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Dawson
I f*cking on cloud nine. We caught our man. It was a hard hunt, he was a slippery f*cker, but we got him, captured him and delivered him to the government agency that wanted him, and we got a cool thirty million for his bounty.
We had arrived home and Aaron was waiting for us on the tarmac. I smiled. I couldn’t wait for news of my girl. We had all texted her the moment we could, telling her how much we missed her and loved her. Her texts of love were so soothing to my soul.
“Aaron my guy, what a pleasant surprise,” I said, slapping him on the back. “We have to debrief, but please tell us how
Isha is?”
“She’s great, healthy now.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Davis asked.
“I have a lot to tell you. I’m going to follow you to your office.
I nodded. We got in my SUV and I looked in the rearview waiting for Aaron to start his car.
“What do you think he meant bbby that?” Davis asked.
My head whipped to look at him. He was nervous. I put my hand on his thigh and squeezed.
“Hey, he said she is great. Focus on that.”
He nodded, but I could tell he was worried. So was I.
We pulled up to the office, it had been a silent ride, all of us in our heads.
When we walked in, it was quiet. All the staff except for the night cleaning crew and a security guard were in the building. I greeted them, as did the guys when we walked in.
I took them to my office. It was the biggest and had more seating. However, my guys took the long couch. Davis was in the middle of Ford and Mic. They were holding hands. Aaron sat at the chair in front of my desk and I took my chair from around my desk and sat it next to him.
“What’s going on?” I asked calmly.
Aaron took a huge breath and let it out slowly.
“The day you left, Isha collapsed.”
“What? Is she okay?” I asked frantically.
“What happened? Is she sick? Why didn’t anyone get a hold of us?” Ford yelled. I looked at him, Mic and Davis.
They had all paled, and I’m sure I was too.
“You told us you go on radio silence. It happened hours after you left, and you were already in the air. She was dehydrated and malnourished.” He stopped talking and looked down at his hands, biting his lip.
“There’s more, but she needs to tell you. Anyway, Savage, James and Rage left the hospital since there was nothing they could do. They had decided not to come over that night because the hospital needed her for observation. Savvy had to go home and take care of her family. So, Ava and I stayed with her. When she woke up. She assured us she was okay. We talked for a while and talked to the doctor. She just needed fluids, some vitamins, and food. She asked us to please go back to your place to watch the dogs.”
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<An Hour Earlier We all nodded. That was understandable. Why did he pale all of a sudden and look really nervous?
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“Before you continue, please, is Isha really okay?” Mic asked. His Adam’s Apple bobbed up and down with nervousness.
“Yes, she’s great. Um, what I’m about to tell you is hard. Please know, no one could have predicted what happened next.”
“What happened?” I asked, dreading hearing what he had to say at the same time as wanting to hear it.
“The hospital called Jason. He was her emergency contact. She forgot to change it after the divorce. He went to the hospital while she was asleep. He was in the room with her for a little bit. Talked to a nurse and then left. He came back a little later with a suitcase. We later found out he drugged her while she was sleeping, and he put her in the suitcase and
walked right out.”
We all jumped to our feet ready to run out, but his yell for us to sit down caught all of us off guard.
“She’s fine, I swear. She’s at home right now with Ava.” Mic and Ford sat, but Davis stayed standing and paced the room. I
sat down, keeping an eye on him from the corner of mine.
“She was missing for a day and a half before Savage and Rage’s club pulled through and found a cabin he had in his name. The club pulled all their men and rode the hour and a half to the cabin. Savage said when they got there. He was trying to r*pe her, but she fought him with all her might. When he was pulled off of her, he had scratch and bite marks all over his face, neck, and arms. She f*cked him up, they said. But then Rage and Savage beat him unconscious and broke both of his hands for touching her. Rage got her out of there. Savage brought Jason to the LOC compound. He’s been there for the last two weeks. They’ve kept him alive and nourished for you guys. Although he does get daily beatings from Rage and Savage. And um, one of the bikers r*ped him four times. No one knows who it is, or they aren’t telling.”
I grunted at that, I didn’t give a f*ck. I wanted to f*cking kill him. My poor baby. We left her to fend for herself. This should never have happened.
“WWWWHERE WWWERE YYYOU!” Davis roared. He lunged for Aaron and, with wild swings, he got him in the mouth,
chest and stomach when Aaron jumped up to defend himself.
“I’m sorry. We’re all sorry. We had no idea this would happen. Never did it cross our minds that the hospital wasn’t safe.”
I pulled Davis into me. He started crying. He clung to me. My eyes closed as I held him. F*ck, this was a mess. I looked
over and Mic and Ford. Their faces were stricken. I walked Davis over to them. He collapsed into their arms.
“What aren’t you telling us?” I asked.
“He hit her. Her face was swollen for a while, but now it’s just some yellowing under your left eye and cheekbone. She’s nervous as f*ck. I’ve watched her all day. We all slept with her in the bed because she had nightmares, but she hasn’t had any in the last four days. I am hoping they have run their course. Again, I’m so sorry we let this happen.”
“This isn’t your fault. We didn’t take Jason seriously. We should have dealt with him, when he was throwing around threats. We definitely underestimated him. “
“Ssshee’s gggoing ttto haaate usss,” Davis stuttered. F*ck. He’s worked himself up.
I walked over to him and hauled him up. I put my forehead to his. “She’s not going to hate us. She loves us. This was an unfortunate mistake on our part. I’ll take care of it, okay?”
“We’ll take care of it,” Mic said. “We’re a unit. He hurt our girl, we all take care of it.”
I nodded. I wasn’t going to let this f*cker live. I hoped they could handle that.
“Right now, we need to go home. I miss our girl,” Ford said. I nodded.
I looked at Davis. The anguish in his eyes hurt.
“It’ll be okay, baby. I promise,” I said. I leaned in and kissed his lips softly. It was very rare when I initiated intimate
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contact, but he needed it.
*Aaron. Thank you for taking care of our girl these last two weeks. I appreciate it. We appreciate it.”
“Yeah man. Thank you,” Ford said. He stood up and shook Aaron’s hand.
“F*ck that,” Aaron said. He hugged him. Mic then hugged him and finally Davis grabbed him and wrapped his arms
around him.
“I know buddy. I know,” Aaron said. They slapped each other’s backs.
“We’ll talk to Savage and Rage later. We need to get home. We’ll debrief tomorrow.”
I grabbed Davis’ hand and walked out of the office. We’re coming, baby. We’re home. You’re safe now.
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