Page 32 of Joker
“It’s a long, complicated story,” I reply. I take a breath, more for me than her. “Beau showed up with a woman who has been helping Carrie. She’s being held by a sick psycho fuck. We have been searching for Carrie and got close a few times, but just missed them as he keeps moving them around. But Wire and some other whiz hacker are on the case. I’m getting my girl back!” I declare.
“Wow, Joker, that’s a hell of a lot of information and a hell of a lot more you’re leaving out too.”
Kate always was too smart for her own good.
“Yeah, but I don’t wanna put that crap in your head or talk about it with Beau so close.”
Just then, the door opens, and in walks Tank.
“Brother, we got church,” he states in an almost bored tone. He turns to leave until he gets a look at who I’m talking to. That stops him dead in his tracks and his eyes go wide with shock.
“Kate,” he gasps.
“Miss me, little bro?” Kate asks.
Quicker than someone his size should be able to move, he scoops her up into his arms and gives her a massive hug.
“Fuck, when did you get back?” asks Tank.
“About 10 minutes ago. I came straight to the compound to look for you, but found Joker and Beau instead,” she replies.
“Well, we have church, but you okay to wait for me? Then we can catch up.”
“Yeah, I’ll wait with Beau while you’re all in church,” she says.
Bringing her in for a hug of my own, I say, “Thanks, Kate. Beau, I got church, but Kate is going to stay with you.”
Beau just nods his head and goes back to the television.
“Yeah, he’s a little obsessed with that thing at the moment. He hasn’t watched one before he came here, so we’ve been slowly introducing him to stuff,” I declare sheepishly.
A concerned and confused look crosses her face.
“I’ll explain later,” I assure her.
She ushers us out and off to church. Leaving them in the family room, we join the rest of the brothers in church. Tank still has a huge smile on his face.
“What you smiling at?” Bull asks.
“Kate’s back. She’s in the family room with Beau,” Tank confirms.
“Fuck brother, it will be good to have her ass back where it belongs,” Bull replies. Bull has always thought of Kate as a daughter as she and Tank had spent so much time at our house when we were growing up.
I look over at Cass, his face is showing no emotion, but his eyes are showing everything he’s feeling. That man still loves Kate.
“We going to have a problem?” Tank asks Cass.
“No,” his short answer is very telling.
Tank just nods his head. Banging the gavel, BJ brings church to order.
“Okay, well, we will welcome Kate back later. As Bull said, it’s good to have her home. Now back to our other Princess. Wire has found more videos. These are recent, and I’ve made the decision not to share them,” he states.
Murmurs go around the room of why BJ had made this decision. Could they really be that bad?
“Why?” Reck asks before I can.
“Look, brother, I see how these videos affect you and Joker and the rest of the brothers too, for that matter. What good does it do for you all to see her like that? It won’t help us find her, and we need everyone with a clear head,” BJ demands.
