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Since I was both too enored hi the door behind azed at ia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana with minimal sleep had taken its physical toll That, coupled with emotional stress, had left dark circles under my eyes We’d packed up to leave so abruptly, I hadn’t bothered with a razor, so ed insideon the water full blast, I stepped into the shower I placed my palms flat on the tile and stood witho felt like two years and another world ago It was hard to i and drinking atThen one phone call froeway, had changed everything

Whenever I closed my eyes, one of two faces would haunt e of my rapist or the fresh-faced, innocent countenance of Breakneck’s daughter It had been five years since I had seen Sarah at any of the Raiders events She’d been an aard thirteen-year-old girl in braces who had spent e son of our then-president, Case Now she was a freshman at Texas A& M Frorown into an auburn-haired beauty with an innocent sirl that low-life traffickers were always jonesing for

The criht these women indicated they didn’t want fake-breasted, slutty types They could pay for those any day on the streets or at the strip clubs No, they seeive them the time of day, unless she was forced And sadly, Sarah fit that bill

We didn’t have hway Hench financial deet her back Apparently, she had spilled the beans that her oldnever got a chance of being ransohest bidder, into a life of sexual slavery The thought that Sarah now faced that future turned rit and gri Thein the bedroo a towel around rab it When I saas calling, I grimaced "Yeah?"

"Where the hell are you?" Deacon deht to call rowl cae the subject, asshole"

"I was just trying to be nice"

"Yeah, you’re just being a prick is what you’re doing Noant a fucking straight answer"

"Last ti brother, I wore the president’s patch" I kneords were the equivalent of poking a rattlesnake ready to strike Regardless of whether I was the president of the Hells Raiders, I still owed Deacon an explanation

"Fine, motherfucker, then answer me as your newly patched vice president, why my two brothers bailed on my reception to hit the road and are now in Texas"

Defeated, I leaned back against the counter I knew I couldn’t evade his questions anyan unraveling the story of Sarah’s abduction, and hoere going to get her back from the Hench hell"

"Yeah, that pretty h into the phone "Man, I can’t believe you just left here without taking it to the table You’re the president, for fuck’s sake While it’s admirable of you to do this for Breakneck, this situation isn’t just about you It involves the entire club"