Safe Haven

2. Road Trip

Inspiration for Hazard above. Happy Reading!! 

"Let me go with you at least Hazard. For backup," Dante, my new VP, suggested. It never felt right riding off on our own. We were a brotherhood. Where there was an issue with one, we all handled it. This was personal though. 

"This is something I have to have to do alone. And It's a woman, not an armed guard. I'll be fine. Besides I want to check on things with the Mezas. They're in the area closest. Maybe Abe will have a clue about the whole situation. God knows I'm at a fucking loss trying to figure the whole thing out." 

"Just be safe dude. Something just don't feel right. You're Pops never touched a woman that wasn't your mom in no trips we'd ever went on. And that was a lot." And that was what was confusing the most. Pop's had been nothing but devoted to his wife. He may have sat back and watched his brothers engage in some wild behavior but he himself had never been one to participate beyond that. 

"I know Dante but what other explanation could there be?" Pop's had never mentioned Haven and the times I had asked for Mom's sake I was promptly told to mind my own business. I looked  around the room making sure I wasn't forgetting anything. The address the suit had given me wasn't that far away but it would be a day's ride at least. 

Dante had been my best friend since he became a prospect around the same time I did. Beyond the brotherhood of the club, I considered him family. He always had some uncanny ability to tell when something was off and his gut reactions now weren't calming my own nerves either. 

I may not have a clear understanding now but for damn sure I'd have one soon. 

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I reached the address the next day and set up to do some surveillance of the area. I should have made a stop over at the Mezas first but I hate to admit it I was just too damn impatient to wait.   There were no noticeable men covering the area but that didn't mean there was no security. 

Just the opposite in fact. I could see at least 8 different ground traps and three cameras....and that was just in the first 50 acres. Whomever lived here was taking precautions and they weren't little precautions. The hair on the back of my neck was tingling. How in the hell did you get pass all this? 

Only one way to find out and thats  to try. So instead of the more discrete way I decided to just simply take the front road. I purposely didn't come on my bike. I had no clue what I was walking into...dumb I know so I decided to leave my jacket in my truck. They would find it if it was searched but at least if I was walking into hostile territory I wouldn't be shot on sight. Or at least I hoped anyways. 

I checked my gun and made sure I was loaded and ready.  I got a feeling there was more going on than just a woman my dad whored around with. The house was fairly large but nothing obscene like would have been expected. It was an older style wood frame home painted a pale blue with a wrap around porch. The was a large barn about 200ft behind it that looked nearly bigger than the house...That certainly was out of place. I wouldn't have expected something so new and large. 

I picked up the knocker and slammed it a few good times. I wasn't here to be nice and had to get that clear right away. This woman would be getting nothing more from my family and club. The lawyer didn't have much information on the owner herself besides her name. I expected a woman my mothers age.... not the one who greeted me at the door. This one looked barely old enough to be out of high school. I was taken back for a moment at the bright green eyes that peered out at me from behind the half opened door. 

"Can I help you?" 

"I'm looking for Haven Woodard. I need to speak with her and was told she lived here." My voice was irritated but then again I was irritated by the whole situation. I had decided I wasn't going into this being nice so asshole it was. 

"No one by that name here. Sorry." Except she didn't look very sorry. It was that hint of sass that told me she was lying. I stuck my foot in the door before she could slam it and leaned in close. The smell of her perfume overwhelmed my senses. The intoxicating sweet aroma irritated me further. 

Fresh baked fucking peaches. 

"Look, I'm looking for my fathers whore. I was told I could find her here by a pretty good source. So be a good girl and find her for me and I'll be gone before you know it." 

The door swung open and unfortunately the sight of the giant standing behind it had me frozen. Shit. 

"Miss Haven ain't no whore." And That's when everything went black.