no, Aleck. Don’t you get it? That’s exactly what’s going to happen to your woman and there’s nothing you can do about it. Give my best to Ray, will you?” He chuckles and hangs up.

“What’s going on?” Ant asks me.

“Someone is going to f*cking attack Charline and Ally. I have to go.” I run to my bike and don’t give them any other details. I need to get to them now.

I was about to call Charline when she called me. I had to warn her, but apparently whoever is behind this has already started their attack. I can’t imagine how scared they must be, even though Charline tried to hide it on the phone, I could hear the tremble in her voice. She’s trying to be strong for me and Ally, knowing her, I know she would feel responsible for all of this and about putting Ally through it all. It’s not her fault that she witnessed something so terrible and it keeps coming back to haunt her. I wish I was there to protect them. This is f*cking killing me!

How in the hell did they know where we were? Is this another betrayal from another unhappy club member hell bent on taking f*cking power? I’ll have to talk about it with Ant once all of this is over.

I’m still an hour outside of New Orleans and I can’t get there fast enough. For once, I wish that the cops would see me go over the speed limit and follow me, but I’m not so lucky.

I don’t even want to imagine what’s going to happen to them. Why would someone want to hurt a kid? I know Charline saw something she shouldn’t have, but she never told anyone until recently. Why would they want her f*cking dead after all this time?

I just hope they’ll be okay and I get there in time…





CHAPTER 29



Charline

Nothing has happened for the past hour. The power is still out, but things have been very quiet. I was tempted to call the cops, but I know Gabe is somewhere outside keeping an eye on us. What I don’t understand is why he didn’t come in or why he isn’t picking up his f*cking phone? He must have noticed the power going out. I grab my phone and try to call him for the tenth time, but it goes straight to voicemail, just like the past nine times.

I’m not going to lie, I’m scared shitless. Not for myself, but for Ally. She doesn’t deserve to be in this situation. I look at my contacts in my phone and find Detective Sanders’ phone number. I never put it in there, must have been Aleck. I give him a call. I probably should call 911, but I know they are going to tell me to go downstairs and put the power back on. A) no way in hell am I leaving Ally on her own and b) I’m not going to risk going down there and come face to face with whoever is responsible for this.

“Detective Sanders,” he answers on the third ring.

“Hi, this is Charline Dane. I’m a friend of Aleck Sanford.”

“Hi, Charline, I remember you. Is everything okay?” he asks concerned.

“I’m not sure.” I sigh. “The power has been out for an hour at my house and we’ve heard some noises outside. Gabe is supposed to keep an eye on us, but I haven’t seen or heard from him. I’ve tried to call him, but he’s not answering. Aleck is on his way, but he could still be a while.”