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“Yes.”
“Fuck. I heard about it in the news. Bain took a lot of heat from the media for offering such a big reward. I didn’t think anyone local had the balls to pull it off. I mean, I can see why someone would try, but Giovanni? The Governor is a bigshot billionaire. He’s got connections everywhere with all his family’s oil money. Trust your idiot fiancé to be fucking short-sighted.”
“You won’t get any disagreement from me. Can we take him home? He’ll confirm you had nothing to do with what happened, other than rescuing him. Especially if you keep him away from Lorenzo and possible re-capture.” I scramble in my pocket for my phone. “Do you have a charger? I’ll show you what I mean about the reward.”
“What is it? Tate can check it out later.”
“It’ll really help if I call his dad from this phone. I have his house number in my contact list. He’ll take the call…and no one else has to know. The reward is just like I said. All cash, confidential, and with no paper trail. It’s half a million dollars, Silas. Money that rightfully should go to you for freeing him.”
“I didn’t break him out of that shithole for profit.”
There’s the badass biker hero with a heart that I met on the elevator. I’m moved almost to tears, and am grateful that his phone starts buzzing, stopping me from saying anything I’ll regret. Silas drags the phone from his pocket and checks the screen.
“Son of a bitch.”
“What is it?”
“You’re right about your fiancé. He just sent me a text.”
“Why? What did he say?”
“The meeting tonight is off. He now wants both of you turned over at the sit-down with Rizzo.”
“That’s exactly what I was trying to tell you! He’s covering himself. I’d bet money that he’ll accuse you of taking us both.”
“That fucking weasel.”
“Listen to me, Silas. Let me charge my phone. I’ll call my dad and Governor Bain. Tonight. We need to clear this up fast.”
“Fine. I’ll put Tate on it once we’re back to the clubhouse.”
