Payne (The Soldiers of Wrath MC: Grit Chapter Book 3) Read Free

find out anything about anyone with that thing, right?”
    Brix gave him a “are you kidding me” look. “Hell yeah.” He went over to the table and set the computer down before taking a seat. “I can find out the bra size of your girlfriend from tenth grade if I want.”
    Payne snorted and went over to the other man.
    “So, you want to know something about guns, drugs, or pussy?”
    “What makes you think it’s about one of those?”
    Brix looked over at him. “You gonna tell me it’s not?”
    Payne didn’t speak for a second. He sat down in the seat across from Brix and glowered. “I need you to find out where Vicky is.”
    Brix grunted, the sound making Payne know the other man was satisfied he’d been right.
    “Can you track her cell phone?”
    “Can I track her cell phone?” Brix said in a sarcastic tone. “It’ll take some time, but I should be able to locate where she’s at.”
    Payne nodded and stood. “I have shit to do, but as soon as you know something call me.”
    Brix nodded, already working on the computer.
    Vicky thought she was just going to run from him? Hell fucking no.

4
    “ D o you want to be found?” Clara asked through the receiver.
    Vicky glanced around the supermarket. She was so tired, and hadn’t taken a proper rest in the last couple of days. Payne hadn’t tried to get back in touch, which she was both sad and happy about. But it also made her suspicious.
    You love him.
    “What do you mean?”
    “Payne’s getting your phone tracked. Do you want to be found right now?”
    “No.”
    “Ditch your phone—take the battery out first though—and call me when you have a new one.”
    “Why is he doing this?” Vicky asked, feeling sick to her stomach. “I just need to get my head on straight. He didn’t act like this when we were… together. Now he acts like he wants more.” Her heart raced.
    “I think he loves you.”
    She closed her eyes at hearing that. “He doesn’t know what love is. The only thing he cares about is his club, and what people think of him.”
    Clara sighed. “Sweetie, you’re not here. You can’t see him. The guys are all tense. Payne’s focused on finding you, and you alone.”
    “It’ll die down when he realizes I was nothing but a piece of ass.”
    “Yeah, when he has you back here. It’s up to you. Either ditch the phone or be found. I love you.”
    Vicky hung up. Grabbing a few supplies, she headed out toward the beater car she’d purchased a couple of days ago. She had money saved up, and she didn’t want to have to rely on buses for the rest of her life. But then again, she didn’t know how long this piece of shit Honda would last.
    The baby.
    Turning the phone off and taking out the battery, she threw it in the trashcan and climbed into the car. She’d get a burner later, and let Clara know the new number. She couldn’t disconnect form her friend.
    But right now it was time for her to set up a new life for herself.

    * * *
    P ayne stared at the cell phone that Brix had put in his hand, which had been taken out of a trashcan. If they hadn’t gotten here in time, he would have never known.
    “I can’t believe it’s still in the trashcan, but she’s smart,” Brix said. “She got rid of it and removed the battery.”
    Gritting his teeth, Payne put the battery back in and fired up the cell phone, and saw her screensaver was a picture of the two of them, one he didn’t even know she’d taken. He had his arm wrapped around her neck, kissing her head.
    When the hell had she taken this?
    Pulling up her last calls, he saw that Clara had been the one to call her.
    He turned toward King, who had come with them. “Your woman has been lying and meddling in my business.”
    “What?”
    “Clara. She’s been speaking with Vicky, which I have no doubts means she knows where she’s been at this whole time.”
    “No, that’s not fucking true. If Clara said she doesn’t know where Vicky is, then she doesn’t,” King said on a