Page 6 of Fate
Belle gave me a smile. “Oh, I think she likes you.”
I raised a brow at her. “Could've fooled me.”
“Right?” Liberty quipped as he stepped up next to Belle. “You being fooled is not a stretch, baby brother.”
I scoffed. “Whatever Lib. This happens to be none of your biz wax, remember?”
He laughed. “Man, you gave me hell over Belle before she and I got together. And now that this very entertaining attraction thing between you and Briget has come along…. you think I’m gonna just step aside and keep my mouth shut about it?”
“You? Keep your mouth shut about something?” I snickered. “Impossible.”
“I’m gonna go catch up to Briget, guys,” Belle said as she laughed at our banter.
Liberty grinned at me then motioned for her to go ahead, looking over at me again, he said, “Let's turn in our dishes and then see what’s going on.”
We both headed to the kitchen.
As usual, the place was noisy and busy with Ma Walker giving orders. We all took our turns for kitchen duty, so we knew to just set the dishes in the tubs and stay out of the way of the crew who were working this meal.
“I’m gonna stay and help Briget,” Belle told Liberty. “She’s on dish duty tonight. Let me know as soon as you hear about what’s happening, ok?”
He leaned in to kiss her cheek then he pulled back. “I will.”
I still had trouble getting used to the idea that Liberty had a steady girl. He’d never been the type to stick with one girl. But I guess this was the real thing. Looking over at the triple sink area, I saw Briget talking and laughing with one of the ‘Walker wives’ as I thought of them. There were like six of them living here. This one was Sofia and she was married to Dagger I think?
We made our way to the large garage. Being the largest extra building that Connor House had, it’d been made into a headquarters sort of thing for the troops. The Rebel Saints and the Walkers all gathered here when needed. Tonight, it seemed to be packed full of men.
Just after we arrived, the large crowd of men all seemed to quiet down.
Our cousin, Liv Walker spoke up as she stood next to Talon and Ace, “We recently spotted two men who were scouting out Connor House. We believe they work for Deacon.”
Talking in the large room grew loud as the men reacted. We all knew this meant that the Walker hideout might have been discovered by Deacon.
Her voice got louder as she went on, “We made no real move against them. In the likelihood they would be looked for out here close to where we are, we didn’t attempt to capture them either. Instead, we had them followed and we aren’t making contact.”
“Have you found out where they went?” Hawk asked.
“Yes, and it was that same area that this girl Briget described,” Talon explained.
“So you really think he’s in downtown Ramton?” I asked.
Talon nodded. “I have a team scouting that area out as we speak.”
“So what’s the plan?” my brother Redemption asked. “I mean for the rest of us.”
“We all may have to move,” Talon replied.
“The hell?” Liberty asked. “With so many of us, where can we go?”
“That’s what we need to decide,” Liv replied. “We may need to split up into groups.”
I stared at her then at Talon. They were fucking serious. Looking over at Redemption, I could see him shaking his head. Yeah, none of this was good news.
Talon nodded as he spoke again, “We will need to establish small groups and have a few of the Rebel Saints as guards to each group.”
Liberty and I glanced at each other.
“Each family would go to a different location,” Liv explained. “I don’t like it any better than all of you, but as one large group, we are more vulnerable to his threat of bombing us all at once.”
