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Blaine said.
    “ I
don ’ t care about that, ” Miller said. “ I want information. ”
    “ They
saw a man at the auction, ” Erik said. “ Black car,
black suit. Talking. That ’ s
when it was done. They knew Shay was getting that car. They planted the bomb
there and it was set to go off with the intention of Shay driving the vehicle. ”
    “ A
black car, black suit, ” Miller said. “ Maybe it was
Strokner. ”
    “ Doubt
it, ” Gaige said. “ Strokner had nothing to do with
us until …”
    “ Until, ” Miller said. “ He blames us for the death of
his daughter. ”
    “ Holy
shit, ” Griffin whispered.
    “ I ’ ll kill him, ” Blaine said.
    “ I ’ ll fucking kill him, ” Shay said. “ I had nothing to do with his
girl being shot. ”
    “ It
wasn ’ t Strokner, ” Erik said as he pounded a fist
to the table. “ They told us
something else."
    “ What? ” Miller asked.
    “ The
guy in the black suit had a gold tooth and a scar on his neck. ”
    “ Fuck, ” Gaige whispered. “ Not Strokner. ”
    “ Shay? ” Miller asked.
    Shay shook his head. Erik watched
him, unconvinced.
    “ So
we have nothing, ” Blaine
said.
    “ No, ” Miller said. “ We have places to go. Things to
do. Gaige, I need you to get another meeting with Strokner. Maybe this gold
tooth and scar will help him remember something. ”
    “ Man,
we ’ re getting in deeper with
Strokner, ” Griffin said. “ I don ’ t like it. ”
    “ Nobody
does, ” Gaige said. “ But we have to find Jonesy. We
have to find out who tried to take out Shay and almost killed Erik. I don ’ t care how we do it. ”
    “ He ’ s like a squirrel, man, ” Griffin said. “ Keep feeding him and he ’ ll keep coming back. ”
    “ At
that point, ” Miller said, “ we ’ ll
take care of the problem … we'll
stop feeding the squirrel. ”
    Griffin shook his head. “ Fair enough then. ”
    “ What
do we do now? ” Nate asked.
    “ Tomorrow
we hit it again, ” Miller
said. “ For right now, we ’ re all together and safe. Keep
it that way. Stay in the clubhouse, have a drink or two, find a woman. This situation
is a lot worse than we originally thought. We know now that it isn't just a
bullshit beef with another club. This is a front for something much more
dangerous. That ’ s why we
need Strokner. That ’ s why
need everyone to focus and think. Shay, I ’ m
counting on you, brother. It ’ s
not going to stop. They have Jonesy. They deserve to die. Do we agree? ”
    “ YES. ”
    That was the single answer from
every man at the table.
    “ We ’ ll get this, ” Gaige said. He stood up and put
his cigarette out. “ We will
get this worked out. Nobody is going to fuck with Back Down Devil and get away
with it. ”
    “ What
about Eight Under? ” Blaine
asked. “ They tried to set
us up today. ”
    The table fell silent again. Miller
turned and rubbed the back of his neck. “ They
seem to be getting ballsy. Maybe we should treat them the same. Ride right into
their shit hole club and send a message. ”
    “ We ’ ve done that, ” Gaige said.
    “ We
should wipe them right out, ” Nate said.
    “ I
second that, ” Blaine said.
    “ We
have to much happening, ” Griffin said. “ If we
stretch too thin …”
    “ I
know what will happen, ” Miller said softly. “ We ’ ll deal with that tomorrow too. ”
    Erik wasn ’ t satisfied with the answers at the table. Everyone
started to shuffle their way from the room, exchanging the seriousness of life
for a night of debauchery. Erik wasn ’ t
having it at all.
    He remained seated, only Gaige and
Miller left in the room.
    “ Erik, ” Gaige said.
    “ I
can ’ t wait much longer, ” Erik said.
    “ For
what? ” Miller asked.
    “ The
urges, man. I want to hurt someone bad. I want to kill. ”
    “ You
did that today, ” Gaige
said.
    “ I
want more. I want the world to feel my pain. ”
    “ Christ, ” Gaige said.
    “ Gaige,
go get a drink, ” Miller
said.
    Gaige