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The officer looked at me. “Ma’am, according to this letter, those bikers are the baby’s family.”
Then the bikers’ lawyer contacted mine. They wanted to meet. To talk. To show me something before we went to court.
Against my lawyer’s advice, I agreed.
The Iron Guardians clubhouse was not what I expected. I’d imagined a dirty bar full of drunk criminals. Instead, I found a clean building with a fenced yard full of playground equipment. A banner over the door said “Welcome Home, Marcus Jr.”
The six bikers who’d taken my nephew were waiting inside. The one who’d been carrying the baby in the security footage stepped forward.
“I’m Thomas. I was Marcus’s best friend for thirty-two years. I was with him the night he died.”
He gestured to the others. “This is Robert, James, William, Daniel, and Christopher. We’re all officers in the Iron Guardians. And we’re all here because we loved your sister. We loved Marcus. And we love that little boy.”
“You had no right to take him,” I said coldly. “He’s my nephew.”
“You’re right. He is your nephew.” Thomas didn’t argue. “But he’s also Marcus’s son. And Sarah made us promise. Made us swear on Marcus’s grave that we’d raise him if anything happened to her.”
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