Page 71 of Loyal
“I think if I frame it as hey, we are doing this just so you know, Mac, their road cap won’t see it that way. He’s pretty chill,” Fang adds.
“If you think you can pull it off, do it.” Savage nods.
Other brothers speak up, dropping their business until we get to Dex.
“What about you? You’ve been more quiet than normal,” Savage tells him.
“Just waiting for my turn,” he says before looking at me.
“What did you find?” I ask, stomach filling with dread.
“Billy, or should I say, William Abrahams, has more issues than we originally thought,” he sighs.
“What kind? Are the girls safe?” I ask, heart racing.
I know that Farrah and I don’t necessarily see eye to eye, but I don’t want anything to happen to her. She might hate me, but I view her as part of my family anyway. She is part of her mother, so she means something to me too.
“First thing I found is the man was having emotional affairs with women online before Sami even decided she wanted a divorce. I honestly don’t know why he’s trying to get her back.” Dex shakes his head.
“He sounds possessive,” Savage mutters, making me nod.
Dex continues. “He’s got some online gambling debt, but nothing he couldn’t pay off if he wanted to but that’s neither here nor there. The real issue is his relationship with Farrah.”
My heart sinks, and I shut my eyes. “Tell me.”
“He’s coaching her and making her promises. I hacked his phone and have been reading all the messages between them. If he is saying this in text, what is he saying in person?”
“Like?” Fang asks.
“Like if she makes her mother’s life hell, he will pay for an all-inclusive resort she wants to go to for a graduation present. Not only that, he will buy her a mid-range sports car of her choosing when she turns eighteen and pay for an off-campus apartment all four years of college,” Dex says.
Confusion rolls through me the more he talks. “That doesn’t make sense. Don’t get me wrong. I know he does all right, but he doesn’t have that kind of money. He’s always behind on child support or skips paying it entirely.”
“What’s his end game?” Savage asks.
Dex looks at me with sympathy. “I’m not a hundred percent convinced, and I’m still going through his emails and textmessages looking for keywords, but I think it’s one of two things.”
“That being…”
“First could be he’s just simply hoping to get Sami back. With their incomes combined, he could keep all those promises. Especially if Farrah were to get a scholarship.”
“Or…” Fang trails off.
“Or he might be planning to cash in on her life insurance policy he still pays on if she doesn’t comply.”
“You mean he might kill her?” I ask, feeling like I might be sick.
“It’s just a theory. I don’t have any evidence,” Dex says.
“Not yet at least,” Tiny mutters.
“You okay?” Fang asks, looking at me.
I avoid his eye and mutter, “Fine.”
“Okay, Dex, keep digging. We need answers now. Loyal, I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. Keep your head down. Don’t make waves with the man and try to keep interactions with him brief. Be extra careful with Farrah. We don’t need to give him any ammunition, even though I know you wouldn’t willingly. In fact, where are we at with the family day?” Savage says.
“Understood,” I mutter, my mind filled with worry. “Family day is planned. We just need to make it there,” I tell him.
