But Crow won her. Crow deserved her. Crow was right for her.
He saw it clearly now.
Still didn’t mean that Mercy liked the outcome.
But Jazz needed someone who could be softer with her than he could. Someone who could love her, which he wasn’t sure if he could love anyone anymore. It was a concept foreign to him. He might not even recognize it if it bit him in the ass.
And, truthfully, Jazz deserved to be treated like the treasure she was, which was how that pussy-assed Crow treated her.
Fucking motherfucker.
His upper lip curled, and, with a grunt, he pounded the bag with a quick jab right, quickly followed by a left uppercut.
One of the overhead halogens lit up and Mercy winced at the sudden brightness until his eyes adjusted. Once they did, he saw his boss lumbering in his direction. And like normal, he wasn’t alone.
His youngest daughter, Indigo, was tucked within his arms. That man didn’t go anywhere without one of his two baby girls glued to him. He took their safety to the extreme.
He pitied any guy wanting to date them when they got old enough.
“Brother,” D’s deep grumble was low, probably so he wouldn’t wake up a sleeping Indie. His dark brown eyes slid to the bag, then to Mercy’s hands.
Mercy glanced down at his clenched fists. He hadn’t bother to wrap them and now his knuckles were raw and bloody. Even a bit swollen.
He glanced over his shoulder. The bag had blood smeared on it, too.
“I’ll clean it up, boss,” he muttered.
“Ain’t out here to talk about that.” Diesel adjusted Indie in his arms. “Got a job for you.”
Thank fuck. “Need to stay busy, D. This down time’s getting me torqued.”
“Know it. Know why. Got it.”
“Right. So, what is it?” When Diesel hesitated, Mercy frowned. “Don’t tell me it’s another douchebag football player. I’m not a fuckin’ babysitter.”
“No.”
“An entitled celeb who shits out gold turds and has an assistant who cleans his ass with handwoven silk wipes?”
“No.”
Mercy’s buzz of getting an assignment quickly turned to shit. “I’m not liking this.”
“Got a package for you to move.”
Mercy lifted a brow. “From where?”
“Vegas.”
He grimaced. He fucking hated Vegas. A city of greed and overindulge. Too many damn people, the press of bodies, the lights, the noise, the non-stop action. A good place to blend in. A bad place for his head.
“Delivered to where?”
“Safe house.”
His brows shot up. “We don’t have a safe house.”
“Not ours.”
“Whose?’
“Rich fucker. Gettin’ one set up. Get the package, deliver her to the fuckin’ house, an’ then go from there.”
“Her?” Oh fuck no. “Send Steel.”
D shook his head. “Sendin’ you.”
“He’s up for the next babysitting job.”
“It’s yours.”
Mercy asked through clenched jaws, “This have to do with the shit that went down with Jazz?”
D cocked a brow at him.
Fuck. It was. “Is she the rich fucker’s piece?”
“Don’t know. Don’t fuckin’ care. Payin’ big. Just gotta keep her safe ‘til he handles the threat.”
He handles the threat? “So, we don’t even get a fucking piece of the fun?’
“Ain’t gettin’ paid for that. They wanna pay for that, you get a fuckin’ piece of it.”
“What’s the threat?”
“Soon as I get that shit, gonna email the deets to you.”
Mercy snorted and cocked a brow at D.
Diesel scowled. “Jewelee’s gonna email it to you.”
That was more like it.
But even so, he wasn’t liking this at all. Walking into a job without all the details prior? “When?”
“Soon as she gets it.”
“No, when do I have to fly out?”
“Tomorrow, first thing. Gonna set you up at one of his casinos for the night ‘til we get the details an’ further instructions. Got me?”
He was liking the sound of this job less and less. “Fucker owns casinos?”
“Fucker owns a lot of shit. Sure a lot of his businesses ain’t legit.”
“So, this job is a possible dirty side piece?”
“Or main piece. Who fuckin’ knows. Who fuckin’ cares? Keep ‘er ass safe. Bonus in it for you at the end if you keep ‘er in one piece. You don’t, we still get paid. But the bonus might be worth you keepin’ her breathin’.”
“I can do whatever needed to protect her, right?”
D smirked. “Fuck yeah.”
Mercy grinned, too. Maybe this job wouldn’t be so bad after all. How hard was it to watch one female and deliver her breathing at the end of the job?
Diesel’s nostrils suddenly flared, then his face twisted. “Fuck,” he muttered, staring down at his daughter.
A second later, Mercy caught a whiff of what he was smelling. “Fuck,” he agreed.
“Gotta find Jewelee.”
Mercy pinned his lips together as he watched D, his biker boss and the Sergeant at Arms for the Dirty Angel MC, lumber back toward where he came from.
Then he realized he never asked how long this job was going to take.
Fuck.
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