Keeping Secrets ⭐

Meeting with Max

*****CLAY POV*****

"Max?" I asked pissed off.

"Clay! So nice to speak with you." Max said.

"How did you get this number?"

"Oh, off of Shane's phone. Do you know she already has Jake Jensen in her phone as boyfriend...I thought they were just fucking but okay." Max said as I put him on speaker phone.

"Of course, he would be her boyfriend they are dating." I said and Jake sighed.

"Well good, then that just means 1 more person to miss her when she is dead." Max said.

"What?!" I asked.

"Oh yeah, there was no job interview, it was a trap to get her to get to you. You ever noticed the new necklace she was wearing? Yeah, it was from me. She bought the sob story that I bought it for her mother but never got to give it to her. In all reality it had a microchip in it and I was able to find out where she lived and who was with her. Lead me right to all of you." Max explained and my blood started to boil.

"You knew her mother?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot you knew none of this. I was the boyfriend she had before she died. I was also the person who had her killed. She Clay I just wanted info on how to get to you, but she wouldn't give it up, I had to cut her break line she was coming to warn you, take Shane and run." Max explained and I was so mad I got up and punch a hole in the wall.

"Where the fuck do you have my daughter?" I asked and Max huffed a laugh.

"Get out of town, stop tracking me and I'll let her go....maybe." Max said. I saw Jake on his system trying to track the call, but it was bouncing off of tones of towers.

"Just let her go Max, she is innocent in this life." I said trying to not too desperate. This is what I always tried to keep her away from.

"I think it will be fun to see you lose the only other person in your life you care about and love. I mean you were just a shell of a man barely able to survive when I killed her mother. What would happen if I killed Shane. And Jensen, well it could be fun seeing the man crumble over the loss of someone he truly loves. I mean he wants to marry her, looking at rings and everything." Max said. I looked at Jake and he hung his head. I sighed and knew how this had to end.

"Is it really me you want?" I asked.

"Of course." Max said.

"Fine, even trade, Shane for me." I said and everyone looked at me oddly.

"Seems far but Clay you have to come alone. You bring you band of losers, deal is off." Max said and I nodded.

"I'm bringing Jake so he can get Shane out." I said and he looked at me and nodded.

"Fine, I will accept that but no one else Clay. I will send coordinates." Max said and hung up. Instantly coordinates were on the phone. I gave them to Jake, and he looked them up.

"Alright, let's go." Jake said and everyone started to leave. They knew it was going to be a team effort. Once we arrived at the shipping port where the coordinates took Jake and I we walked to meet Max. The team was already in position.

"Jake, if this goes sideways...you get her out of her and keep her safe. Take her far away from all of this. Go live your life with her." I said and Jake stopped and looked at me.

"You know I would have talked to you before I made any major steps." Jake said.

"I know and just know you have my blessing." I said and Jake smiled with a small nod. They continued walking and rounded a corner to find Max and his right-hand man Wade standing there.

"About time you get here." Max said.

"Before I come, I want to see her, ensure she's alive." I said. Max looked at Wade and he opened the container they were standing in front of. Inside on the floor tied up was Shane. It was hard to tell is she was alive or dead.

"We had to drug her to travel because she had a lot of fight in her, but I assure she is alive, possibly. Wade did kind of hit her head hard and drug her a lot." Max said and I looked at Jake and nodded.

"Go get her and get her out." I said and he sighed and walked towards the crate, and I headed towards Max. In the blink of an eye gun fire was ringing out, taking out all of the guards who had been hiding of Max's crew. Max tried running but I chased him and tackled him to the ground. I heard another gunshot ring out and knew it was Jensen killing Wade.

"You have no one else. You really thought I wouldn't being my team?" I asked as I started punching Max. I pulled out my gun and we struggled. In the struggle I saw Jake getting Shane out of the crate, but she was unresponsive. In the quick moment of distraction, a gunshot ran out and I fell of Max and grabbed my stomach.

"CLAY!" Pooch yelled running towards us. Max tried to charge Pooch, but Cougar was in his sniper position and got him down and dead.

"Hang on Clay." Pooch said kneeling beside me.

"DAMNIT AISHA GET HERE WITH THE VAN! CLAY WAS SHOT AND SHANE IS UNREPSONSIVE! SHE WONT WAKE UP!"  Was the last thing I heard Jake yell in coms until  everything went black.