Red nodded. “She’s a good one. She has been on a few rescues in the past and done good by them.” Red leaned over to Hack and his computer. “What do you have for those guys?”
“Only thing is it’s a woman and two kids. She’s in Canada.” Hack pointed at the screen. “My passport is still valid, Onyx?”
“I’m good, might have a few too many Mexican stamps, but I still have open pages.”
“We’ll double check with Topaz,” Hack said clicking on the links.
Onyx leaned over and could see a picture of a woman and two kids on the screen. The Hard Road website made sure to gather as much information as possible to help in every rescue.
Hack transferred the info on a legal pad, then slid it over to Onyx.
Red pointed to the next one. “I can get Roadkill to drive a van for this one.”
“Okay. So you, Roadkill and Baldy can handle this one. It’s a transfer. Single woman going to another state. She’s in Montana and needs to go to Nevada.”
“We can have our Nevada charter meet us half way and do a transfer. Lynch is always up to help us,” Red announced. “I’ll line it all up.”
“Okay, let’s send Cass, Bounty and Mountain to handle this one.” Hack had pulled up the third and final rescue. “Bounty, you mind bringing Cream to help with the woman.”
Bounty glanced at Onyx.
Onyx cocked his head to the side and smirked.
“I know she’s like the fresh air, but um, how about Rose?” Bounty asked.
“Rose is sixteen.” Hack’s eyes narrowed at the mere mention of his sister-in-law being in on a rescue.
“But her birthday is—”
Hack’s hand fisted.
Bounty swallowed back his suggestion. “Zoe?” he offered.
“Sounds good. I’m sure they’ll help out.” Red turned to Hollywood. “You’ll have to coordinate to stay around here to make sure everything runs smoothly while we’re out of town.”
“Who’s going to watch Harlow?” Hack asked Red.
“We’ll have my mom take care of her. We shouldn’t be gone more than a couple of days.” Red stood.
Since the charter was formed, they linked up with the Hard Road, helping move the women around and away. Occasionally, the women stayed on and created a life. They may rescue a whole family, but they’ve never tried three at the same time. If they could handle all three, it would be a great way to show their support to the Hard Road.
Red earned Onyx’s respect early. He seemed to want to help out as much as possible. Although California’s charter helped when asked, they didn’t in the way Montana did and that was part of what had him staying in the Big Sky Country, instead of the City of Angels. Sadly, the city needed more help with domestic violence that happened in overcrowded places.
“Where’s Freaky and Shark?” Hollywood asked Red.
“They’re on a gun run working with Nevada. They’ll be back at the end of the week. I say most of the officers will be gone, so I’m leaving the club up to those left behind. Do you think you can handle it?” Red asked the few remaining members.
Ax, a new prospect who was allowed in the meeting answered, “We’ll be fine. There’s several of us here, so you have nothing to worry about.”
“I’m trusting you all to keep the women and children safe,” Red announced. “We’ve been having a few problems around here, so stay in lockdown until we all return. That should minimize risk.”
Onyx thought it was a little too severe, but he understood the precautions. With the meeting adjourned, Onyx dapped up Hollywood preparing to head home. Checking on if he needed to snag any supplies food wise for the house before he left.
He caught sight of Bounty approaching Red. The conversation caused more than one smirk between the men and a good shake. A plan was being hatched since the clinic would have to be closed until Red came home.
Without a direct reason to be in the clubhouse, nerves ran along Onyx’s flesh making him uncomfortable and he wanted to leave straight away. This wasn’t a way to live, maybe the run with Topaz would be tossing her into the deep end of the pool, and they could finally face the issues. He didn’t want to fuck her, he just didn’t want to feel like she’d seen his face in some serial killer documentary.
Bounty patted him on the back. “Let’s go and have a beer.”
“Sure,” Onyx said not wanting to be a whiny kid saying, Topaz is mean and go hide in his room. “I’m game. But tell me, you gonna make an honest woman out of Cream?”
“Please, I’m the slutty one flipping through bride magazines and Cosmo trying to learn the tricks to get her to say yes.”
Guess Onyx wasn’t the only one needing to toss a woman in the lake to learn to swim.
At first, Topaz was excited she would be able to go on this trip with the members for a rescue. It wasn’t her first, but it was coming at a time when she needed a little space, and a good playlist as she made her way to Canada was just the ticket. They were set to leave right after breakfast. Initially, she was nervous about leaving Free and Porsche in charge at the bar, then she heard the club was on lockdown until at least two crews were back. Problem solved.
As she waited in line for breakfast after coming downstairs from her room in the clubhouse, Topaz scanned the room
