Colson (The Henchmen MC #20) - Jessica Gadziala Page 0,17
known calm for so long.
There hadn't been any true enemies at the gates since all that shit with V, Summer's mother.
Everything else had pretty much been grievances and vendettas involving individual brothers, not the club as a whole.
"Should we report him missing?" Summer asked, coming back in the room, eyes red, but tear-free. That woman had been through a lot. I'd always been impressed with how well she handled difficult situations.
"Listen," Lo chimed in, giving her old friend, her sister-in-law, a firm look. "If you want to do that, if you want to cover that base, that is entirely up to you."
"But you don't think it will do anything?" Summer pressed, already knowing her answer.
"What are the chances that they will go all-out for someone like Reign?" Lo asked, shrugging. "If we have nothing to go on by tomorrow, maybe then file the report. Give us a little head-start. Once they know he is missing, they will be out trying to catch all of us while we try to get him home by any means necessary."
"Right. Okay. That makes sense. I just... I have nothing to do," she admitted, shaking her head. I just... I want someone to shoot at," she admitted.
"Why? So you can hit the wall beside them?" Cash teased, always trying to lighten the mood, even in the most trying of times.
To that, Summer gave a surprised, choked little laugh, chasing away some of the horror in her eyes.
"But maybe you should be taking a trip up to Hailstorm with everyone else," Cash suggested. "You know Chris, she will put you to work on surveillance or something. You won't feel so useless there."
"Right. Yeah. That's a good idea."
"Finn will take you," Cash added, nodding toward his nephew. Summer moved to walk away, but Cash grabbed Finn on the way past. "Are you armed? If not, you need to get armed. And stay armed. I know your brother is always strapped, but you need to be too. And when you're driving, keep your eyes on the mirrors. Have your mom call us if you think anyone is following you. Got it?"
"Got it," Finn agreed, looking suddenly taller, older, stronger, like he could handle anything that came his way.
This club had the potential to do that. Make a man out of a boy. And it happened quickly. Blink, and you would miss it.
"Once we do intel with Liv and Cam, we are going to head out in five-man teams. The rest will be staying here, taking turns doing guard shifts."
"Including you," Wolf said, looking at Cash.
"I'll be on the streets looking for my brother," Cash insisted.
"Nope. Next in command. Gotta stay here."
"In the glass room, if possible," Lo agreed. "Look, I get it, babe," she said, rubbing her husband's shoulder. "You want to help. But you're important to the club. You know all the things that no one else knows right now. You need to stay here and keep safe. In case the club needs you."
In case Reign was dead.
That was what she was saying.
"If this was your crew, you would be on the streets."
"I have Chris to run Hailstorm. I've already trained her, taught her everything she would need to know to keep it going. You are that for this MC. Like it or not, you have to stay safe. If Reign isn't around, and something happens to you, this MC dies. All these men, their women, and their children, will be left hanging. Assign your teams. Then get up into the glass room where you will be safe. If you don't, I will have Wolf knock you out and drag you up there," she added, smiling sweetly.
Cash knew those weren't idle threats, either. His wife would make that happen, and his good friend would deliver the blow.
After Liv showed up and some talking was done, Cash wrote down his teams to assemble once they all got back.
"Colson, you're going to stay here," Cash said, and I had to pretend those words didn't sting my pride a little bit. Sure, I had never been the one chomping at the bit to get into dangerous situations, but I was capable of it if it became necessary.
"I can go."
"I know you can," Cash agreed, nodding. "But you're the only one here who doesn't have a partner at home for their kid. And I need someone level-headed here to balance out West."
That was fair.
West was staying because the Florida chapter was coming up, and he knew them the best.