the warehouse, right?” I asked.
“Yeah, pretty damn good one too.”
“Then why don’t we use it to our advantage?” I leaned forward as I looked across the table at my brothers. “Booker has to know that it’s only a matter of time before we start putting two and two together. I say we go on and do the drive-by, and when we’re done there, we head straight to the warehouse. Make it look like we’re just there to poke around and get info. Booker and his crew will come thinking he’s gonna get the jump on us, but in reality, we’ll be there waiting to take them down.”
“It could work, but it would be risky—especially for those who are inside,” Murphy replied with concern.
“Not if we play it right.” I looked over to Riggs as I asked, “Have you been able to break into their security system?”
“No, but I will.”
“Well, there’s no point in even trying to figure this shit out until you do.”
“Bone is right,” Moose agreed. “Besides, it’s late. We’ve done all we can tonight. You boys go see about your families, then try to get some rest. We can get back at it first thing in the morning.”
We were all exhausted, so none of us disagreed. As we started to disperse, I noticed Hyde rushing out of the room. He was talking on his burner, so I assumed he was calling Alyssa—or so I hoped. Several of the other brothers followed him out the door, but Moose remained seated at the table. I walked over and sat down next to him. “You heard anything from Samantha?”
“She said the doctor wanted to run some tests tomorrow.”
“What kind of tests?”
“Not exactly sure, but from the way she was talking, I could tell she was worried about it.” Concern filled his eyes as Moose continued, “I’ll go by there in the morning to see if I can find out anything more.”
“Let me know when you’re going, and I’ll go with ya.”
“Sure thing.” He gave me a brotherly pat on the shoulder. “Let’s plan to head over after we meet for church.”
“Sounds good.”
I walked out the door, and as I started down the hall, Alyssa crossed my mind. Usually by this time of night, I was already at her place. We would’ve had dinner and been in bed for at least a couple of hours. I hadn’t had a chance to let her know I wasn’t coming, but I hoped to be able to explain when Hyde brought her to the clubhouse. Wanting to make sure that he’d made it over there, I took out my phone and sent her a message.
Me:
Hey. Have you talked to Hyde?
I waited a few minutes, and when I didn’t get an answer, I messaged her again.
Me:
You okay?
When she still didn’t answer, I tried calling her, but got no answer. Worried that something might be wrong, I left my room and started out to the parking lot. I’d just made it out to my bike when I heard Murphy call out to me. “Hey, Bone. Where you headed?”
“I was gonna go check on Alyssa.”
His brows furrowed. “And why’s that?”
“I just wanted to make sure she knew about the lockdown.”
“Hmm. Well, Hyde’s taking care of it. He’s headed over to her place now.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah, I just saw him leave about half an hour ago,” Murphy answered. “Should be back any minute.”
“Good. Glad to hear that.”
“What’s with you and this chick? ’Cause I got the feeling that something more is going on with you two than what you’ve been lettin’ on.”
“It’s complicated.”
“I’m sure it is.” He shook his head. “You gonna talk to Hyde about it?”
“Yeah, just haven’t had a chance with all that’s been going on.”
“Well, Hyde thinks a lot of you. I’d hate for that to change, and it will if he thinks you two have been keeping shit from him,” Murphy warned.
“You’re right. I’ll talk to him in the morning.”
“Good. You won’t regret it.” He paused for a moment, then said, “You think this shit we did tonight is gonna play out the way we want it to?”
“Certainly hope so.”
We continued talking for several minutes and were on our way back inside the clubhouse when Hyde rolled through the gate. Murphy and I stopped and watched as he pulled up to the front door and parked. The second he got off, he let out a stream of curses as he took off his helmet, making it clear that something was wrong. Curious to see what was