Page 20 of Fractured Souls

Nerds went to go shower and sleep since he's been in here since last night, and I took over as soon as we got back from school. I'm taking a break, sitting back and trying to think of what else we could do to get information on Harley when the screen in front of me dings with a notification. I click on it, seeing Tammy Wilson is getting a call from an unknown number. Nerds was able to clone her phone and make it so we can listen in and see everything on it. I hit the button to listen in and make sure my screen is recording so I can show the others if it's important.

Just as she answers, Ry comes in. I wave him over, and he comes to listen in with me.

“I told you I need more time, Tammy.”

“And I told you that you don't get anymore. Get it done. I am tired of waiting, and I know the bitch spilled something to someone, but she won't admit it. I'm still working her, but I can't kill her. We need her alive for now, so it's going slow. The bitch is weak and keeps passing out on me.”

“Tammy, she's only sixteen. What good is she going to be? Just sell her already. I have a lineup of girls ready to go. I know we don't usually take minors, but I can fake her age to my boss.”

“No! We have other plans for her. Right now, I just need to make sure that he gets taken out. You hear me? Get the job done. Three days. That's all you get.”

The call cuts off after that. Ry and I stare at each other before he pulls out his phone and starts texting. A few minutes later, the door bursts open, and Noah, Rage, and Cade all come barreling into the room.

“What's going on?” Rage demands.

I wave them over and play the phone call for them.

Cade growls as Rage looks, well, like his name. Full of rage.

“We can't let this slide, prez. If they are selling girls in our town, we need to stop it. Who knows what kind of shit they've gotten into and who is involved? We need to shut them down and find out,” Noah says. He has a switchblade in his hand and is spinning it around, a sign that he is on the verge of losing his shit.

Rage must notice this as he looks at Noah's hand and then sighs. “I know you’re right, but we have to be smart about how we approach this. I've been talking with Richard throughout the week as you know, and he isn't giving me much. Keeps saying they mind their own business and stay away, and we need to do the same. But they've only been allowed to stay in town because of me, so I want to check in.

“Blade, you and Sugar will go with me Friday after Thanksgiving. We’ll visit their home and see what we can find out. Blade, you will go without your cut and be Noah for the day and say you are a friend of Harley’s so we can try to get you alone with her, and I want you to tell her we can help.”

Before prez can say any more, Ry is standing up with a look of murder on his face.

“No! One of us should go with and talk to her. She isn't going to trust Noah when she doesn't even know him. She is barely even trusting one of us, and we've been around her since the start of October. Also, what the fuck are you going to do if you don’t get shit from them? Leave Harley there to deal with the fallout? No way. No! We need to get her the fuck out of there and a hell of a lot sooner than Friday.”

“Ryker, back the fuck off. That is my president you are speaking to. I respect the hell out of you for wanting to protect your girl, but back the fuck up before it leads to someone getting hurt, boy,” Sugar snaps from the doorway.

I didn't even see him show up, but he's pretty good at staying in the shadows. Sugar is Rage’s vice president. Don't be deterred by his name. Sugar is one huge, scary dude.

Ryker goes to open his mouth, and before I can jump in to stop him from saying something stupid, Noah speaks, “No, Ryker. Enough. You said your peace. You are getting away with no hit. Take it as a win back the fuck off and let your prez speak.”

Ryker glares at Noah for a minute, and I swear he is going to start a fight, so before he can, I get his attention, “Ry, everyone is doing the best they can. Why don't you fill Blade in on everything we know so far? And since you spend the most time with her, think of something he could say to Harley that would get her to realize he knows you and he is safe. You know we can't go with them; we aren't part of the club yet. Take it in stride, Ry.”

He stares me down, and I don't back off from it. He eventually nods and sits down.

I look at Rage. “Why wait until Friday?”

Rage glances between Ry and I, then rubs a hand down his face. “We have a run tomorrow, then family day is Thursday, and we need everyone here for it. For family time and for protection since family day makes us more vulnerable. So Friday is the best day.”

A while later after plans are finalized, Cade takes off to go for a run with Bear, and Ryker is with Noah doing who knows what. Sometimes those two left alone together isn't the best idea because they both can be a little reckless, but I have some odd feelings, and I need to dig into them.

I left the tech room to shower and eat after Nerds came back earlier. But now I am heading back to the tech room, and Nerds looks up as I come in. “Whatcha doin’? Thought you were done for the night, kid.”

I shake my head. “No, I just have a gut feeling about something, and I want to do some digging into Richard and Tammy and the selling of girls.”

Nerds nods and says he'll help.

We dive into searching and about three hours later, I come across it. I knew something seemed off. So far, we have only found that Tammy and Richard sell to wealthy people in a few different cities; there are offshore accounts I’ve found connecting certain people to Tammy and Richard. Honestly, these people aren't very smart if I can find this information. I'm not even half as good as Nerds is. It doesn't look like they are working with any larger gang or Mafia groups, so that's a good sign; it makes them easier to take down. I just want to check as far back as I can find to see when this started.

I go through the offshore accounts and their personal accounts, along with phone records I've pulled, and it's leading back at least twenty years. This is insane. I don't know who would've been running this back then because Tammy would have been in high school then. I keep looking and eventually find that Tammy is getting deposits of large amounts from an account I can't seem to get the information about. I ask Nerds to help me, and he does his thing while I watch.

Once he's done, he has a name. The name on an account that has millions of dollars in it and has been funding a lot of the things they need to pull off taking people and getting them ready before selling. I don't even know what I'm supposed to think right now. How could he do this?

“Nerds, can you print all of this information for me?”

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