Page 15 of Property of Raider
Just as he finishes speaking, the sound of dress shoes on the marble floor catches our attention.The man who comes into the kitchen is polished with a sense of superiority that he believes he holds.He looks up, sees us standing there and scowls.
“Where the hell have you been?I called you nearly an hour ago.We’ve got to be on the road, and at this rate, we’re going to have to book this room for another damn night,” he bites out, frustration bleeding through every syllable.
“We’re here now.At this rate, I’m not seeing that you need our services?”I drawl, annoyed with the situation at hand.
He throws a thumb over his shoulder.“Problems in there!Just make sure there isn’t any sign that anything fucking happened here like every time before.”
Annoyed because this man is getting beyond careless with his actions.If he keeps it up, I’ll have enough dirt on both the senator and his lackey that the club will be able to get away with anything and everything.Standing to my full height, I cross my arms over my chest and level my glare on the much smaller man.
“Seeing as this would be the third call in less than six months, our price has tripled,” I tell him.The words are like shards of glass.Disgust, contempt, and pure rage at the fact that we’re here doing this again are nearly impossible to swallow.I have to remind myself that every time we do this, it’s for the things we use to get us what we want and need across the state.
His eyes come up from the phone in his hand for only a split second.“Whatever it takes and costs to get the job done.”
“Show us the way,” I move toward the hallway.
He turns on his heels without another word.The brothers and I follow him down the hall to a massive bedroom with an even larger bed in it.I stop in the doorway, looking around the room.Like every other time we’ve come in to clean up this kind of mess, the room is destroyed, and lying in the middle of the bed, arms and legs stretched out wide, is a nude woman.A nudge at my elbow breaks my concentration on the scene.
“Prez, gloves and booties,” Anvil hands me the items.
Slowly, we step into the room to go over everything.Remedy makes his way over to the bed, carefully leaning over the body to check and verify that the woman is dead.He places his fingers on the side of her very bruised neck.He stands there, seeming to hold his breath as he checks her for a pulse.Remedy stands there, moves his hand away before pressing it back to the side of her neck.He sucks in a sharp breath before leaning down, putting his ear to her nose.
Remedy turns back, shock written all over his face.“She’s alive.”He doesn’t say it any louder than a whisper.
“Are you fucking sure?”Anvil rushes across the room to them.
Anvil puts a hand on the other side of her neck at the same time Remedy takes his fist and runs his knuckles up and down her sternum roughly until she gasps and shifts under him.I step forward, closing the door behind me in case the assholes working for the senator are close by.
Remedy looks back at me.“We’ve got to get her the fuck out of here.I don’t have any idea what she’s had or what that’ve done to her.”
Satchel moves, laying out the plastic we brought to take the body out with.Reaching down, I help him as Remedy and Anvil work to keep the girl alive.
“We need you here now,” Anvil snaps.
Looking up, I find him on the phone with who I can only assume is Mercy.I stand to my full height, then open the door and step out into the hallway, checking the placement of the senator’s men.As I make my way up the hallway, I find the big man standing at the kitchen island with a phone in hand.
“That place is a fucking mess.We’ve called in two guys to help us,” I say to him as I make my way across the room.“You mind meeting them and bringing them up to us?”
“I don’t work for you,” he growls, looking up at me with a glare.“You know how to make your way there and back.”
Frustration rises in me hard and fast.“If I recall, it took a motherfucking key card to get us in here.So unless you plan to hand that over, you’re going to have to do it.”
We stand there eyeing each other until he sighs, turning and making his way to the door that leads to the hallways.Turning, I go back into the room to find Remedy and Anvil, who seem to be rushing around the girl with half-open eyes.Remedy is talking to her softly, trying to keep her calm and quiet.
“The giant went to meet our brothers.If she’s half-awake, how are we going to get her wrapped in the plastic and out of here without her losing her shit?”I ask my brothers as I make my way around the room.
“I don’t fucking know.We can’t give her anything because I don’t fucking know what she’s already had.Prez, we can’t fucking leave her for them to finish her off.”Remedy’s words hold an undertone of stress and concern.
“When Mercy and Blender get here, we’ll come up with a plan to get her out of here safely.You just make sure that she stays alive.”I make sure my voice holds reassurance that I don’t truly feel in my gut.
I glance back at Satchel.“While we wait for the others, let’s get things started.Whether or not she lives, we will still need to get things cleaned up and the evidence gathered.”
He and I work in silence while Anvil and Remedy work in tandem to keep the woman in the bed breathing.I’m in the process of wiping the desk off when there are two sharp knocks on the bedroom door.Satchel goes over, pulls the door open and steps back to let Mercy and Blender come through the door.
“Anvil said you need us.”Blender’s voice is clipped and eyes hard.The perpetual irritation carved into his features.
“On your way up, did you see anyone?”Anvil questions as he wraps a bandage around the girl’s arm.
Mercy looks around, then at the girl.“Just the assholes that met us at the door.”
