am?”
“I don’t care who you are. You walk in this clubhouse with assault rifles pointed at me or anyone else here and the only thing I need to know is pretty clear. You’re an enemy and we ain’t gonna be friends.”
He clucked. “I’m not sure I agree. See, if you give me Autumn, I think we can be the best of allies.”
“Who is this Autumn and what is she to you?”
He stepped forward. “She’s my daughter.”
“Is that him?” Jake asked, lifting his forty-five.
“Yes.” She didn’t hesitate. Apparently there wasn’t a lot of family love between father and daughter.
“I have to go. If I don’t, he’ll start a ten-second count and take everyone out in this clubhouse. Then, they’ll set this place on fire. I know how they operate.” Autumn pushed by him.
“Wait!” Jake grabbed for her but missed. “Damn it, Autumn!” His corded veins throbbed in his neck. His head felt as if it were ready to explode. The woman who had so easily stolen away with his heart had just walked into the direct line of fire.
“I’m here.” She slowly walked into the center of the recreational room, inching toward her dad. She didn’t put her hands where he could see them and she didn’t seem to notice that eight or nine men had their automatic weapons trained on her. “What’s this about, Dad?”
“Well, now, little girl, I guess you have some explaining to do.”
“No, Daddy. I don’t.” She kept walking closer to her father.
“What the fuck is going on out here?” Devon left church, also known as the clubhouse meeting room, in a drunken stupor. He stumbled into the clubhouse, took a minute to note what was going on and went for his gun, tucked in his boot. Before he could make a move, Cav fired a shot. By some miracle, Devon dodged the bullet and it never so much as grazed his skin.
Still, the fired gun initiated total chaos. Threats were exchanged. Full patch members rushed the recreational room, unarmed but quickly changing their status as Scott tossed weapons over the bar. One by one, the MC lined up next to Logan, their guns in hand, their expressions signifying their level of determination.
“Stop right there!” Autumn’s voice resounded.
All eyes were then on her. Somehow, during the commotion, she grabbed her father’s weapon, dragged him to a nearby chair, and pushed him to his seat. She aimed his weapon at his head.
“That’s not your best bet, little ,” Cav said.
“Oh no?” She laughed. “I think it’s my best play yet. You knew better than to walk in here like this.”
“Let me go, girl,” her father said. “Do you really think my men will let you get by with this? You may kill me but they’ll never let you walk out of here alive.”
“Then we’ll leave this earth together. Maybe in the afterlife you can make up for lost time and try to be a better parent there. God knows you’ve been pathetic here.”
“I provided a good life for you and your brother and what thanks do I get?”
Cav said, “I can take the shot, Morris.”
Her father turned his head to the side and smirked. “Did you hear that, daughter ? Your bodyguard can take the shot. We both know he’s accurate.”
She cocked her gun and glared straight ahead, now focused on Cav. “Don’t do it, Cav. I’ll kill him and still be able to fire a couple of rounds into you. Don’t test me on that.”
Cav laughed. “You’re a gal with many talents. Aren’t you?” He swung his gaze to Jake who had kept his gun on Cav since he’d entered the main hall.
Logan asked, “Why don’t we all put down our weapons and talk this out?”
“Says the cop who is trying to bring down the MC,” Morris Lake drawled.
“I’m not a cop,” Logan said, swinging his gun at Morris then too.
“It’s not looking too good for you now, Morris,” Devon said, apparently too drunk to notice four of the men there had their weapons aimed in his direction.
“Let’s all go our separate ways,” Logan said,
“I don’t care who you are. You walk in this clubhouse with assault rifles pointed at me or anyone else here and the only thing I need to know is pretty clear. You’re an enemy and we ain’t gonna be friends.”
He clucked. “I’m not sure I agree. See, if you give me Autumn, I think we can be the best of allies.”
“Who is this Autumn and what is she to you?”
He stepped forward. “She’s my daughter.”
“Is that him?” Jake asked, lifting his forty-five.
“Yes.” She didn’t hesitate. Apparently there wasn’t a lot of family love between father and daughter.
“I have to go. If I don’t, he’ll start a ten-second count and take everyone out in this clubhouse. Then, they’ll set this place on fire. I know how they operate.” Autumn pushed by him.
“Wait!” Jake grabbed for her but missed. “Damn it, Autumn!” His corded veins throbbed in his neck. His head felt as if it were ready to explode. The woman who had so easily stolen away with his heart had just walked into the direct line of fire.
“I’m here.” She slowly walked into the center of the recreational room, inching toward her dad. She didn’t put her hands where he could see them and she didn’t seem to notice that eight or nine men had their automatic weapons trained on her. “What’s this about, Dad?”
“Well, now, little girl, I guess you have some explaining to do.”
“No, Daddy. I don’t.” She kept walking closer to her father.
“What the fuck is going on out here?” Devon left church, also known as the clubhouse meeting room, in a drunken stupor. He stumbled into the clubhouse, took a minute to note what was going on and went for his gun, tucked in his boot. Before he could make a move, Cav fired a shot. By some miracle, Devon dodged the bullet and it never so much as grazed his skin.
Still, the fired gun initiated total chaos. Threats were exchanged. Full patch members rushed the recreational room, unarmed but quickly changing their status as Scott tossed weapons over the bar. One by one, the MC lined up next to Logan, their guns in hand, their expressions signifying their level of determination.
“Stop right there!” Autumn’s voice resounded.
All eyes were then on her. Somehow, during the commotion, she grabbed her father’s weapon, dragged him to a nearby chair, and pushed him to his seat. She aimed his weapon at his head.
“That’s not your best bet, little ,” Cav said.
“Oh no?” She laughed. “I think it’s my best play yet. You knew better than to walk in here like this.”
“Let me go, girl,” her father said. “Do you really think my men will let you get by with this? You may kill me but they’ll never let you walk out of here alive.”
“Then we’ll leave this earth together. Maybe in the afterlife you can make up for lost time and try to be a better parent there. God knows you’ve been pathetic here.”
“I provided a good life for you and your brother and what thanks do I get?”
Cav said, “I can take the shot, Morris.”
Her father turned his head to the side and smirked. “Did you hear that, daughter ? Your bodyguard can take the shot. We both know he’s accurate.”
She cocked her gun and glared straight ahead, now focused on Cav. “Don’t do it, Cav. I’ll kill him and still be able to fire a couple of rounds into you. Don’t test me on that.”
Cav laughed. “You’re a gal with many talents. Aren’t you?” He swung his gaze to Jake who had kept his gun on Cav since he’d entered the main hall.
Logan asked, “Why don’t we all put down our weapons and talk this out?”
“Says the cop who is trying to bring down the MC,” Morris Lake drawled.
“I’m not a cop,” Logan said, swinging his gun at Morris then too.
“It’s not looking too good for you now, Morris,” Devon said, apparently too drunk to notice four of the men there had their weapons aimed in his direction.
“Let’s all go our separate ways,” Logan said,
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