Club Property: Adults Only Motorcycle Club Romance: Roadrunners MC by Selena Black Page B

well do you know McCallister?” Major Anderson asked.
     
    “He was under my command for a few years at a couple different bases,” Samuel replied. “He was a good soldier and a good man as far as I was concerned. Definitely one of the most talented and hardworking mechanics I’ve known.”
     
    “How many tours overseas did he do?”
     
    “He was invalided out on his very first tour of Afghanistan,” Samuel answered. “Returned with an injured leg that left him with a permanent limp, although the rehab he went through meant it didn’t impede him too much afterwards.”
     
    “That’s luckier than some,” Major Anderson said.
     
    “Yeah, there were plenty that didn’t make it home at all,” Samuel agreed.
     
    The man opposite him nodded and went on speaking.
     
    “If I hear anything else from my sources, I’ll let you know.”
     
    Samuel lifted the piece of paper to bring the brief conversation to an end and thanked the commanding officer for his help again before walking to the door to leave the office. The drive home was a blur as he pondered what to do. His inclination was to get on the first flight to San Francisco, and that was the thought on his mind when he came to a stop in the driveway of his home. He saw his wife waiting at the door as he got out the car and knew what she was going to say when he walked up to her.
     
    “Major Anderson called,” Kath told him.
     
    “Yeah,” he replied as they walked inside. “He told me when I arrived at the base. I got there around ten minutes after his call.”
     
    “And,” Bella queried, “what did he say?”
     
    Samuel looked to see his older daughter at the kitchen table. He and Kath moved to join her and he got the piece of paper from his pocket when they were all sitting.
     
    “Carl McCallister’s address in San Francisco,” he said when he placed the paper on the table between them. “Well… his last known address I should say.”
     
    “So, you don’t know if he’s still there,” Bella said.
     
    “It’s all we’ve got,” Samuel replied. “Have you spoken to Carrie’s friends today?”
     
    “A couple of hours ago,” Bella told him. “I called Carmen Hopkins and she hasn’t seen Carrie. I didn’t manage to get hold of Darlene, but it would seem my sister hasn’t returned to college yet.”
     
    “I need to go to San Francisco,” Samuel said.
     
    “It’s only been a couple of days,” Bella pointed out. “For all we know she’s on her way back to the college as we speak.”
     
    “We can’t just sit and wait,” Kath said.
     
    “No,” Samuel agreed. “The address wasn’t the only information I was given at the army base. According to one of Major Anderson’s sources, Carl is or has been running with a biker gang called the Roadrunners.”
     
    “That can’t be good news if it’s true,” Bella conceded. “It sounds like Carrie might be getting in over her head.”
     
    “My thoughts exactly,” Samuel commented.
     
    “But you know what she’s like,” Bella warned. “If you fly to San Francisco and steam in heavy handed, you are likely to piss her off and make her all the more determined to be with Carl.”
     
    “Those biker gangs can be dangerous,” Kath pointed out in a concerned voice. “She might find herself getting caught up in something that she can’t cope with.”
     
    “Yeah, you could be right,” Bella said to her mother, but looked at her father after. “You said yourself that Carl was a good guy. I didn’t really get to know him that well, but I can’t imagine he’d get Carrie involved in anything, and that’s assuming that she found him in the first place.”
     
    “It’s around four years since we last saw him,” Samuel pointed out. “We’ve no idea what he’s like now. People can change.”
     
    “I still think you should give her a couple of days more,” Bella insisted. “Carrie isn’t stupid and she learnt enough growing up on army bases to look after