Dark Secret - Avelyn Paige Page 0,42
the damn bait.
“I’ll tell you what, Kevin. I’m feeling a little generous today. I’ll make you a deal.”
“O–Okay…” he stammers. “What do I have to do?”
“Bring me another girl. Your little gamer girl is going to fetch me a pretty penny when I sell her, but I’m going to need another one to replace her. You get me a girl, you can come home.”
My jaw clenches at his mention of Hayden. He’s going to pay for even thinking about her when I get my hands on him. The beating he gave his nephew will pale in comparison for what I have in mind for him.
Kevin’s face drains of all color. “Do it,” I mouth at him.
“I’ll do it,” he relents, his head hanging low.
“That’s my boy. I’ll pick you both up tomorrow evening at the park. Six o’clock. Don’t be late. Oh, and Kevin? You don’t show up with the girl, you might as well not show up at all, because what I did to you last time is nothing compared to what I’ll do to Natalie.”
His uncle hangs up, leaving Kevin staring at the phone.
“I can’t do what he wants.”
I place my hand on his shoulder and grip it tightly. “Leave it to us. Why don’t you go on back out there with Shelby.” He does as he’s asked with no protest. When the door closes behind him, the room erupts.
“You aren’t seriously considering grabbing some girl and handing her over, Judge,” Twat Knot argues.
“How the fuck are we going to get a girl to agree to be bait?” Karma adds. “No hang-around is going to willingly get kidnapped for us. They’re here for fun, not shit like this.”
“I think I have a suggestion!” Judge yells out over the noise.
“Floor is yours, Prez.”
He shoves up from his seat and stands at the head of the table.
“We ask Lindsey to be the bait.”
“You’ve got to be out of your mind, old man. She hasn’t been out of the hospital for more than a couple of weeks, and you want her to voluntarily be kidnapped? No fucking way!” Karma roars from his seat. “Over my dead body will she be bait.”
If you didn’t know the guy or his wandering cock, you’d think he had feelings for her, but he hasn’t paid a lick of attention to her since she came back. In fact, he’s given her a wide berth the few times she’s been around. His reaction is a bit of a shock.
“I don’t like it any more than you do, but she’s the best option we have. My niece will pique this Randall’s interest. She looks younger than she is, and has a good head on her shoulders. With her psychology background, she can use it to her advantage.”
“I think Judge has a point. Hashtag could put a tracker on her. If things go south, she can talk her way out.”
Karma turns on him. “You think so, GP? How about you send in Blair? She fits the bill too.”
“Fuck you, man.”
“It’s an honest question. If Lindsey fits, so does Red. It’s only fair we put both of their names into the hat.”
GP comes flying out of his chair, stopping shy of slamming into Karma. Judge swiftly shifts, shoving his large frame between the two raging beasts and the lit powder keg.
“Enough!” Judge shouts. “The two of you need to park your asses, now. Move!”
Both GP and Karma do as they’re ordered, begrudgingly.
“I know this club asks a lot of the women around us, but Lindsey is my blood. I’d never suggest her for this if I thought she’d be in danger.”
Karma snarls out loud at Judge’s decision and storms out of the room.
“What are we going to do about him?” I ask Judge.
“Leave him be. He’ll come around. You go get shit rolling with the tracker, and I’ll call Lindsey.”
Shelby
“I don’t exactly look like a twelve-year-old,” Lindsey huffs, looking at herself in the mirror.
“You look great,” I assure her. “You look young, and I’m pretty sure that’s all this asshole cares about.”
Lindsey wrinkles her nose in disgust, pulling the brush through her hair a few more times. I come up behind her and place a hand on her arm. “Thank you for doing this. Truly.”
She meets my gaze in the mirror. “This is going to work, Shelby. Guys like this make mistakes, and I know exactly what to watch for. We’re going to get your girl back.”
“Knock-knock,” Judge calls from the other side of the door. “Let’s roll, ladies.”
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