Total pages in book: 101
Estimated words: 96287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 96287 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 321(@300wpm)
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Big Dick had spent a lot of time around his folks lately. He was even staying in his old room. He’d gone to visit Erick and buried the hatchet with him. They were on speaking terms, and this Sunday, there was going to be a family dinner that he’d even convinced Harlow to attend. Hunter had also been forced to agree to go. That was going to be fun to watch Hunter with his parents.
He ran a hand down his face. Larissa had finally taken her old job back. He looked down at the shot of whiskey he had poured himself, and the temptation to knock it completely back was so strong, but he didn’t do it. Nope, instead he just circled the rim with his finger and waited. He didn’t even know what he was fucking waiting for, but he was waiting.
Larissa.
He hadn’t gone to the bakery, although that was the only place he wanted to go. He wanted to go and see her, to talk to her. Instead, he stayed out of the way and caught a glimpse of her as she closed up shop with Ava. She wore a pair of jeans and an oversized sweater, and it was fucking ugly. Where were the dresses? Over the past week, he had seen her in a pair of jeans and ugly sweaters every day. He knew it was because of him. What the fuck could he do to win her over?
He missed her so damn much. Sleeping was next to impossible. He couldn’t sleep without her. He found himself looking across the bed to that empty spot, wanting to reach out and touch it.
Larissa wasn’t there.
“You’re still moping into your drink?” Raven asked, coming to sit next to him.
Most of the club were keeping a wide berth from him. He and Smokey hadn’t said another word to each other.
“I’m not moping.”
“What would you call it?” she asked.
“I’m debating taking a drink.”
“You look like shit. Has anyone told you that?”
“Many times.” He noticed that she held her cell phone in her grip tightly.
“What’s up?” Big Dick asked.
“I’m waiting for a call from Sebastian Drago. Carlos is currently not returning my calls, so I’m going to call the next best person that can get in touch with my husband,” Raven said.
Big Dick frowned. “Carlos doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy to go dark on you, Raven. Not over something like this.”
There was that feeling. It had been a long time since Big Dick felt this way. Something was wrong. He knew Carlos. They were not close, nor were they best buddies, but that man would not leave Raven alone or his children for this long. If Carlos hadn’t called, then something was up. Now, he understood if Carlos was staying away, but this was not good.
Just as he was about to tell Raven about his feeling, her cell phone went off. “It’s about fucking time,” Raven said, as she answered the phone.
At first, he didn’t hear Sebastian’s part of the conversation.
“Put Carlos on the phone,” Raven said.
“Carlos?”
This time, he did hear the other man.
“Yeah, he came to you over some business,” Raven said.
“Raven, we have not seen Carlos since the last time. I got a call to tell me he wasn’t going to make it, that he had to take care of something at home.”
Raven looked toward him.
“When was this?”
Sebastian gave the date, and it was right around the time the video had been sent.
“It was early morning. I’ve not heard from him since. What’s going on?”
Raven was already on her feet, and Big Dick was following her, as they went straight to Smokey’s office. She hung up the cell phone.
“Carlos is missing,” Raven said.
“What?” Smokey got to his feet.
Carlos was a pain in the ass. Not many of the club liked him, and yet they all did like him, because he loved Raven. He had been there for Raven, helped her to heal and recover from her own pain.
Raven ran through the details of what they knew. On the morning of the video being released, as far as she knew, Carlos was already on his way to Sebastian Drago to deal with some business. According to Sebastian, he never made it, and got a text from Carlos saying there had been an emergency.
“It’s the Twisted Bastards MC,” Big Dick said.
Hunter entered the office, followed by Brick and Kinky.
Smokey looked around the room. “Carlos is one of us.”
Big Dick looked at Raven. “I’ve got this,” he said.
“You’ve got this? Carlos has been missing, and it has nearly been a couple of weeks!” Raven looked between them. “You haven’t been able to hunt for them, and we know they’ve got him.”
He grabbed her arms and forced her to look at him. “But I know Carlos. I can find him.” He turned to look at Smokey. “Unless you’ve got a problem with that?”