Page 61 of Property of Raider
“I’m sorry, Ainsley,” Anastasia whispers, tears streaming down her face.
Ainsley jumps up from her seat, rushing around the table and pulling Anastasia into a hug.“You will never apologize for that crazy cunt’s actions.What we will do is turn it over to the men of the club and let them do what needs to be done to rid the world of the trash.”
Anastasia hugs her back.“She’s my sister.Can I just let her be dealt with like that?”
Ainsley pulls away, sitting in the seat next to her, holding her hand tight.“I know she is your sister, and it’s in your blood to protect her.But are you protecting her if she is able to continue ruining lives all around her?”
Anastasia thinks it over for a very short moment before turning to me.“I need to have one last conversation before she’s dealt with.You also must promise me we’ll never speak of it again once it happens.”
I nod at her.“You have my word, and Tasia, I know exactly what it feels like to make this choice.Just remember you’re not making it alone.”
She smiles sadly.“I’m not, and that’s exactly why I’m able to make it.”
We go through the rest of the information, getting as much from the girls as possible about Shea.When they’ve told us everything they could, they leave us to go hang out with Charlie and wait for Rusher to get home from practice.After they leave, I turn to Pope and wait for him to give me his opinion.
“I see it now.The piece that broke it open was Anastasia and Dragon.Shea is expecting her to be dead and unable to provide the information she had.Let’s not forget she doesn’t know anything about Ainsley being here and who she is.At this point, all we need to do is take the trash out so we can finally move on.”Pope stands, slapping me on the back as he leaves the room.
Everyone files out but Terro and me.He looks me up and down.“It’s nice to finally see you settling into your place.”
“I don’t know about settling.What I do know is we’re so close to finishing cleaning up after Relic, and when that’s done, we can get back to what it is we do best.”
“Speaking of the Italians, they are having some issues with shipments being seized.Thankfully, none under our watch, but with the shit that went down at Auntie Lynn’s, to say they’re a little nervous is an understatement.”Terro feels me on what’s been going on.
“Are they still planning a visit?”I wonder.
He nods, “Yeah, they are.Said they’re going to let us clean up the shit going on right now first.”
Scoffing, I stand.“That’s nice of them.All that tells me is they have something up their sleeve I’m not going to like.”
“It’s the Italians.Would you expect anything less?”he stands, following me out into the hallway.
“I’m taking Anastasia and Rusher out to dinner tonight and maybe a little shopping since she needs some shit.”I toss at him just as my phone starts ringing.
When I see who is calling, I know that whatever plans I had for tonight are not going to happen.
“This better be fucking good.”I answer, reaching out to grab Terro’s shoulder.
He stops, turning to me with an eyebrow raised.I tilt my head towards his office, and he leads the way.We step inside, closing the door behind us when we do.As soon as the door is closed, I put my phone on speaker.
“I’m here with my father.He would like to have a word,” Jose Alfaro snarls.
“Then why am I talking to you and not him?”I say bored.
“Raider, my amigo, how are you?”Mr.Alfaro calls out.
“As well as I can be when I find your son likes taking things that don’t belong to him as well as playing in sandboxes that aren’t his to play in.”I’m in no mood for whatever this is supposed to be.
“Ah, yes.It would appear my boy was led astray by a pretty woman,” Mr.Alfaro starts.“We all know how that can be, no?”
“No, I can’t say I personally know anything about that.Though I’ve watched my fair share of good men get taken down because of it.”I watch Terro, who is scowling at the phone.
“True true.I just wanted to extend my apologies once again and see if I can offer you … What would you say?An umm, peace offering.”He gets excited when he remembers the word, “I want to offer you a peace offering.”
“To be quite honest, Mr.Alfaro, there isn’t anything that you can offer me at this time.”This man has lost his fucking mind if he thinks he does.
“I can tell you where to find the woman you seek.”He has lost all pretense of being a friend.
“You have my attention.”I’m sure to keep my tone neutral.
