“It had just been so long, that I was wondering if something happened,” Shelby answered with a little bit of attitude.
“I’m not sure I like that tone of voice,” Mike said as Gavin stood beside with his arms crossed over their massive chest as well.
Mike’s chest was covered with tattoos and it always gave Shelby a thrill to see them like this. Her girly parts were definitely awake and paying attention. These two alpha men were hers and hers alone. She didn’t know how she got this lucky but was happy they had found each other.
Shelby’s first time in Gavi
n’s playroom was the experience the men had wanted it to be for her. She watched Mike practice with his six-foot whip for a while, and then they all played.
Totally sated and exhausted after her play session with the men, Shelby was carried to the bedroom, where they cuddled and relaxed. They spent the rest of the weekend relaxing and goofing off. Monday would come too soon and everyone would go back to work.
* * * *
Mike and Shelby drove to work together as was their custom, now that they were all spending more time at Gavin’s house; it was pointless for Shelby to drive herself. They arrived at the garage two hours after it opened and the mechanics were hard at work. They had already written several orders for parts for Shelby to call in.
Picking up the stack of papers, she headed for her desk and the phone to start making her calls. She sat and quickly began sorting through the orders, she had discovered that they often need the same parts for several orders, and if she ordered the parts in bulk, she could get bigger discounts. As she went through the orders, she found a folded piece of paper tucked among them. She unfolded it and read “You’re not as special as you think bitch.” And that was all.
Earl immediately came to mind. She sat looking at the paper for a minute trying to decide what to do. The note was hurtful, but not threatening or malicious. She didn’t know whether to go and confront Earl or go tell Mike. If she told Mike, he would call Gavin then the police would be involved. She really didn’t want Earl to get in trouble, just wanted him to leave her alone.
Deciding she needed to confront him herself, she went looking for him back in the garage where the guys were working. Asking around she found out Earl hadn’t shown up for work that day and no one had heard from him. Now she was really puzzled who the note might have come from. Head down she walked to Mike’s office, holding the note. She was trying to figure out who might have sent the note and didn’t notice Hank, one of the older mechanics, watching her.
Mike’s reaction was exactly what she expected it to be. He immediately called Gavin, who also blew a gasket and arrived at the garage sirens blaring—way to not bring attention to the situation.
Shelby assured both men she was all right and not scared, which wasn’t true. She was nervous about who it could be. They once again reassured her she would never be alone and started looking at all the suspects, who it could be, and why.
One by one, they went through the garage employees, all of whom had worked for Mike for years except Earl. They had no idea who would have left a note like that for Shelby. Every one of the guys liked her, and there was no reason for anyone to want to harass her. They couldn’t help but think Earl had something to do with it.
Mike had tried to call Earl to learn why he wasn’t at work with no results, so he decided to drive to Earl’s home to see what was going on. Gavin decided not to let him go alone and not wanting to leave Shelby alone at the garage with the guys when the letter writer could still be there, they all piled into Mike’s truck. Gavin didn’t want to take the squad car.
When no one answered the door to Earl’s apartment, Gavin decided to talk to the manager and check the place out. Earl’s apartment was empty. It looked like he had moved out over the weekend. The manager knew nothing about it. There was a note on the counter addressed to the manager. When he opened it, it just read that he was moving and there was a check for the fees owed—nothing more.
They were even more puzzled as they thanked the manager and left. Mike pointed out that just because Earl moved didn’t mean he couldn’t have left the note, but Gavin didn’t think so.
They headed back to the garage puzzled about who could have left the note. Mike was sure it wasn’t any of the mechanics. They had all worked for him for more than five years, and he trusted all of them. He’d even been overseas with two of the guys. Both knew one thing for sure was that Shelby was not going to be alone. One of them would always be with her.
Chapter Ten
Hank watched the little whore as she left with the men she was fucking. His son hadn’t been good enough for her. Oh no, the little slut had to have two men. That was all right. They would all get what they deserved, the slut and the two assholes she was fucking.
No one knew that Earl was Hank’s son, and that was the way he wanted it. Mike might have thought he had gotten rid of Hank back in that hellhole in Afghanistan. His name was Harvey back then, Harvey Milstone. Harvey Milstone had died in Afghanistan, and Hank Mills was born. Because of what he knew and what he had seen, the US government paid for Hank’s new identity and all the surgeries he needed to mend what was left after the bomb went off.
His mission that day had been a solo one, so no one on his team knew what had happened to him. That was just fine with him. Mike had been his team leader and should have been more responsible for him. Mike was the one who made the decision to pack up and leave when they couldn’t find Harvey. Mike just assumed he was one of the many deserters, and when his higher-up agreed, he had no reason to protest.
Hank had spent the last five years worming his way into Mike’s trust and the time was getting ripe to strike. The slut’s treatment of his only son was just icing on the cake. Now Hank had more than one reason to get revenge on Mike. If he got the slut that would get to Mike, not a bad day’s work. He’d spent a lot of time planning what he would do to Mike while he was lying in hospital beds recovering from his various surgeries. Revenge would be his. The man should never have left him.
When Hank came back to the States and found out that Henry’s old girlfriend was pregnant when he left her several years before he joined the serviee and he had a son it didn’t take long for him to befriend the bitch and her son. Killing the bitch was easy, and with no family to take the young boy it was easy for Hank to take custody of him.
After Earl had been fired from his fourth job for gross misconduct with a female coworker, Hank got him the job at the garage where he could keep an eye on him. Earl hadn’t been accused of rape yet, but Hank could see where this was going. Having him work at the garage where there were only men seemed like the best idea to Hank. Then Shelby started working there, and Earl’s trouble started again.
After Mike talked to Earl on Friday, Hank had decided to have Earl move in with him and not go back to the garage. Now he had even more reason to get his revenge on Mike. Before leaving the garage, Hank managed to disable the new alarm system Mike installed and wedge one of the side doors open. Disabling the alarm wasn’t difficult for a demolitions specialist. He had chatted the technician up installing it and gotten all the information he needed. After the slut and her men left, Hank sneaked back into the garage and set his little present up. Mike was in for a surprise and so was the slut.
Gavin, Mike, and Shelby were rudely awakened by a pounding on the door to Mike’s house. They were still taking turns sleeping at either Mike’s or Gavin’s house. The garage was on fire. Both men grabbed clothes and took off running leaving Shelby alone in the house. Gavin screamed at her to lock the doors and set the alarm as they ran.
“Don’t open the door and stay in the house,” Mike yelled.
Shelby did as she was told, then stood watching out the window of the house trying to see what was going on. It wasn’t very long before she heard a pounding at the back door. She started to go back and answer it when she remembered Mike had told her not to open the doors. What should she do? Why was someone at the back door instead of the front? The knocking came again, and Shelby decided she should at least walk back there to see who it was. She could do that without opening the door.
Shelby yelled through the door, asking who it was.