have an explanation for why she’s not at my place right now.”
“I don’t know where she is. I’ve been looking for her myself. I’ve been looking for her ever since this morning when my sources informed me that David figured out you two were together. Which I’ll kill you for later.”
“I’d like to watch you try. Who the fuck is—”
“Her ex, Ash. Her ex, David, found out you two were shacking up. Now, when’s the last time you saw her?”
I remembered back to this morning. “She came into the Iron Horse looking for me.”
“And…? What happened after that?”
I sighed. “I told her to get back to my place because it wasn’t safe out in public. That she’d only be safe at my place.”
“Let me guess: you two argued and she stormed off and you haven’t seen her since.”
I blinked. “Yep.”
“My God, I hate that woman sometimes.”
“Hey, this is just as much my fault.”
“Trust me, I know, and you’ll pay for it later. But right now, we have to work under the assumption that David has Hannah. It’s the only explanation we’ve got for now, and if it’s true then time is of the essence with that man. He’s completely unhinged.”
“Let me guess. Your sources that shall remain nameless?”
Slash paused. “My source is David’s sister.”
My eyes widened. “Are you fucking kidding me with this shit right now!?”
“Look, we don’t have time to argue! Where are you right now?”
I swung my leg over my bike. “About to head back to the Iron Horse. I need to fill the guys in so we can get a search party out there.”
“You said she’s been gone since this morning? So, that fucker has at least a six-hour head start on us. They could be anywhere by now!”
“You say he’s unhinged, right?”
“Right.”
I cranked up my bike. “If he’s as crazy as you and his sister think he is, then he wouldn’t wait for long before he got Hannah somewhere. If he’s paranoid, he wouldn't stay on the road that long, especially since he isn’t familiar with these roads. I’m sure they couldn’t have gone far.”
“Ash, if something happens to her, I swear to fu—”
“Gotta go. Bye.”
I hung up the phone and raced back to the bar. I didn’t care about speed limits or red lights or fucking stop signs. All I wanted was to shave off a few minutes. Every second counted at this point, especially with the head start this fucker had on us.
So, I cruised into the parking lot and blared my horn.
“Get your asses out here!” I roared.
I revved my engine and honked my horn repeatedly until Link poked his head out.
“The fuck, Ash?”
“We’re at DEFCON 5 right now, Link. Get everyone out here.”
He furrowed his brow. “Why?”
I leveled him with a glare. “Hannah’s been taken.”
I’d never seen him move so fast in all his life. And in less than two minutes, the guys poured into the parking lot with their bike helmets tucked underneath their arms. They all gathered around me as I turned off the engine to my bike so they could hear every word I had to say.
And when all eyes were on me, I drew in a deep breath.
“I don’t have time to explain everything, but here’s the working theory: Slash called me and told me that Hannah’s crazy ex-boyfriend figured out that she was here and that things were going on between her and I.”
Sly interjected. “Wait a second, things are—”
I held up my hand. “Another time.”
Knuckles nodded. “He’s got her, doesn’t he?”
I licked my lips. “That’s the working theory right now. She didn’t go back to my place after she came to see me this morning. We fought, I told her to go home, and she didn’t make it. My car isn’t there, my place is untouched, and there’s no sign or smell of her in my basement. She hasn’t been there since this morning.”
“Fuck,” Link growled.
“What was the fight about this morning?” Bowser asked.
I sighed. “After things transpired between Hannah and myself yesterday, I kind of pulled away. I figured the girl’s been through enough shit, and the last thing she needed to be doing was shacking up with someone like me. I kept telling myself that I needed to make sure she was safe first before I compromised either of us. And now, this has happened.”
“Focus, Ash. You’re not making sense,” Link said.
I swallowed hard. “She came to the bar this morning looking for me just to spend more time with me, and I shooed