Chapter 4 Chapter 4

Zeus shook his head and glanced at Memphis. “Find me a cage. I need to get them back to the compound. We have better protection there than here out in the open. Then close this fucking place up and everyone get back to the clubhouse. We need to figure out what the fuck is going on around here.” He swung his glare to the cut Diabolus brought back with him. “Just what the hell do the Dragons want now?”

Memphis snorted. “You know damn well what they want. They want our territory and us dead.”

“Yeah.” Zeus nodded. “I know that, but why now and what does she have to do with this?” He motioned his head at Marty

“I don’t have anything to do with this,” Marty stated again.

“Why did you come here tonight, of all nights then?” Zeus asked her.

Marty bit her lip and looked away. They wouldn’t be happy if they knew the real reason she came here. They all hated Sam and had kicked her out a while ago. Damn, she needed to find Sam as this had been the first time in two years she’d even gotten close to finding her.

Marty knew they would want to know why she was looking for Sam and she wasn’t ready to tell them that. That was between her and Sam. She looked down at her hand and felt the ache she had learned to live with. It had taken her ten years to accept that she would never have full use of her hand again. Not like she had in the past, but she had retrained herself to use her hand again and she’d done it ten times better than the doctors told her she ever would. She really needed to find Sam and this place had been her last hope.

Dammit, she was always a day late and several dollars short. She would have to start her search all over again.

At the Brother’s Compound

Zeus borrowed his brother’s vehicle then drove Angel and Marty back to the compound. They were escorted by two of the bikers as Memphis stayed behind to deal with the cops and the fire department.

When they pulled into the compound, the front doors opened and men spilled out of the clubhouse.

Zeus shut the truck off, the men formed a line and some of the men had frowns on their faces when they saw Marty sitting there. They clearly thought she was Sam and they weren’t happy she was back.

Marty looked down at the little girl sitting beside her.

When her dad stopped the truck, Angel had snapped off her seat belt and climbed on Marty’s lap. Angel was wide awake and leaning as close to Marty as she could get. Her little arm remained wrapped round Marty’s arm and Marty hugged the little girl close to her then whispered something into her ear.

Angel leaned away so Marty could take off her own seat belt.

 Wrapping her arms around Angel’s body, she whispered, “Shall we go inside?”

Angel nodded.

By the time Zeus got out and around the truck to open her door, Marty was ready to get out. She hesitated as she stared at the men in front of the truck. Looking over at Zeus she said, “The natives seem a little restless tonight.”

Zeus shrugged. “You have to understand something here, Sam Wyatt made an ass of herself around here. She pissed off quite a few of us before we got sick of her and booted her ass out.”

“And the fact that I’m not Sam won’t make a damn bit of difference, will it?”

Again, he shrugged.

Marty glared at him. “Look, why don’t you just tell me where Sam went and let me go? I’m not here to start any trouble.”

Zeus stared at her. “Why the hell would you be looking for Sam? She’s nothing but a backstabbing trouble maker.”

“I know, I heard and I understand but honestly, I really don’t want to look for her but I made a promise. So I have to try.” Was all she would tell him.

“Well come on then, we’re all gonna need some answers.” Zeus tried to take his daughter but she wouldn’t let go of Marty. He growled in frustration and stepped back.

Marty slid from the truck and once she was on her feet, she secured Angel in her arms as she moved forward.

When they reached the line of men standing between them and the clubhouse, one of the men growled, “What the hell is she doing back here and why are you trusting her with Angel?”

Zeus looked around at his men and explained, “This isn’t Sam, she saved Angel from being killed tonight. Angel won’t let go of her, so I’ve got no choice but to let her hold her.”

“What the fuck do you mean she saved Angel from being killed tonight?” another voice called out.

Zeus held up his hands. “I know what you’re thinking because I had those same thoughts. Nobody has heard the whole story, and that includes me. Nobody but her and Angel know what happened before we found them in the alley behind the bar, but I do know she shot at someone who would have taken Angel, or worse would have killed her. That attacker died three blocks away from the bar because she shot him in the alley. What is interesting was the fact this biker was wearing a Dragon’s cut.”

The grumbling among the brothers began and grew to a loud crescendo.

Zeus raised his hands again and the crowd settled down. “I closed the bar and everyone left in town will be here soon. We need answers and we will get them soon.”

“So why are you driving Memphis’s truck?” one of the men asked him.

Zeus glared at the bunch of them. “I was gonna bring my own truck but wouldn’t you know… someone stuck a rag in the gas tank and lit that fucker up.”

The roar of the crowd almost deafened Marty as everyone turned their glare toward her. 

Angel whimpered and tightened her hold around Marty’s neck. Marty gently began rubbing her back and trying to hush her whimpers.

Zeus turned his head and saw how upset his daughter looked. He turned and told his men, “Look, I know what you may be thinking but we’ve got no proof that any of this is her fault. We all need to back up a step and wait until everyone gets here before we jump to conclusions. Right now, we have to get inside and I need to look after Angel.”

The men parted as Zeus grabbed Marty’s elbow and escorted her into the clubhouse.

As Marty passed them, she could hear their low grumbles and snide remarks but she ignored them as she carried Angel inside. When she entered, she saw three women in the kitchen area.

 When they saw her, they all stopped and stared. Or rather—they glared at her.

Zeus led her to a table close to the kitchen.

She sat down and adjusted Angel to be more comfortable on her lap.