this, ” Miller said.
“ It ’ s done, ” Jerry said. He put a finger to Miller ’ s chest. “ And I ’ m
not done yet. I ’ m going to
take you apart, Miller. Piece by fucking piece. Until I get everything I want. ”
Miller looked at Ben. The prospect
was damn tearing up.
“ Miller!
Boss! ”
It was Blaine, waving a phone.
Miller ran and Jerry called out, “ See you soon! ”
“ This
better be fucking good, ” Miller growled at Blaine.
“ It ’ s Nate, ” Blaine said. “ There ’ s some guy in the lot. He ’ s got a gun. He ’ s looking for Griffin. ”
five.
Gaige and Blaine were first this
time. It pissed Miller off but wasting time arguing was wasting time with a
gunman in their lot. They pulled into the lot to a full stand off happening.
Erik, Jace, and Landon stood with their guns out. Nate was behind them,
shouting orders.
Across the lot, near the
motorcycles was a man with a gun to his head.
For a second, Miller didn ’ t know what the hell was going
on.
The guy was short, fat, in old
clothes. His hair and facial hair were messy and unkempt. He looked like a bum.
Miller ran to Shay and grabbed him
by the shoulder.
Shay took a drag of a cigarette. “ Goddamn fool, aye. ”
“ Who
is that? ”
“ Griffin ’ s goddamn brother, ” Shay said. “ Gary. Jesus Christ. ”
“ The
fucking prick wants to die, let him, ” Miller said.
“ Hey, ” Shay said. “ It ’ s
his brother. Blood brother. ”
“ You
killed your brother, ” Miller said.
Shay nodded.
Miller turned and stepped right out
in front of all the weapons. “ Everyone
wearing leather cut! Stand down! That ’ s
a direct order. ”
“ Hey,
boss, ” Blaine said, almost
whispering. “ I can get
behind him. Neutralize this thing. We don ’ t
need guns and blood in the lot right now. ”
“ Fuck, ” Miller said. “ Do it. I ’ ll distract the fat prick. ”
Miller stepped forward, staring
straight ahead at Griffin ’ s
brother. He knew nothing of Griffin ’ s
family. Some of that family shit was left behind when a man took his leather
cut and promised to stay loyal to the club.
Gaige stepped up next to Miller.
“ Hey,
let me do this, ” Gaige
said. “ In case you get shot. ”
Miller looked at Gaige. “ You have more to lose than I do. ”
There was a second when Miller and
Gaige stared at each other, both surprised at Miller ’ s words.
But dammit if that wasn ’ t the truth.
Gaige had Emily. She was young,
beautiful, and wickedly loyal to Gaige ’ s
lifestyle and his commitment to the MC. If this asshole with the gun wanted to
kill someone …
“ I ’ ll do it! ”
Miller pushed Gaige away and then
approached Griffin ’ s
brother.
“ Gary, ” Miller said. “ What the fuck are you doing? ”
“ He ’ s really dead? I want to know. I
want to see. ”
“ There ’ s nothing to see, buddy. Griffin is gone. He ’ s buried. I can
tell you where …”
“ Fuck
you! ” Gary yelled. “ You killed my brother. ”
“ No,
I didn ’ t. I didn ’ t kill Griffin. I loved that
man. He was a brother to me. ”
“ He
was my brother! ”
Miller touched the patch on his
cut. “ Hey, he was both our
brother. In different ways. Now why don ’ t
we go throw back a few shots of whiskey to remember him? ”
“ That ’ s what you do? ” Gary asked. “ You drink? You forget him? ”
“ I ’ ll never forget Griffin, ” Miller said. He was close to Gary now. Close enough to grab the gun. “ I
truly loved him. ”
“ You
really mean that? ” Gary asked.
Miller nodded. He turned and leaned
against the railing, next to Gary. The crazed son of a bitch still had the gun
to his own head.
“ He
helped build this place, ” Miller said. “ All of it. A
smart man with money. ”
“ He
was always smart, ” Gary said. “ He always helped me. And I
was the big brother. ”
“ You ’ re older? ”
“ Three
years, ” Gary said.
“ I
never knew that. ”
“ I
haven ’ t
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