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Rascal
“Rascal,why don’t you explain to everyone what’s happened with Marley since she’s talked to you,” Prez suggests.
“I want to start by sayin’ Marley is my Ol’ Lady. I officially claimed her while we were at the safe house,” I announce to everyone.
“It’s about time, asshole.” Saint laughs.
I flip him off. “Anyway, two years ago, Marley was kidnapped by the Torres Cartel, in California. Her mom died the day before she was kidnapped. I’ve gone over it in my head hundreds of times, wondering if the Cartel had anything to do with her death.”
At that moment, Niko barges into the room with Knuckles on his heels.
“Sorry, Prez. I tried to stop him,” Knuckles says quickly.
Prez nods his head letting him know it’s alright. Knuckles walks back out, closing the door behind him.
“What the Hell is going on?” Niko roars. “Why didn’t anyone tell me mydaughterwas kidnapped?”
“Woah, wait. Has it been proven she’s your daughter?” I’m not going to let this asshole claim her as his daughter if it’s not true. She wouldn’t want that.
“We used a cup she left in her room to test her DNA,” Prez tells me. “She’s his daughter.”
Niko completely ignores me. “The Orlov Bratva will back the Savage Menaces MC one hundred percent. We will do whatever we need to get my daughter back safely.”
“Tech, do you have any information for us?” Prez directs his attention to Tech.
“Torres has a Lieutenant out in Cali. His name is Rodrigo Sanchez,” Tech announces.
I glance to Niko. His face is as white as a ghost.
“Something you wanna share with us, Niko?” I growl out.
“Rodrigo Sanchez, I knew him once upon a time,” Niko says.
“Explain.” Prez demands.
“When I first met Jenny, Marley’s mother, Rodrigo was hanging around her all the time. He had been trying to date Jenny for months. Then I swoop in and she goes out with me the first time I ask her. We dated and fooled around for six months or so until I had to go back to Russia. I left with us being on bad terms and I’ve regretted it ever since,” he explains.
“Rodrigo must have kept tabs on her after you left,” I say. “Do you think he had anything to do with her death?”
“Without a doubt. I think her death and kidnapping Marley is him trying to get my attention. For what? I do not know, but he’s got it. He’s going to wish he didn’t,” Niko states.
“We have one problem,” Tech adds.
“What’s that,” Prez asks.
“I found Rodrigo’s house in California and broke into the security feed,” he tells us. “He hasn’t been there in two days. Multiple vehicles left at the same time he did and I was able to grab a couple license plates. I’m currently trying to track them down.”
“Keep diggin’ and let us know when you find anything. Until then, everyone stay aware of your surroundings. We’ll be on lock down, so get your families here ASAP,” Prez announces. “Niko, call Andrei and set up a meeting. Ranger and I can go to him or he can come here.”
“Yes, sir.” Niko walks out of the room.
“Thor.” Prez turns to face him.
“Yes, sir?”
“I need you to reach out to some of our contacts on the West Coast, maybe even Southwest, and see if anyone has any information on Rodrigo Sanchez. We need to do what we can to get as much information on him as possible,” Prez explains.
