Chapter Thirty-Two #2
Our basement has been set up with four cells in this section and nothing else.
This is really the first time we’re using them.
With every step toward the last cell in the room, I slide my cut from my shoulders and hang it on a hook right outside the door of the cell Darren’s in.
Luca opens the door and steps back for me to enter the room first. The sight that greets me has me smiling and wanting to laugh my ass off.
I barely manage to refrain from laughing in Darren’s face as I take in the damage that’s already been done to him.
Darren’s face and torso are covered in cuts and bruises.
Blood coats his skin. My girl did a number on him and I couldn’t be prouder than I am in this moment.
Cali took every lesson she was ever taught and put it to good use.
She didn’t let Darren get away with putting his hands on her.
Cali took the first step in taking back her life from him and getting past everything he’s put her through over the years.
“I see Cali handed your ass to ya,” I finally say as more guys fill the cell and lean against the wall while I remain just in front of Darren where he’s bound to a chair with his head hanging low so I can’t truly see how much damage has been done to his face.
“Fuck you, Caleb. Cali’s a skank who spreads her legs for every man in this clubhouse. Never thought my wife would turn out to be such a fuckin’ whore,” Darren spits out, venom filling his voice as Luca steps forward and punches him in the nose.
“Don’t you fuckin’ talk about Miss Cali like that. She’s the best woman I’ve ever met and deserves nothin’ but respect and love. Not a piece of shit for a husband like you,” Luca yells in Darren’s face as he lets loose and beats the hell out of the bitch in front of him.
Luca doesn’t pick up a single one of the tools we have waiting to use on Darren’s body. This is personal for him and he’s not going to use anything but his fists. I stand back and fold my arms over my chest while watching Luca. He’s been training with Tank and it shows in his form.
“Gonna let him kill Darren before you get any answers?” my brother asks me as we watch Luca continue to beat the fuck out of Darren without breaking a sweat.
“Nope. He’s not done yet. Luca will step back when he’s done and won’t take things too far. He knows we need answers and will give us the chance to get them,” I tell my brother as Luca finally steps back and spits at Darren’s feet.
“You’re a vile piece of shit who never deserved to have a woman like Cali in your life.
The fact that she married you says so much about the kind of woman she is and not much about you.
Cali loved you for eight fuckin’ years and you took that love and threw it back in her face.
You treated her like shit and didn’t do any better with your kids.
I hope you spend the rest of your pathetic life regrettin’ the way you treated her and those precious kids of yours,” Luca spits out, his voice full of hatred as he glares at Darren while stepping back next to Tank.
Luca’s hands are covered in Darren’s blood and he does nothing to remove it from his skin.
He doesn’t take his eyes off of Darren as if he has a chance of escaping and Luca plans on being the one to stop him.
This kid proves daily what a great addition to the club he’s about to make because we’re not waiting a year to patch him in.
Not after everything he’s done to help Cali.
“Darren, I’d say it’s good to see ya, but we both know that would be a lie,” I state causing Darren to slowly lift his head a slight amount so he can see me.
“What the fuck are you doin’? Why did you fake your death and put Cali through hell over the last year? Especially with the stalker bullshit.”
“You’re all truly fuckin’ stupid. None of you have the slightest clue about why I became your friend to begin with.
I’ve been thinkin’ about this day since the second I knew you would be showin’ up at the football camp.
I paid to be put in your room and pretended to be fuckin’ pathetic and a loner just to get you to want to step up and pull me into your world,” Darren says as confusion fills me because this doesn’t make any sense to me.
“You really don’t know who I am, do you? ”
“I have no fuckin’ clue who you are,” I growl out, already getting bored with Darren’s shit.
“What about you, Playboy? Do you have any clue who I am?” he questions my dad as I watch him step up and examine Darren closely.
“Don’t know who you are, Darren. Other than a piece of shit coward,” my dad finally says, stepping back next to me and folding his arms over his chest.
“I would think you’d remember the man you killed years ago.
The man who’s woman you stole and made yours,” Darren says, his eyes locked on my dad as I start to put the pieces together.
He’s talking about my biological father.
A man who beat the hell out of my mom and was taken care of by the club so long ago.
“What do you have to do with Carl?” my dad questions Darren while once again stepping closer to the pussy in front of us.
“I’m his nephew. Caleb and I are cousins.
I’ve been waitin’ for years to put this plan in motion.
To get revenge for you senseless killin’ him.
Carl didn’t ever do anythin’ wrong to you and yet you took his life without a second thought.
All for some skank who cried and said he hurt her.
The bitch probably needed to be put in her place and my uncle did it for her,” Darren spits out, his voice hard and cold as he tries to glare at the men in the room with him.
“Just like I put Cali in her place every day I was around her. I might not have put my hands on her, but I made her feel like shit and less than she is. I broke her down every fuckin’ day we were together until she became a shell of herself.
Not that she was anythin’ to begin with. ”
“Shut your fuckin’ mouth!” I yell, stepping up and grabbing the first thing my hand lands on.
With a pair of pliers in hand, I nod to my brother and Luca.
They grab his hands and hold them for me as I begin to rip out each one of us his nails.
“Cali is a sweet woman who never once deserved to be treated as anythin’ less than a fuckin’ queen.
You tried to destroy her, but Cali will come back even stronger than before because we’ll have her back and lift her up every fuckin’ day. ”
Darren starts laughing his ass off. I have no clue what the hell I said that was so funny.
I’ll do everything in my power to ensure Cali becomes the woman she’s meant to be.
He never allowed her to spread her wings and soar the way any man in her life should.
I will ensure she does whatever she wants and becomes the best version of herself she can be.
“How did you fake your death?” Kreed steps up next to me and asks him as I finish ripping out his last fingernail.
“That was the easy part. I’ve been plannin’ this shit since the summer before I met you all.
The first step was gettin’ in close with you, Caleb.
Then I would learn your routines and every single detail of your life.
You made it easy by us doin’ everythin’ together.
It took me less than a week to realize you were in love with Cali.
She then became part of the plan. By destroyin’ her, I was able to destroy parts of you.
Hell, by makin’ her mine, I was able to hurt you.
Over the years, you brought me into your family and I got to know everythin’ about my enemies.
You opened the fuckin’ door for me, Caleb, and had no clue what I was doin’ or that I’m actually your fuckin’ cousin.
“I learned to become a patient man and played the long game in order to take you all out. While I was married to Cali, I fucked so many women and none of you had any clue I was cheatin’ on her.
My favorite was Abigail though. Do you all know your President never once fucked her?
Not even in high school. She’s been helpin’ me get in here once you moved Cali into Kreed’s house.
Anyway, I made an order for a drug that would allow me to fake my death.
I swallowed this nasty ass drink and it slowed my heart enough for you not to detect a heartbeat.
My entire team is here and I bet you have been lost without me for the last year,” Darren brags, his voice full of laughter as Master and Force step up to Darren.
“We heard you take your last fuckin’ breath, Darren.
Mourned you in that fuckin’ sand pit and then made sure your body was brought home to your wife and children.
We’ve been grievin’ for you for the last fuckin’ year and have been takin’ care of your wife and children durin’ that time.
Everythin’ we’ve done has been with you in mind and you’ve been sittin’ back and watchin’ us this entire time.
Fuck you, Darren!” Force says, getting his hands dirty by throwing a few punches after I step out of his way.
Each member of our team steps up and gets their hands dirty.
None of them take the kill shot though. That will be mine.
Not a single one of the men we served with say a word to Darren.
They don’t have to. The looks on each one of their faces says more than what they ever could verbally.
The hurt, betrayal, and disgust filling all of us is the worst thing Darren could ever do to us.
We all became extremely close over the years we served together and were there for each win and loss we encountered.
Our team became bonded over the horrors we witnessed and the pain of being away from our loved ones more often than not.
Darren took all of that and threw it away like it meant absolutely nothing to him.