Dom
Jules walked into the room and the terrified look on her face let me know something must have happened. But I never would’ve guessed John would have the balls to bring a letter here, or even send someone to do it for him. I took the envelope from her and unfolded the piece of paper. A small clump of hair fell out and landed on the bed. As I started to read, my gut twisted.
“This fucker is sick.” I couldn’t help saying the words out loud.
Juliane,
You honestly thought you could hide from me at that white trash biker club? You thought I couldn’t find you wherever you went? I’ve been watching you for years. I’ll have you back. You are so stupid to think you and the rest of those pieces of shit can do anything to stop me. I have a little surprise for you. I enclosed it in the letter. In case you’re wondering that hair is yours. I’ve had it ever since you were sixteen and you got your hair caught in the swing that you and Gia used to swing in when you were kids. I’ll be watching you. How is Gia by the way?
John
I exploded. I wadded the letter up and threw it across the room. “That sick son of a bitch! How fucking psycho can he be?” Jules’ eyes were wide as she stared at me from the bed. I knew I was probably scaring her, but I couldn’t help it. This bastard had been stalking my girl for years. “And how did nobody notice he was that attached to you?” I didn’t really expect an answer. “Fuck, if he’s been this bad, someone should have noticed!”
“He wasn’t. He was hardly ever around.” Jules met my eyes. Her voice shook. “As far as the hair, I don’t remember him even being there. Mickey helped me that day. I don’t remember him being a huge part of the club at all.” She paused and got a weird look on her face. “Until my birthday. The day I met you. That must have been what set him off. It’s when I started noticing him hanging around more. Looking at me.” Her worry and fear broke my heart. “I didn’t really think anything of it. But it was you. I’ve never really shown interest in a boy before you.”
I fell back onto the bed beside her, trying to take all this in. It hit me that this psycho was only after her because of me. “We have to go talk to the guys and bring them up to speed.” Another thought struck me. “Who gave you the letter, babe?” Apparently, I needed to remind the guys that anything to do with Jules went through me first.
She grimaced. “That jackass prospect, Ernie.”
“Jackass?” I arched my brow. When had she been around any prospects, and what the hell had they done?
“Yeah. He was a real jerk the other night. I told him off. He must’ve thought I was a sweet butt, talking to me the way he did.” She made a face.
I shook my head and tugged her to me. Prospects were always showing their asses, trying to look tough. “Well, I’m glad you set him straight.” I laughed, trying to break the tension and calm her. I kissed her head and she squeezed me a little tighter. I knew she was scared to death with all this. I pulled her into a full embrace and whispered in her ear. “Don’t worry. I got you.”
We scarfed down the breakfast she’d brought up. Well, I did. She just picked at it. Then we dressed and I went downstairs to meet up with the rest of the guys, who I’d texted earlier, while she went to hang out with Leah and Faith.
I got them caught up to speed, and we tried to come up with a game plan that didn’t involve using someone as bait, which was hard. We were running out of ideas to catch this guy and it was the best plan we had. I didn’t really want to tell Jules about the bait plan, because I knew damn good and well she’d want to be the bait. I wasn’t sure I could let her do that.
I caught Tech, Ezra, Viper, and Mac outside as the others left. “We need to talk. Let’s take a walk.” I nodded toward the back. “What do you guys know about the prospect Ernie?”
Mac answered. “He’s a transfer from Jersey. Seems to be keeping under the radar. We’ve only had him for three months. Why?” He scratched his chin. “Wait, Jules had a run in with him a couple nights ago. He was an asshole to her.”
My heart sped up and my fists clenched as I got in Mac’s face. “And you didn’t think to tell me about it? I thought she was just staking her claim as an ol’ lady. From what Jules said, he just called her a sweet butt and tried to treat her like one.”
Mac held up his hands. “Hey, brother. I didn’t think it was a big deal. She handled it and he backed down.” He stared at me. “Why are you so worked up about him?”
I backed down. Mac wasn’t the one I was mad at. “He’s the one that gave her the letter this morning.” Mac’s eyes got wide. I nodded. “Yeah. So, I need him checked out.” I jerked my chin at Tech. “Tech, dig up as much dirt as you can on him. And hack in and pull his text records. Let’s see what he’s hiding. Viper, you keep a close eye on him. Find out what all he’s up to. Talk to his old club. Ezra, you find out all you can about him from anywhere else. Mac, keep a close eye on the
