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There’s mumbling where he must be talking to Tank, some more crunching of boots on gravel. “By the looks of it, the body was between the office and the place next door.”
“In that weird alley?”
“Yeah.”
I remember Rhodie saying that they tried to get the building next door to expand the impound lot but the owner wouldn’t sell up. Not that it’s been a bother. The whole time the MC has runthe yard, there’s been no one occupying that building. Not that we’d know as we’d built a big fuck off fence between us and the place next door. The whole towing business, yard and impound lot is fenced in. It offers our customers peace of mind that when we tow them for whatever reason, their vehicles will be secure.
Dumping a body in that alleyway, then calling the cops, is a brave move. First, that alley and the business next door are on the other side of the fence. No one other than the building inspector, city manager and us know we legally share land rights with our neighbors. Second, the person who tipped off the police would have had to know that. Which means they’ve been doing their research on us.
“Tav, Tank, did you hear that noise?” Remy calls over the phone in her husky voice.
“Oh hey Remy, um, what noise?”
“There! There it was again.” She looks at me with a small smile and winks. “I think it’s coming from next door. Maybe someone is in danger?”
Looking past Remy, I catch Chewys’ eye and we both grin. Seems DRMC may be rubbing off on her.
“Huh? Oh! Oh, that noise. Yeah, you’re right, as concerned citizens it’s our duty to offer someone assistance.”
Rustling can be heard along with some banging and what sounds like glass breaking. All the sounds that I’m sure Momma warned us against.
“I really hope your mom doesn’t find out about this,” Remy murmurs, pulling a chuckle out of me.
“Nothing to worry about. Of all my brothers, Tav is the sneakiest.”
“That’s interesting. I would have thought Jules would be the sneakiest,” Remy comments.
Chewy waves a dismissive hand at her. “No, Jules is quieter but in these situations he’s a bull in a china shop. Useless for covert.”
We sit quietly mulling that over while grunts, curses and general racket can be heard over Chewys’ phone.
“You still there guys? Looks like someone was here recently. Place is a total dump, dusty as hell. Doesn’t look like a place where someone has been kept, its kinda open so you wouldn’t bring a kidnap victim or anyone here. But there are footprints and the usual stuff you see when homeless people bunk down. I’ll get Jules onto his street people. ”
“Yeah, good thinking. Hopefully, they know something.” Remy’s heat warms my side as I stay still slightly in her space while I’m talking to Tav.
“OK, we’re on our way back now. Nothing else to see here.”
He hangs up, and we all look at each other. Chewy starts up with her imaginary beard.
“So, we have a body dumped outside of our camera angles in an alley shared with the neighbors. An alley that fuck all people know we own half of. A tip is placed to the police. We get raided and now we’re in a situation where our hands are tied. Same thing happens to Roman. I think we can all agree this is some master plan of Hammer’s to legally get us out of his way.”
Remy lets out a sigh. “This is typical Hammer. He couldn’t get one over by brute force, so now he’s tying us up in red tape.”
There’s something about Remy saying “us” instead of DRMC. I know she came here to learn before she takes her newfound skills back to the Death Riders, but I don’t think I want her to go.
I blow out a breath and try to get my head on straight. Pulling my phone from my cut pocket, I look down to see I got a reply message from Retta. A thumbs up. I open up our message thread when a knock sounds from the door, and we all spin to see Rhodie leaning against the jamb.
“Come on baby, call it a night.” Chewy beams at Rhodie before turning her body to me and Remy.
“I’m with my man. We’ve found nothing on the footage. We’re waiting on info for next door. I can hack the police files tomorrow to see who the victim is. And I’m with Remy about looking into Snake, too. He’s the one most likely to be doing Hammer’s bidding while he’s hiding.”
Chewy then stands, puts her hand in between me and Remy, palm facing down, and then looks at us expectantly.
I side eye Remy because I have no clue what the fuck is happening. Remy must figure it out because she puts her hand on top of Chewy’s, garnering her a massive grin. I place my large, dark hand on Remy’s pale, delicate hand. Chewy pumps our hands yelling “Coooooooooooom-Putas!” before raising her hand up and jazz handing it around. Remy lets out a giggle while me and Rhodie share a smirk.
“See ya tomorrow, team. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. Peace.” and with that, Chewy jumps on Rhodie, wraps her legs around his waist and they head off up the hallway.
I turn to Remy, taking in her pretty face. “You may as well head off to bed too, Rem. I got this.”