“Motherfuckin’ piece of shit!” I shout.
“Simmer down,” Rock warns.
“He fuckin’ lied to our faces.”
“Let Wrath finish.”
“And,” Wrath continues, ignoring my outburst, “they expect him to marry that girl. Tomorrow.”
“Doesn’t sound like he has any intention of doing that,” Rooster comments.
Wrath taps two fingers on the table in front of him. “They want both things before they release Carter. The money and the wedding.”
“So, what was he planning to do?” I ask. “Take off with the extra money and leave Carter to be chopped into pieces?”
“Maybe,” Wrath says slowly. “Or he figures the extra money will bail him out of the wedding.”
“Uh, sounds like the wedding is more important than the cash to these clowns,” Dex points out.
“Exactly.”
“But if they don’t bring Carter to the exchange, we’re going to notice,” Jiggy says. “What was his plan for that?”
“Invite us to the wedding?” Z shrugs. “Merlin isn’t the brightest bulb.”
“He’s scared,” Grinder says slowly. “He didn’t expect all of us to be this concerned.” He lifts his gaze to me. “Probably thought you two would work it out with them alone.”
“Yeah, and so what if it gets Carter killed?” Murphy snaps. “This is bullshit. Let’s get directions to the camp, gut Merlin and drop him in a ditch on the way to rescue Carter.”
“Easy.” Rock holds his hand up in front of Murphy’s face. “Let’s call that plan C.”
Wrath’s our enforcer for a reason. “What do you think we should do?” I ask him.
“I think we should take two teams. One can go to the meet with Merlin and the cash. The other goes to the camp. Once we see them leave for the meeting, we go in and find Carter.”
“They’ll leave someone there to guard him,” I point out.
“You got a problem taking them out?”
Would I hesitate to pull the trigger to save Carter?
“Nope.”