"Who?" He asked, but I still couldn't be a hundred percent sure, so I didn't want to answer him. "You withholding information from me, motherfucker?" He stepped closer to my face.
"Nah, I just want to make sure that I got the right information before I give it."
He rolled his eyes and made his way to the door. He pulled out his gun and pulled the trigger twice. Two loud gunshots echoed loud above the music.
"You dumb fucks. I guess I do have to kill someone today."
Chapter 17
Shepard's POV
At the sound of shots fired, there was a hysteria among everyone who was in the clubhouse. At first, people tried to run out the exits until Rooster gave the order that no one was allowed to leave. Someone had shut the music off, and the lights were returned to their normal bright glare. Rooster had everyone, including patched members, prospects, and strippers, herded to the center of the room. Even Tex and Gianna were pulled out of the room and made to stand in the crowd.
"Someone thinks it's in their best interest to steal from me. Come clean now, and I won't punish you. I promise I'll let it go. I just want to know who did it."
No one made a sound; we weren't stupid. The minute someone admitted that they were the ones who took the merch, they would be made an example of, and then they would be killed.
"I'ma say this shit one more time, then I'll be pissed the fuck off, who stole my god damn drugs?" He emphasized each word by waving the gun in his hand back and forth as he yelled.
"Nadie?" Rooster put his gun back in the waist of his pants. "Fine, strip, everyone," he said. No one moved, "You all deaf! Take all your motherfucking clothes off. I want to see the seams on your balls and the slits on your pussies. You bastards aren't walking the fuck out of here with my shit stashed in your pockets." He roared.
Everyone took their clothes off, some a little more hesitant than others. Gianna was one of them. I tried to get over to her before Rooster could, but I didn't move fast enough. "What the fuck is your problem, I told you to take your clothes off. Do that shit!" He reached up and ripped the outfit she had on straight down the center. Dragging the pieces of fabric off her skin and flinging them behind him. I moved behind her, and once he got a good look at her body and realized that she wasn't hiding anything, I wrapped my arms around her chest and her waist while she used her own hands to cover her pussy. I felt her tension, but she didn't cry.
"Hmm, I see why she’s got you eating out the palm of her hand," he looked at my possessive stance behind her. She was mine; they all knew that. He gazed a few seconds longer before he moved on and made his way around the room. He didn't find one pill. It was like thousands of dollars of drugs just up and vanished. He turned over each one of our rooms, but nothing was found. By the end of all his searching, Rooster was pulling his hair out in frustration.
"Tex!"
Tex had spent all of last night after he was searched, making more Blue Bunny. Gianna was helping him, but even with the two of them working as fast as they could, there was no way that they were going to be able to make enough. I watched as Tex poked his head outside his lab, the mask that he never usually wore still on his face. He must want to make sure that he was a hundred percent on his game.
"Yeah, Rooster?"
"This is on you, if I can't by some time or find my drugs by the time Wren and his boys come for the pickup, you will be taking the punishment."
NO!
I jumped up from where I was sitting, this wasn't Tex's fault, "Rooster, what the fuck! You know he didn't do that shit."
"You gonna kill me, brother?" Tex asked from where he was standing.
Rooster looked over towards Tex, he had spoken his truth, but I could tell that it wasn't something that he wanted to do. Someone had to be punished; someone had to take the blame.
"Find my shit Tex." Rooster said in response.
"Make sure there’s a bitch on my cock when I go, and that pussy better be to die for." He cackled loudly, finding his own joke hysterical. Gianna looked over to me before grabbing Tex and pulling him back into his lab.
I couldn't let this shit go down. I wasn't one to follow a lot of rules, but today I was going to follow our code to a tee, especially rule number 2. Protect your brothers.
I waited until Rooster moved out of the main area and walked back toward his rooms. I didn't want to question him in front of everyone. I knew he was someone not to be trifled with, especially right now.
I knocked on the door and could hear him on the phone with someone. I assumed it was Wren, and he was trying to delay the pickup.
"Wren, you know I am good for it. My guy is already in the lab cooking up the new batch; you don't want some fucked up shit do you?"
I poked my head inside, he was pacing, but his voice didn't show any of his stress. He looked up at the door and waved me inside. "Yeah, I'll make sure you have it in two days. I'll even throw in a little bit extra."
I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but Rooster pulled the phone away from his ear and looked at the receiver like it was a piece of shit. Then he pressed the button to hang up. "Did you find my shit, Shepard?"
"No."
"Then what the fuck are you doing here? You didn't hear me when I told everyone to find it? What the fuck is wrong with you, bastards?"
"I know who took it." I let out a breath. I was about to dig a grave, only hoped it wasn't mine.
"Who?" He stood up from his desk and waited for my answer.
"Kat."
"Bullshit, motherfucker, you’re just pissed off because I let him bring someone in."
I waved my hand, "Fuck all that, if you don't trust my judgment enough to let me bring in a prospect that’s on you, but your boy Kat is dirty."
Rooster walked out from behind his desk.
"You know that for a fact?"
"I don't have proof if that’s what you’re asking, but I can get it, I'd bet everything on the fact that he is behind this shit."
Rooster backed up from me, "You did just bet everything. You got two days to get your proof, or you are going down with Tex."
Chapter 18
Shepard's POV
It wasn't long after that Rooster lifted the hold, and everyone who wanted to leave was allowed to. He’d gone through every nook and cranny of the compound and couldn't find anything. I watched Kat's every move. It had been two days. I knew he was going to go back; he had to. I had to put all my eggs in this basket and hope he was going to have something on him that I could bring to Rooster as proof.
I didn't have to wait too long.
I watched from my place at the bar as Kat slowly walked out of the main area and walked toward his room, he came back out with his lid and his coat. To the normal eye, there would have been nothing wrong with what was happening, but I could see. He was looking around too much, trying hard to be inconspicuous. Whatever he was going to do, he was going to do it now.
I got off my seat and walked over to the lab, Gianna and Tex were still hard at work, machines, and vacuums all going at once. I grabbed her and pulled her away from what she was doing for a second. I knew I was going to be following Kat for a few hours, and I could only hope that Rooster didn't take out his frustrations with me on her. I grabbed her by her long ponytail and pulled her head back so that her face was tilted toward me. "You keep your head down and be safe."