Chance Encounter (God's Reapers MC Book 1)

Chance Encounter (God's Reapers MC Book 1) by Kara Parker

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worked together; they had known each other for going on ten years.
     
    “David,” Rick said with a nod as David entered Rick’s office and slumped down on a couch. Office wasn’t quite the right word; it was one of the rooms in the gang’s clubhouse. There was a desk, a computer, a chair, an old couch, and not much else. God’s Reapers didn’t do a lot of paperwork. Anything in writing could be used as evidence against them, so it was all done by promises, and if someone tried to renege on their promise, well, they didn’t need any paperwork to sort the issue out. They just used their fists and whatever else was handy.
     
    “How did things go with Waters?” Rick asked. “I have a feeling, based on how you're sitting, that it did not go well.”
     
    “I just need more time, Rick. She’s fresh out the academy and still has all of her principles. I can convince her; it just might take a little time. But I have a plan to keep her out of our hair in the meantime. When we have trucks coming through, I’ll make sure she’s somewhere else.”
     
    “That’s not what you were asked to do, David,” Rick said, a frown appearing on his face. “We want the cops looking the other way all the time, not just whenever we have shipments come through.”
     
    “I know, I know. I’m working on it. Look, a dead cop is more dangerous than a living one; it will just give the locals an excuse to bring the hammer down on us.”
     
    “Unless we have a patsy, someone to frame for it?” Rick said.
     
    “Let’s consider that a last resort. You asked me to take care of it, and I’m doing that. It’s not as fast as we wanted, but we have no choice other than to play the cards we’ve been dealt. You put me in charge of the cops, now let me do that.”
     
    “She’s pretty, isn’t she?” Rick asked quietly. David felt his blood rise; he swallowed heavily and brought his eyes up to look at Rick. What did he mean by that, why would that matter?
     
    “Pretty’s got nothing to do with it,” David said. His voice remained even, but underneath the surface, his emotions were roiling up into a storm—and he wasn’t sure what had started it. “There’s lots of pretty girls out there; she’s no great distraction.” Don’t look at her , David thought. Don’t notice her, stay away from her, leave her be. He wanted to shout these words into Rick’s face. But he was no fool, and his face remained expressionless.
     
    “I trust you, David,” Rick said. “Mike trusts you. The club trusts you. But we need to know that when push comes to shove, you’ll do what’s required of you.”
     
    “I won’t fail you,” David said. “I promise you that.” With a nod, he was released from the room. David felt a little unsteady on his feet as he walked out towards the garage. Once he opened the door, the sound of country music and his brothers laughing and a wrench hitting the floor steadied him. He needed to believe what he said: Olivia Waters was a pretty face, but that’s all she was. He owed everything to this club; he couldn’t throw all that away for some girl. But killing her was wrong. He knew that. And now he needed to keep that from happening.
     
    As David walked down the steps towards the floor of the garage, a text came in. It was a coded message from some of his boys out on Snow Lane. They were in trouble. Olivia Waters would have to wait.
     
    David mounted his bike and felt it rev to life beneath him. He didn’t hesitate and sped towards the lane, hoping to get in there in time. Snow Lane was an ironically named side street in the northern end of town. It was quiet and blocked off by mostly empty warehouses, so it was the frequent location for many of God’ Reapers transactions. David quieted his bike as he went down the street, eventually finding his men in a parking lot, blood and grease staining the concrete around them. Joey and Tommy were two junior members of the gang. They hadn’t won full privileges

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