to make him pay, and I’m safe with the Silver Saints to protect me.”
“Oh, he’ll fucking pay alright,” Dom promised, dropping a kiss on the top of my head. “Did you track the girl down?”
“Not yet, she’s in the wind.” Hack shook his head. “Took off a few months later, and nobody’s heard from her since. Not even her mom, and from everything I found, they were close back then.”
“Did he kill her, too?” I whispered, tears streaming down my cheeks.
Hack’s chin jerked up. “Either that or she’s been working for cash under the table for the past seven and a half years, didn’t renew her driver's license or transfer it to wherever she went, and never registered anything in her name. No phone, no apartment, no utilities. The girl disappeared off the face of the planet.”
“What else did you find?” Dom asked.
I twisted around to stare up at him. “What else? Isn’t that bad enough?”
“It’s fucking awful, doll. But Hack wouldn’t have come to fill me in if that’s the only thing he tracked down. If there’s no trace of the girl, her story doesn’t help you, and his goal was to find something we could use to keep you safe,” he explained.
“Of course, I found more. No way in hell would I stop until you have what you need.” I turned back to look at Hack as he continued, “He had another girlfriend when he met your neighbor. She wasn’t too happy to hear she was being replaced by a woman who he fucked in their bed. Pitched a fit over it and took a bat to his car. The douchebag retaliated with his fists, right there in the parking lot. Lost his head and didn’t notice a girl who’d just gotten in her car a few spots over. Not until the cops showed up and she tried to back up the girlfriend’s story.”
I cringed. “Having a witness didn’t help?”
“Not even a little bit.” Hack grimaced, shaking his head. “I haven’t figured out exactly what he did yet, but the dad must’ve scared the shit out of the innocent bystander because she never showed up to sign off on her statement. The ex-girlfriend got arrested for property damage and filing a false report. With how they spun the story, she hurt herself to back up her assault claim.”
“You found the witness?” Dom asked.
Hack flashed us a cocky grin as he nodded. “Damn straight. But I’m guessing the only way we’ll be able to get her to throw in with us is if we do our convincing in person.”
“Makes sense, considering it was a cop who convinced her to keep quiet in the first place,” Dom agreed.
“She’d be the perfect ally,” Hack added. “The statute of limitations hasn’t run out on the assault and sending the ex-girlfriend to jail when she was a victim would cause all sorts of problems if it came out.”
“Then we’re going to have to convince her. And the sooner, the better. Are you available to head out tomorrow?” Dom asked. “That should give me enough time to make sure Lucy is covered while I’m gone.”
It was difficult to wrap my head around how quickly everything was moving now that Hack had found someone who might help us. My whole life had changed for the better when I tried to steal Dom’s wallet, and he kept giving me more reasons to be grateful for being so desperate that day. “Assigning me a babysitter won’t be necessary.”
Dom stroked his hand down my back. “I’m glad you feel comfortable enough around here to hang out by yourself, but until you’re safe, I’m not leaving you alone.”
“I didn’t say anything about being alone,” I huffed, making Hack chuckle. It sounded like he was catching on faster than Dom to what I was suggesting. He circled his hand in the air, telling me without words to get on with it. Turning back to Dom, I explained, “I’m coming with you guys.”
8
Dom
“Like hell, you are,” I growled as I instinctively wrapped my arms tight around Lucy. Just the thought of her anywhere near that sick fuck had rage flowing through me, burning like lava in my veins. “Your ass is staying right here where I know you’ll be safe.”
Lucy wiggled around on my lap, trying to turn and face me, but I grabbed her hips to hold her still. She froze when she felt the hard ridge rapidly growing beneath her ass. After a beat, she cleared her throat and