Chapters (26)
- Cover
- Content Warning
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Chapter Fifteen
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen
- Chapter Twenty
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Lila Rose
- Connect with Lila Rose
“They know we are here,” I stated, nodding to the curtain, which just moved again.
Kylo grunted. “At least we know they’re home then.”
On the porch, it was Lucas who stepped forward and knocked. It did not take long before the door opened a little.
“Yes?” the woman asked.
“Hello, I was speaking to you on the phone about West.”
“Like I said, West doesn’t live here. He’s away at college.”
She went to close the door. I stepped in and pushed it back against her. She held strong.
“What are you doing?” she snapped.
“We just want to ask some questions. You have no concern for your son?”
“Adrik,” Lucas whispered.
“Nyet, this woman should be concerned when no one has seen him in twenty-four fucking hours. But look at you. You glare up at me without a care.”
“I don’t care, because West doesn’t want anything to do with us.”
“And why is that?” I demanded.
“What’s going on here?” The door opened. I dropped my hold, stepping back. In the doorway stood a fat old man. He crossed his arms over his chest. “Leave this property right now. We don’t take kindly to people like you.”
“Like who?”
“I think he means foreigners,” Lucas said.
“Then you won’t like my kind either. Name’s Gun. I’m a part of the Diamond MC. Remember it. Because if we don’t get some damn answers from you, I’ll come back with my brothers. You want that?”
“You can’t threaten us,” the old man yelled, stepping out onto the porch. “Grace, call the police.”
“Da, call them, and then we can get them to ask you the questions.”
“Harold?”
“Wait,” he clipped.
There was something with these two that I did not trust—besides them being scum. Any other person still would have gone for the phone and called for help, so why did they not?
“What do you exactly want to know? We’ve already told you he doesn’t live here. He hasn’t for a long time, and if he is missing, as you said, he won’t come here.” His eye twitched. “What else is there to know?”
“I would like some water,” I said. I wanted to get in that house. These people were untrustworthy.
“Go get it elsewhere,” the woman said.
“One drink and we will go,” I tried.
“No,” the fat man replied gruffly.
“When was the last time you spoke to West?” Lucas asked.
“Two months ago.”
“I thought you said he doesn’t want anything to do with you. Why would he speak to you two months ago?” Kylo questioned, making an excellent point.
There was a pause, then the woman said, “I rang him to try and get him to come and see us. It wasn’t us who put distance between us, but him. He didn’t listen and refused to come home.”