Jayden (Aces MC Series Book 4.5) (12 page)

There was a series of loud bangs
on the door. "Shit!" I whispered to Jayden, "That will be
Spyder."
Jayden pushed past me heading for the door but I grabbed his arm forcing him to
stop. "You can't do this Jay you'll jeopardise everything and I need to get
that young girl to safety," I stated firmly pointing to the bathroom.
Jayden looked between the hotel door and me, when there were another series of
bangs on the door. "Hold on a minute please." I shouted.
"Sam it's Spyder, hurry up!" he demanded.
I flung open the bathroom door and beckoned Leanne out, she hesitantly walked
towards me and I pointed at the seat in the far corner for her to sit in.
Racing back into the bedroom I flung the covers from the bed and ruffled my
hair a little, making it look like I'd had a bit of action. Jayden got what I was
trying to recreate and removed his top revealing his tight chest before sitting
on the bed in a casual manner.
Once I was happy with the scene, I walked to the door and let out a loud sigh
before opening it.

"What took you so fucking
long?" Spyder asked as he walked into the hotel room.
I faked a small smile, "I was sort of in the middle of something."
Spyder nodded his head and pushed past me. "And how did she perform?"
he asked directing his question to Jayden.
"I understand that she's new but I never would've guessed." Jayden
folded his arms across his chest and I noticed how he assessed Spyder's every
move.
"Well that's good to hear. Now come on ladies, I need to be getting you
home."
Jayden took his wallet from his pocket and delved into it pulling out a bunch
of notes. "How much for having the other girl?"
Spyder shook his hand, "She's on me tonight, although you had fun she's
still learning the ropes."
Jayden threw the money onto the bed to pay for my services and nodded his head,
"Thank you I appreciate your hospitality."
Spyder leaned down to collect the notes, "Come on girls speed it up."
I busied myself making sure I put everything into my handbag and stood beside
Spyder waiting for his next instructions.
"Could I possibly have both of them again at the weekend but this time all
night?" Jayden asked.
"I'll need to check the diary but I couldn't see a problem with it."
Spyder wrapped his arms around us both and walked towards the main door,
"I've got your number, I'll get the office to give you a call to let you
know their availability." I glanced back quickly to see Jayden give me a
small smile, which was his way of letting me know that everything was going to
be okay.

"How did she do?" Spyder
asked as we entered the lift.
"First time nerves but nothing to worry about. I think we just need to go
easy on her." I didn't want to get her in any trouble so I was trying to
play it cool and appeal to his better nature of not rushing things for her.
"I'm proud of what you've done with her, and because of that you'll be
rewarded." I let his words hang in the air. The only thing I wanted was to
go home and I doubted he'd allow me to do that.
I walked in silence through the lobby and lightly stuck out my hand so Leanne
could hold it. She was surprisingly quiet but I put that down to Spyder being
with us, I only hoped he allowed her to stay at the house because I would be
able to talk to her further about the situation and the help I was trying to
arrange for her.
We entered the vehicle, I took my usual position in the front next to Spyder
and as I did I felt as if someone was watching me. I casually glanced around my
surroundings and noticed Jayden leaning against the front of the hotel talking
on his mobile phone.
Spyder pulled out of the car park and into the flow of vehicles, he turned down
the music slightly and let out a sigh, "I've been thinking about you a lot
lately." My heart sunk, hoping that he wasn't getting too attached or I'd
never be able to escape. "I know you're not here under the best of
circumstances but even so you've shown loyalty, because of that I'm going to
give you a little freedom." I turned and stared at him, shocked by what
I'd heard. "I know it's fucked up Sam but I want to show my
appreciation."
"There's no need, you've done that by moving me into your home." I
stated returning my attention to the window, I didn't want any special
treatment or him to think he was doing me a favour.
"I know but I want to." He continued driving and I sat in silence
analysing what the fuck was going on. He'd held me here against my will and now
he wanted to reward me for my loyalty, this whole situation was fucked up. We
carried on driving until he indicated to pull up outside a shopping centre, I glanced
out of the window with confusion, "Why are we here?" I asked
hesitantly.
"This is your treat," he guided his hand in front of me indicating to
the shopping centre. "I want you to take an hour off and go late night shopping."
My mouth fell open with shock.
Why was he possibly doing this? Was it some
kind of test to really to see where my loyalties lied?
"Thank you but I don't have any money." I folded my arms across my
chest and sank into the chair, I didn't want to go shopping if I could help it.
I hadn't been in this kind of environment in so long that I'd probably have a
panic attack.
Spyder rummaged around in his pocket and pulled out a bundle of notes,
"Take this and buy yourself anything but you have to be back here in an
hour. Someone is trailing Jazz as we speak and should you step out of line
she'll get it."
I realised I had no choice in the matter and nodded my head agreeing, "I
understand and I promise not to let you down." If I were thinking about
escaping then I needed to be wise and bide my time, making him an enemy wasn't
on my plan of things to do so I needed to go ahead with this.
I took the notes and stuffed them into my handbag before exiting the Range
Rover. As I shut the door I looked into the rear of the vehicle and remembered
that Leanne was still with us, I'd forgotten because she was so quiet.
"Can Leanne come with me? She could do with some more clothes." I
asked through the window praying under my breath that she'd be allowed.
"No, she's also my security that you'll come back home." Spyder gave
me a wink before he pulled away leaving me standing on the pavement.
"Shit!" I hated the fact that I was leaving Leanne alone with him but
I was pleased that Spyder said he was taking her home rather than to the shit
hole with the other girls. I turned to face the building and took a deep breath
feeling a little scared that I was out here alone. The feeling that I was being
watched washed over me again and I glanced around the busy car park hoping to
see a familiar face but no one was recognisable. I slowly walked to the
shopping centre clutching my handbag because of the amount of cash it held, I
wasn't in the mood for shopping but I needed to prove to Spyder that I could do
as I was told.

The first shop I saw was an
independent coffee shop, and I longed to just sit and analyse today's events
without any added pressure. I ordered a cup of coffee and sat at a window seat
so that I could observe my surroundings, from this position I could also see
the large clock on the wall and had no chance of being late. I took a sip of my
hot drink and savoured the feeling as the liquid slid down my throat warming me.
I hadn't realised how cold I was but I'd come out without a jacket, and held
the cup between both hands to take away the chill.
I'd been surprised by Jayden's reaction, I thought he may have shunned me
because of the circumstances but he was surprisingly understanding. He'd asked
plenty of questions, some a little difficult to answer but I understood he
needed to get everything right in his own head before he spoke to relevant
people. I assumed CJ was a friend but he'd also mentioned a club, I'd been
racking my brains to think what that may have meant but I was at a lost.
I was startled by a lady dropping her cup on the floor, and held my hand firmly
over my chest as I tried to control my breathing. I glanced around the shop
looking for possible lookouts and could justify almost everyone I saw. The lady
with the pushchair would be a perfect informant because she wouldn't be
expected, or the man sitting in the corner with his sunglasses on so I couldn't
see where he was looking or possibly the elderly couple staring at each other
over a cup of coffee. I was on edge, a simple shopping trip had turned me into
a nervous wreck but things were so different two years ago before I was taken.
Jazz and I would spend hours walking the high street looking for bargains but
without her it just wasn't the same. He had killed those special memories for
his own selfish gain, and I wouldn't let him get away with it. If I was seeing
Jayden again in a few days, I needed to be prepared to give him as much
information as possible in order for him to bring this firm down. He'd
destroyed too many lives and it would take a strong person to take him down, I
just didn't know how much back up Jayden may have?

People came and went during the
time I sat at my table but I wasn't prepared to move as I didn't want to be
followed. Spyder may get the hump with me for not buying anything nice but I
didn't want his money or gifts, I just wanted to go home.

I still had ten minutes left of
the hour he'd given me for shopping but I 'd had enough of sitting on my arse,
that I stood and slowly walked from the building casually looking around to try
and see who was watching me. It wasn't made obvious but I had that feeling
again that sent shivers up my spine. As I made it out into the car park, I saw
Spyder's white Discovery and walked briskly to the vehicle, as I was feeling cold
from the night air.
He looked at me and frowned, "Where are the bags?"
"I wasn't in the mood for shopping so I went and grabbed a coffee, I hope
you don't mind?"
He looked at me questioningly, "You mean to say that I've given you £400
and you only bought a coffee?" I nodded my head as he laughed,
"You're one in a million babe." Spyder leaned over and planted a kiss
on my forehead before making his way down my check towards my lips. I didn't
want this, I couldn't allow him to kiss me like we were in a relationship and
pulled away but I was instantly scared that he'd give me another beating.
"What's up?" he asked clearly pissed off.
"I was just wondering where Leanne was!"
"She's joined a party with the other girls." The look of horror on my
face made him question me further. "What's the matter with that? I've
brought her here to be a working girl not a new toy for you to play with."
"I've never asked you for anything in the two years that I've been here
and all I wanted you to do was to tread carefully with this one but now you've
gone and thrown her to the lions on her first fucking day." I crossed my
arms over my chest and stared out of the window.
"She's a fucking whore like you, don't forget your place Sam because I
went a little soft this evening and allowed you to go shopping. I can take it
away as quickly as I gave it to you." He slammed the stick into drive and
floored the accelerator in rage. I held onto the door and the seat as I was
tossed around as he drove at speed.
"Stop it Spyder, you're gonna get us killed." I screamed.
He ignored my pleas and continued to drive like a lunatic through the narrow
streets, his driving was earning us attention from pedestrians as they shouted
and cursed as he drove erratically. "Just fucking stop it, you've proved
your point!"
Spyder slammed on the breaks and brought the vehicle to a standstill. I flung
forward not having enough time to brace myself and the seatbelt dug tightly
into my skin. My breathing was erratic from the adrenaline pumping through my
body and I felt his eyes bore into my skin.
"Tell me what point I've proved Sam." I moved the hair from my face
and tucked it behind my ears before turning towards him. He was annoyed, I'd
spoken out of turn again and needed to apologise to smooth things over.
"You've proved that you're angry with me. I was wrong to question your
motives and I'm sorry." I didn't mean a fucking word of that apology but I
needed him to think that I did.
"No, what I was proving is that I'm in control of every aspect of your
life. If I want you to feel happy you will, if I want you to feel scared you
will and if I want you dead I can make that happen. Don't ever take my kindness
as weakness and don't ever question my motives again. Do you understand?"
I nodded my head, I could've ruined everything this evening for not thinking
before I opened my mouth and I made a mental note of never allowing that to
happen again. I had a few days, that was all and this situation would hopefully
be sorted.
"Let's put this down to being a little excited at your new found freedom,
and never talk of it again." He pulled away and moved his hand resting it
on my thigh and gave it a light squeeze. "Let's get you home."

CJ

"We have a lot riding on this CJ, don't let us
down," Duke patted me on the back as he passed, making his way to stand at
the back of the barn.
I still had an hour before the fight officially started but I was here a little
early to warm up and greet the family that were coming to support me. I heard
movement behind me and turned to see Jay fucking around with various bags,
"What you doing?" I asked walking over to relieve him of some of the
things he was carrying.
"I've got a first aid kit, some water, bananas and a change of clothes for
after the fight."
"Ah honey you do care!" I stated mockingly although I was grateful
for what he was doing. He looked affronted by my comment, I placed my hand on
his shoulder and gave it a light squeeze. "I'm pulling your dick."
Now he looked even more confused which made me snigger. "Jay I'm fucking
around, I'm so grateful for what you've done for me lately." I moved
closer and pulled him in for a manly hug. He'd been my rock over recent weeks
and although our friendship was fairly new, I knew that I'd found someone that
I could trust and hopefully with time call a close friend. Jay was so easy
going but had many of Locke's characteristics, which is why we probably got on
so well. I only hoped that Locke was looking over me pleased that I'd found
another partner in crime.
He smiled and stepped back out of my embrace with a genuine smile on his face before
moving over to the corner of the room to set up his bags of crap.

"Hi Caleb," I recognised that voice.
I turned to see Fallon, flounce through the barn towards me. She looked out of
place standing here in a derelict barn and although she was only wearing jeans
and a blouse, she looked like she'd stepped off a cat walk. I was immediately
made aware of the eyes around the building staring at her and could feel my
blood boil at the attention she was getting.
Fallon wrapped her arms tightly around my middle and rested her head on my
chest. I gently kissed the top of her head, "And how are you
beautiful?"
"You know I don't like you and the boys fighting." Fallon tightened
her grip around me.
"I was surprised to see you here to be honest."
"I may go and wait in the car, I just wanted to come and say I'm here to
support you and that I love you." She looked up at me with those gorgeous green
eyes and smiled.
"I'd prefer you not to sit in the car by yourself but I understand that
you don't want to watch the fight."
She sniggered, "Nothings gonna happen to me with this lot here as
protection." Fallon pointed behind her as we heard the laughter from Eli,
Finn and Rian. I let go of Fallon and turned my attention to the guys as they
approached, "So pleased you could come."
"I wouldn't miss this for the fucking world." Eli stated glancing
around the room. "Is that Jamie's lot over in the corner?" he asked
puffing out his chest further.
I rolled my eyes at his actions, "Yes but don't start anything, I don't
want it getting nasty."
Eli held his hand on his chest, "Me? As if I'd start anything little
brother."
I looked in the direction of Rian and Finn, "Keep an eye on him."
They both sniggered, "Of course we will. Now where do I get myself a beer
and place a bet on Jamie to win?"
I punched Finn in the arm, and he brought his hand to the place where I'd made
contact. "Easy tiger I was only joking."
"Good, you don't want to be betting on him." I pointed to the far
right of the barn, "Everything you need is over there."
Finn gave me a nod and casually walked in the direction of the make shift bar with
Eli and Rian closely following behind him. They looked a force to be reckoned
with, they didn't weave through the group, people actually moved out of their
way as their reputations went before them.
"Always wanna be bad arses!" Fallon said taking the piss out of the
guys, I sniggered as that's how we'd gotten where we were in life. We were from
the travelling community although we had now set ourselves roots and all lived
in houses. Dad still lived on the site and was one of the elders but that wasn't
the life for us.
We'd adopted certain parts of our culture and were happy to carry on most
traditions but we were also aware that things had to change in order for us to
survive in society.
The main thing that I didn't agree with was the treatment of Rex. He'd been
shunned by our community because he divorced his wife, now she was the biggest
slag I knew and he'd been a patient man taking her back time after time with
everyone on the site knowing what she was getting up to. After years of dealing
with her infidelity, he finally saw sense and got a divorce but with that came
the harsh consequences and he was asked to leave.
Now this never sat right with me and the guys, I always flipped every scenario
to look at it from every perspective before I made any judgements and more times
than not I used Fallon as my reasoning. If she was married and some bloke
fucked her about would I allow her to stay with him? She wouldn't have a chance
to get divorced because he'd already be dead but for the sake of the argument,
no one should stay with their husband or wife if it makes them unhappy. Now if
you were shunned for getting a divorce, I couldn't understand why so many of
the travelling community got married so young. I wasn't prepared to marry
someone for the sake of it only to regret it later on in life and the guys
agreed that this rule would apply to Fallon also. She found it hard to date
anyway because of us, no bloke in their right mind would come near her.
However, at this moment in her life Fallon wasn't too bothered as she was
concentrating on the family business or so she'd informed us. Fallon had also
discovered the harsh reality of not following the rules, and had been verbally
abused by some of the women on the site. At twenty-four, she was considered too
old to get married. I would prefer her to marry within the community but ultimately
I wanted her to be happy, she was a knockout and I knew she'd have many bloke's
chasing her arse all over town if we allowed it.

"Fallon?" I glanced over her shoulder to see Rex stand
behind her. She span around and jumped into his arms giving him a huge squeeze.
"How you doing Paul?" she asked excitedly.
"Different day but same old shit you know how it works."
"What's going on?"
"Brooke and Yasmin, do I need to say anymore?" he shrugged his
shoulders and I immediately felt sorry for the man. Brooke was his wayward
teenage daughter who took drugs and purposely dated men outside of the
community and Yasmin was just as outrageous, sleeping around with no respect
for herself. She wasn't blood, in fact she was Rex's ex wife's niece but he'd
taken her in when she had nowhere else to go. She repaid him by being
disrespectful and basically taking the piss out of his good nature.
"You should let me come round and have a word with them about
respect." Fallon stated clearly pissed off by the way they were treating
her godfather. I moved closer and placed my arm around her shoulder, she was
only small but she was a little spitfire when she got going.
"Thank you Fallon, you're such a sweetheart. Why couldn't I have had you
as a daughter instead?" She moved out of my embrace and stood on her
tiptoes to place a kiss on Rex's cheek. "If you need anything Paul, please
just give me a call. The boys and I are here for you, I truly mean that."
Paul smiled and looked a little happier from their brief conversation,
"Thank you Fallon." He turned his attention to me, "And good
luck for the fight."

"Not long now CJ!" Rian patted me on the back as
he joined us.
"Hi Paul, how you doing?" Eli asked shaking his hand and pulling him
in for a hug.
"Not bad Eli, look I'll let you boys get on and I'll see you at the end,
good luck." He nodded his head and manoeuvred himself through the crowd
and over to the rest of the club members who'd congregated in a corner of the
barn.

"Can I borrow CJ?" Jayden asked the group.
"Of course Jay, you get him ready for the fight of his life." Finn
was right, there was a lot riding on this because there was so much history
between us. Lyric had been winding me up for months and I couldn't wait to put
his brother on his arse.
"Is everything okay?" I glanced around the group and caught Lyrics
eye, he tried to stare and intimidate me but I wasn't scared. I had a point to
prove, and I'd be doing that this evening. I'd put £5,000 on myself winning
this evening's fight courtesy of Locke's estate, and I'd be winning this fight
tonight for him.
"Everything's fine, we just need to get you ready." Jayden stated
pulling on my arm. I sniggered at his actions, I couldn't work out who was more
nervous him or me? 

"CJ, Jamie, make your way to the centre and can
everyone else please leave the area and move to the sides." Patrick asked
in a booming voice so all could hear. The crowd slowly dispersed, and I quickly
gave Jay a manly hug.
"Good luck mate."
"Thanks," I patted him on the back before I walked towards Patrick
who'd be overseeing the fight this evening.
"You know the rules, you've fought before. If you hold on I'll break you
up, if you fall I'll count you out. Keep it tight, keep it entertaining."
He patted me down first checking around my clothing for any weapons, once he
was happy that I was clean he moved on to Jamie.
"Right guys, take your positions."
"I'm gonna fuck you up CJ and enjoy doing it in the process."
I sniggered at his comment, "So why do you look so scared?" he
narrowed his eyes and took his stance.
The crowd were electric and the chants were getting louder, there was a nice
mixt of supporters for both sides and a few neutrals thrown in as they enjoyed
watching a match. I bounced a little on my toes and moved my neck from side to
side warming up as I waited for it to all kick off. The crowd got louder as
Jarred brought down his hand to ring the bell.

I knew that Jamie would surge towards me, I'd been watching
his fights most evenings with Jay analysing what he did. This had given me a
better understanding of how he moved and what to expect throughout the fight.
He also went at it hard at the beginning of the fight so he wore himself out quickly.
All I needed to do was bide my time and not get hurt and my fitness should be
able to see me through.
I stepped to the side dodging his fists and connected with his stomach to the
roar of the crowd. He took it well and quickly regained his composure to stand
tall and surge towards me again. I was at a slight disadvantage because of his
height, it meant I needed to get into him and probably take a few hits to land
one myself. I moved backwards making him chase me and waste some of that energy
he had but the guys had come here for a fight not to see us play cat and mouse.
I went in hard and missed the first shot but landed the second, I stepped back
and slipped on the dusty ground. Trying to keep my footing I dropped my guard
and Jamie made contact with my left cheek. It stung like a mother fucker and I
closed my eye trying to shake it off before my composure was back. Holding up
my guard again, I stepped forward this time connecting a body shot and heard
the cheers from my side of the room. Jamie lunged forward and wrapped his arms
around my shoulders putting his body weight on me. This was a tactic used to
wear an opponent out but he shouldn't be doing that this early in a match.

Patrick intervened quickly and separated us, "Don't
fucking hang on lad, fight." Once Patrick was out of the way I winked at
Jamie, and could see the annoyance on his face.
Jamie stepped forward and jabbed twice in quick succession and caught me on the
cheek again, the sound echoed around the room and the cheering became louder
from Jamie's supporters. My cheek stung from the contact but I danced around a
little, buying myself some time to regain my composure. I was going to fight my
own fight and not be panicked into changing anything due to him getting a few
lucky shots.
"Increase the tempo," Jayden shouted from the sidelines. We'd discussed
this tactic so he could let me know his evaluation of what was going on and what
he wanted me to do. I stepped closer to Jamie and cracked him in the ribs
before catching him on the nose with my other hand. I'd caught him well and his
nose bleed causing the crowd to go wild. In quick succession he landed his fist
on my cheek and I hit back catching his jaw. This momentum went on for another
couple of shots neither of us putting up our guards but just using brute force
to inflict pain. Jamie stepped forward and slipped on the uneven surface, he
grabbed me in the process and we both went down to the roars of the crowd for
us to quickly get up.
I landed on Jamie and used my elbow to take some of the weight as I fell and
smiled when it met his stomach hard. He groaned at the contact but didn't have
much time to think about it as we were pulled to our feet.

"Fight!" Patrick shouted indicating for us to
continue.
Jamie wiped his nose with the back of his hands and I glanced at Patrick to
have a word because that was filthy. I'd taken my eye off the ball and he made
contact hitting me in the neck. I doubled over and gasped for air unaware of
the knee coming towards me until it landed on the side of my head. I fell to
the ground still gasping for air from the punch to the neck. The fucking
bastard, if he wanted to fight dirty I was fine with that he only needed to
say. I struggled to my feet still trying to catch my breath to see Patrick had
taken Jamie to his corner to reprimand him and get him cleaned up.

"Are you hurt?" Jayden asked quickly lifting a
bottle of water to my mouth so I could take a quick swig.
"No I'm not hurt, I just didn't want his fucking blood all over me."
I managed to get out in a husky voice as I breathed in air slowly.
"Okay you're doing well, you just need to increase the tempo coz he's
slowing down." I nodded my head understanding and stepped forward as
Patrick was about to start the fight again.
"How's your neck?" he asked trying to rattle me.
I shook my head at his immature attempt to annoy me, "I've just been
warming up, now the real fighting begins." I winked before cracking him in
the cheek. I now had the better of him and continued the momentum by punching
him several times. Jamie lifted his hands to try and protect his face but I
knocked them out of the way. I had him up against the wall but it wasn't his
face that I could see any more, it was Onyx's face and he was smirking at me.
Smirking and laughing at me for killing my friend but he wouldn't be doing that
for much longer. I smashed him repeatedly in the face over and over again, when
he lifted his hands again to protect himself I smashed them out of the way but
still he laughed, Onyx needed to die.
I felt a pair of arms wrap around me, pulling me back but I fought with everything
I had to get free, he wasn't dead and I needed to end his life the way he ended
Locke's.