Page 41 of Drax (Iron Thunder MC 3)
But for some reason, I kept thinking about Eagle. The crazed look in his eyes, his manic laughter. He didn’t look upset or fired up enough to fight me.
In fact, it seemed like he was trying to get away, with his tail between his legs.
“Where is Eagle? Your VP?” I growled at Crash. He looked a bit confused and then looked around the room like he was expecting the guy to just pop up there.
“I don’t know. I don’t know! Eagle!” He was screaming again.
Whatever was going on with Crash, he didn’t seem right in the head. I was convinced now, that even though we had never exactly been friends, this wasn’t the guy I knew. Mary-Beth was right, there was something going on with Crash. He just seemed different. Weaker. His brain seemed clouded.
“Go ahead. Pull the trigger. Kill me,” he grunted. Slowly, as he sat scrunched up on the floor, he was pulling his hands away from his face. “That is what you want to do, right? That is what my sister wants too. I’m nothing but a fuckin’ disappointment to my family.”
I clenched my jaws, could feel the gunshot wound on my side starting to bleed profusely. I was in pain. I could barely hold my back straight. But I wasn’t about to give up. No way was I going to falter till I’d seen this through.
“All your sister wanted was to help you. That’s Mary-Beth’s weakness. She fuckin’ cares too much,” I said. Crash stared at me and then gulped. Maybe he didn’t know what to say to that.
I didn’t know what to do either. If I killed Crash right now, would she forgive me? She said she was on my side. That she hated her brother’s actions. She wanted Iron Thunder to win. But if I killed her brother, would she actually be able to live with that? Live with me?
I heard boots crunching the floor behind me, and I whipped around with my gun held out.
“It’s me, boss!” Ghost said. His eyes immediately fell on Crash on the floor. I knew what he was thinking. This was the perfect opportunity to eliminate our number one enemy. The guy who had already caused too much damage to our Club.
I went up to Crash. Closer to him and held my gun high above his head. He was cowering, grimacing. I thought he was about to burst out in tears. But instead of shooting him, I bashed my gun into his head and knocked him unconscious.* * *This battle was over. The guys came in and some of them carried Crash out of the room. I was sitting on his chair, nursing my head in both hands. I felt like my brain was about to explode.
Ghost was still in the room.
“Most of the bastards have scattered,” he said, and I looked up at him.
“Starting with Eagle. Their VP. That motherfucker was the first one to go,” I supplied.
Ghost shook his head.
“Well, we’re rounding up the strippers. They’re all pretty panicked.”
“Take them back to Fifth Gear. Get the docs. If any of the girls are hurt, get them checked out by the doctors along with our guys.”
Ghost nodded. But I caught the expression on his face. He had something more to say.
“You think I should have pulled the trigger? Killed him tonight and finished it off?”
Ghost ran a hand through his hair and then shrugged his shoulders.
“Technically, he’s kinda your brother-in-law too.”
“But it’s not just about Mary-Beth. I feel like there’s something else going on with him. I just can’t put my finger on it.”
“You feeling sorry for the motherfucker?” Ghost grunted and I breathed in deeply. The truth was, I didn’t know how to feel about Crash. I just didn’t want to make any rash decisions. I just needed some time to think and then I’d decide what to do with him. Once I had all the information.
“Keep him in our holding cell,” I said and stood up. Ghost nodded quickly and then left the room.
I was alone in Crash’s office now. I looked about the room; there was nothing of importance here. Crash wouldn’t be stupid enough to leave a paper trail or anything valuable lying around in his office. I didn’t know what I was looking for either. I just wanted some answers, wanted a definitive answer on what to do with Crash.
If I didn’t make a decision on him soon, while we still had him in our custody, the rest of my MC was going to start getting bloodthirsty. They would blame Mary-Beth even more for all our problems.
But how was I supposed to kill her brother?
Did she even know that was a possibility?
Would she be able to forgive me if I did?
What was I supposed to do? Put my Club before the woman I was in love with?
