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Emily couldn’t help but giggle until tears came to her eyes.

“Come one, guys,” Kristina said. “Let’s get this done. I’m so curious.”

“Not helping,” Emily said to her and turned to get to work.

Chapter Eighteen

Hawk sat back in one of the chairs in Striker’s office and stared in disbelief.

“You’re telling me a stranger was on the compound the night Emily was hurt, and no one knew?”

“Yes. It was a guy dropping off a computer he had fixed for Gunner. Gunner didn’t know about the attack, and when he found out, he came to me. He told me he and the guy were standing outside the gate because Gunner didn’t want him to come in and even watched him drive away, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t come back.”

Hawk thought about it for a moment. “It doesn’t make sense. Has Emily been in town at all since she’s been here?”

“She went with the girls once to get groceries,” Feral said.

“Even if he saw her, the attack felt more personal,” he said.

“Unless the guy has a death wish, I can’t see him trying to sneak into an MC compound and raping one of our women,” Brick said.

“That’s a good point,” Striker said.

“So, what do we do?” Hawk asked.

“I sent Snoopy and Stone to question him. They are the least intimidating of all of us when they want to be. I didn’t want to kill the man until we got a read on him. They should be back here in the next few minutes.”

The small group talked about the expansion of the other house until the men returned.

There was a knock on the door.

“Come in,” Striker called out.

Snoopy and Stone walked in.

“How did it go?” Feral asked.

“There’s no way he did it,” Stone said.

“Why?” Hawk asked.

“He’s an insecure nerd. He spends his life in a one-room apartment fixing computers for people for a living,” Snoopy said. “The place was also immaculate. I wanted to see how he’d react when I touched something. I put it back down, and he immediately came over and put it where it was before.”

“That sounds like OCD,” Brick said.

Stone nodded. “I could tell he didn’t like people in his space at all. I can’t see someone with that personality doing something like that. Also, when we asked him if he had come back for something or to talk to a girl, he looked horrified.

Stone and Snoopy laughed.

“I got a feeling if he was into anything besides computers, it would be men,” Snoopy said.

Stone chuckled. “I got that, too.”

“Fuck, so we’re back to step one,” Striker said.

Stone spoke. “You guys said it was a shorter person. The only short people here are the sluts and women.”

“A few days ago, I saw Emily and one of the sluts talking, and it didn’t look like she was happy at all,” Snoopy said. “I asked if things were all right, and they both said yes, but I didn’t believe them. I warned the slut I was keeping my eyes on her. I’ve tried, but she hasn’t been around.”

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