23. Lets Get Ready to Rumble!
CHAPTER 23
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!
Leo
I could fucking kill Rumble right now.
I don't know what the hell he was thinking bringing Nisa over here but the fact that he didn't tell me beforehand really pisses me off. Now she's leaned up against my chest crying her eyes out while the rest of the guys run around trying to find any lead they can on where the hell someone could take Hugh's dead body.
"Leo, how could someone do this? How could they?" She cries harder and I lift her off the ground and walk over to the truck I buckle her in and close the door behind me. I want to tend to her but I need to get some answers first.
"Rumble!" I bark out and he turns in my direction. I can see right away the way his face changes when he watches me stalking him. He knows he fucked up.
"Prez, just hold up." He put his hands up in surrender but the time to surrender was before he decided to take my woman out of the clubhouse without me knowing about it.
I pull my head back and punch him square in the face. He groans and falls straight to the ground. There are a few gasps from the boys around me but no one steps in to help Rumble. No one would dare get in my way.
"Who the hell do you think you are? What are you trying to pull bringing Nisa anywhere on her own?"
Rumble sits up in the dirt and wipes at the corner of his mouth his fingers lined with blood when he pulls them down. "On her own? What are you talking about? Did you forget that I was right here with her? I thought I was trusted enough in this club to go on a simple protection run."
His voice is sarcastic and it makes me want to punch him again but I know he's right. He's the SAA if there's anyone here that should be able to escort Nisa where she needs to go it's him. "Why the hell wouldn't you let me know that you were going out with her? This isn't just some random club bunny, this is..."
"You're ol' lady. I know Leo. I know how important she is to you and to everyone else here that's why I wasn't going to let her out of my sight for a fucking minute. When she was going on and on this morning about leaving with or without you I knew that I couldn't take the chance of her feeling like she had to run from us. She wanted to see her mother. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal."
I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I'm angry at the wrong fucking person. I should be angry at Marc. And whoever else he's working with.
"Leo, we need to get out of here. Nisa doesn't need to be seeing this man. Whatever information we got is all we're going to get." Lash says at my side.
I turn to look back at the truck and can see Nisa with her face pressed against the glass. Her eyes are bloodshot and snot pouring down her nose. She's a mess and has every right to be. Not only is her mother fighting for her life but now she has to deal with the fact that someone stole her dead brother's body out of his grave. She's already been through so much. It just sucks that we have to keep on piling shit on.
"My brother is involved with this somehow," Rumble speaks up again, and instantly he's got my attention.
"What are you talking about? How do you know?"
"Marc was there in the hospital room. He wasn't trying to hide at all. I hate to say it but he's acting like he's got us over a fucking barrel Prez." Rumble shakes his head before getting himself off his ass and onto his feet again.
"That motherfucker has the nerve to show up where Nisa's mother is resting her head? What about the damn security guard?"
"He was there. Either he's on Marc's payroll or he didn't see him go inside. Either way, he was posted up in the room like he was paying the fucking bill or something." Rumble shook his head.
"I got the surveillance video," Spike huffs out as he makes his way back to where we're standing. "I don't know how much we're going to see but there's nothing more that we can do here.
"Yeah, let's get back home and regroup. Rumble, you take my bike. I'll drive with Nisa." I order before I turn and walk back over to the truck. I get in the driver's seat and squeeze my hands around the steering wheel as I hear Nisa sniffling and hiccuping with emotion. Usually, I don't like to be around women crying but I know I need to be here for her now. She doesn't have anyone else and she's already accused me on more than one time of abandoning her. I'll never do that again, even if it means that I have to be uncomfortable. I'll take that for her.
From the moment we got back in the clubhouse I made sure that everyone was busy looking for Marc and for where he could've taken Hugh's body. Of course, it wasn't as easy as just seeing who came into the cemetery. Right now we had nothing but a video of grieving family members visiting their loved ones.
I had to trust my club to do what needed to be done. As much as I wanted to I had to focus on Nisa. She was breaking apart in front of me.
"Nisa, babe, take a breath." I gather her in my arms and hold her to my chest again.
"I hate him. I can't believe I thought he was on my side. Even for a little while." She wipes her face hard.
"Me neither but everyone makes mistakes. We're going to do everything that we can to make sure that we find Hugh and make that bastard pay."
"No! See that's the problem. It's been the problem since the very beginning." She throws her hands in the air.
"What are you talking about?" I squint my eyes at her, not wanting to upset her anymore but pissed off that she's trying to blame me for something she basically caused. I didn't tell her to get hooked up with a dude like Marc. I didn't tell her to try and sell me out. She did all of these things on her own and now I have to figure out a way to get her out of it.
"It's all about how you and your club fix this. You're leaving out a key player again. I'm tired of riding the bench when I should be the one calling the shots. When you claimed me as your woman, I didn't think it'd be just in name. I don't want to be the ol lady that sits in the room only to be seen and fucked but never heard. Either we're going to do this together or I'll figure out how to do this on my own."
I open my mouth to argue but instead, I snap it shut and smile. Of course, Nisa would find a way to shut me up all while knocking me down with the truth.
"Why do you have to be so difficult?" I move closer to her and wrap my arms around her waist squeezing her gently. It seems like she challenges me at every turn and even though I should be used to it, I'm not. The way she can get under my skin is so damn sexy. I feel my body reacting to her being so close and all I want to do is throw her down on the nearest surface and take her.
I can't.
Not just because I know she's still an emotional mess because of what happened today with her mother and brother but also because she's a virgin. As much of a beast as I am I know I want to take care of her. When I ram through her innocence I don't want anything else on her mind but me. The wait is going to kill me though. I lean down to press a kiss to her lips. If I can't feel her under me I at least want to sip at those enticing lips.
Just as I feel her lips brush against mine, the door to my room bursts open and Creek slides in. "Prez, we need you now."
"What the fuck is going on?" I quickly push Nisa behind me but instead of staying there, she shifts so she's by my side.
"Rumble's brother showed up. They're going to fucking kill eachother." Creek rushes out and I'm right on his tail. I look out into the main room and sure enough, I watch as Rumble and a man I don't know are beating the shit out of eachother.
"Rumble!" I scream at him and race to get where he is. The brother looks at me for a second and that's all it takes for Rumble to get the jump on him.
In a flash, I watch as my sergeant at arms pulls his weapon and places it flush against his brother's temple. Shit just went from bad to worse in a blink of an eye.
"You're fucking dead." Rumble growls.