The Perfect Boss
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“Take care of the rest?” I scoffed. “As in kill him?”
Mav shrugged, scratching his beard as he stared me in the eyes. “We'll take care of it,” he said. “That's all you need to worry about, brother.”
I said nothing, but Mav could probably see the look on my face – and understand my hesitation – because he continued.
“Come on, man,” he said. “This is the drug dealer who got Amy hooked on the stuff in the first place. Don't you want a little payback on him anyway?”
Truth be told, I'd love to get some payback on the man who'd ruined my family. But indulging in that little fantasy, I risked everything I'd fought for. Hell, I'd be risking my own freedom.
“I can't get involved with this shit, man. I can't risk getting caught,” I said. “I have a daughter, and I'm the only person she's got. If this shit goes sideways and I get implicated in this, it's going to be bad all the way around.”
“I know, I know,” Mav said. “But trust us, Elias. We'll take care of you. Have we ever done you wrong?”
That was a loaded question. I could think of many times the welfare of the club took precedence over the welfare of its members. I remember several times when I'd been left behind to have the shit beat out of me by a rival club or some other pissed off person.
I remember times when I'd almost been arrested for crimes I barely played a part in. That was why I got out in the first place. But to say that to these men was a dangerous proposition. Mav wasn't the kind of guy who liked hearing the word “no.”
“You also know it's not just about me, Mav,” I said. “I go to jail, Harley gets put in the system. Or worse, she goes to live with Amy's folks. And you know what they did to Amy – I can't let that happen.”
“It won't go down that way, man,” Mav said. “Trust me, brother. We'll take care of anything. All we need from you is to send that text.”
Sounded easy enough alright. One text and I was done. But if I knew anything about Mav and the MC, things were never that easy. There was always some angle to be played. Some hidden agenda. Or some hook in the bait that couldn't be seen until it was too late.
And I knew he wasn't telling me everything. Knew it right down to my bones. Mostly, because he never did. But at the same time, I knew that if I refused them, they could make my life a living hell. Harley's life a living hell. They would keep twisting that knife they had in me until they got what they wanted. That was just the way they operated.
“So you in, man?” he asked me.
I sighed and shook my head. “It doesn't sound like I have much of a choice.”
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