Free Final Ride Fallen Angel's MC 4 by Erin Trejo Page B

Somethin’ feels off and I can’t shake that shit.” Creed sets his
bottle on the bar before turning completely toward me.
    “If shit feels off about goin’ to the lake, we call it. You never
steered us wrong before, Tank. I take what you feel to heart,
yeah? If it’s off, it’s off.” Slapping a hand on my shoulder, maybe
it is a good thing that I told him.
“Somethin’ is for sure off.” Creed nods before he stands, and
looks at me.
    “Then we call it. We can always go later.” With a quick nod, he
walks away. I sit back with my beer in hand, trying to be
reasonable. It doesn’t make sense to ruin everyone’s plans for
the lake, but I sure as hell don’t want to be there.
“Got company!” I hear Joey hollering before I stand and walk
toward him.
    “Who the hell is that ?” Making my way out the front door, I see
a car pulling in. I wonder who the hell that is. We weren’t
expecting anyone.
I step outside with half the guy’s behind me. Crossing my arms
over my chest, I watch the car like it might fucking explode at
any second.
    The door opens, and a small elderly woman steps out looking
nervous as shit. She should be, she doesn’t know what kind of
place she just pulled her little Buick into.
    “Lookin’ for someone?” Her eyes come to meet mine, and I can
tell she’s scared. Her eyes dart around as the rest of the guys
follow my lead.
“I’m looking for my granddaughter.” Looking over my shoulder,
Creed shrugs before stepping up next to me.
    “And who would that be?” The woman looks around a little
more before she swallows hard. It kind of strikes me as funny
that we are all standing here on guard with this woman. She has
to be in her seventies, but then again, stranger things have
happened.
    “Candy Thomas.” My heart stops. I never met her grandma
before. I didn’t know she had one to be honest. My arms fall
from my chest, to hang at my sides.
“I take it you never met her?” Creed leans into my side as I
swallow hard.
    “Nope. Didn’t know she had a grandma around.” My eyes never
leave the old woman’s, but those blue eyes of hers should have
been a dead giveaway. They look just like Bella’s.
“What do you want to do here brother?” Shrugging my
shoulders, I’m fucking clueless.
    We stand there in a silence that can’t be described with words. I
didn’t think I would have to face anyone for what I let happen to
Candy. The thought never occurred to me that she may have
had other family.
“Give me a few, yeah?” Looking over at Creed, he nods before
turning and ushering the other guys back inside.
     
I walk toward the woman before she smiles.
    “I remember you. You wouldn’t know who I am though. I’m
Anna, Candy’s grandmother.” The small woman extends her
hand to me as I stare at it in shock. How does she remember
me?
“I’m sorry, how do you know who I am?” I swear I feel like my
heart is going to jump out of my chest.
    “I saw you when you were with Candy. I helped her move away
when she left with Bella.” Snatching my hand out of hers, I scrub
my hand over my face. Did she just admit to helping Candy take
my daughter?
    “I didn’t know anything at the time. She said she was leaving,
and asked for help. I offered. She was my granddaughter after
all. She called me many times after that. Every few months she
needed money for something. It grew old after a while. I hired a
private investigator. This is the place he came up with.” Shaking
my head again, I don’t know what to say to her. How do I tell
her I let her granddaughter get killed without a second thought?
“I didn’t figure she’d still be alive.” It’s like she stole the words
right out of my mouth. How can she know that?
     
“I’m sorry. I don’t know what the hell to say here.” Anna smiles
before she places her hand on my arm.
    “It’s ok. I’ve been looking for years for Bella. I wanted to see if
she was ok. There was never much about her in