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long, loaded beats.
    ‘ Shit !’
    ‘I know it’s a lot to ask of you, but the only way we can do this is for you to go back, Ben. Go back, and become one of them .’
    ‘This is fucking dangerous, Coby. You’re asking me to put my fucking life on the line here…’
    ‘I know. I know… Look, you do this, you don’t do this, either way it’s a dangerous game. But, somehow, with or without your help, we need to know what’s going on, where Shane is; what his connection to the Dark Angels is. What he did – what he tried to do, it isn’t gonna go unpunished, Ben. I want him taken out. And I want to keep this club alive.’
    Ben swallowed another mouthful of beer. What could he say to that? His head was fucking spinning here.
    ‘You gonna help us, brother?’
    Ben’s eyes locked with Coby’s. ‘Do I have a choice?’
    ‘You always have a choice.’
    Ben wasn’t sure that was true. Not in this case. ‘I’ll do it.’ The words were out before he’d had time to think about his response; about what the consequences of him agreeing to this could turn out to be.
    ‘OK.’ Coby’s sigh was one of deep relief. ‘OK. That’s good, but… there’s something else I need you to do for me.’ His eyes dipped, focusing on his beer as he twisted the bottle round and round on the table top. ‘Something I need to know. Before you do anything.’ He raised his gaze, his eyes once more meeting Ben’s. ‘I need to know your history with the Dark Angels. I need to know what happened between you and your father.’
    ‘No, you don’t.’ Ben broke the stare, looking down at his clenched fist.
    ‘Aye.’ Coby leaned forward, waiting until Ben looked up. ‘I do. And I need to know the truth. Nothing can get in the way of what I need you to do, Ben, do you understand that? So I need to know what happened between you and Hector…’
    ‘Why? Huh? Do you think you can help sort out our little domestic, is that it?’ Ben’s voice was still low, still quiet, but he couldn’t hide his growing agitation. ‘You couldn’t help shit, Coby. What my father made me do…’
    ‘What happened, Ben?’
    Ben’s eyes turned cold as stone as they bored deep into Coby’s, his mouth tight, his heart beating like a million drums, his fists clenched so hard his knuckles were turning white. ‘You want to know what really happened? What drove me from the Dark Angels?’
    Coby stayed silent.
    Ben wavered for a second, turning away, closing his eyes as he tried to gather his thoughts. He’d never told anyone the truth. There was only one other person, apart from his father, who knew what had really gone on that night. Michael Bailey. And he’d held up his end of the bargain by keeping his mouth shut for all these years. So telling Coby everything, it was only going to throw more fuel on the fire.
    ‘Ben?’
    He turned back to face Coby, taking a deep breath before he spoke. ‘My father… he’d been having an affair.’
    ‘An affair?’ Coby frowned.
    Ben held his gaze, taking one more deep breath before he carried on. ‘With Marianna. Sol’s wife…’
     
    Five years earlier…
     
    Hector kicked the door of the chapel shut, his eyes blazing. ‘What you just saw, Benjamin, you wipe that from your mind, do you hear me?’
    Ben stared at his father – a man people feared, looked up to; tolerated. And despite being his son, it was that last category that Ben fell into. ‘He’ll kill you. He’ll shoot you dead, just like that. Snuff you out like the piece of shit you are.’ He turned to look at Marianna, his brother’s wife. His brother’s pregnant wife. ‘When were you gonna tell him, huh? That the baby he thinks is his is really his fucking father’s!’
    ‘We’re getting rid of it.’ Hector’s tone was ice-cold, devoid of any emotion. ‘We’ll make it look like a miscarriage…’
    Ben swung back around to face his father. ‘Wow. You’ve got this all planned, huh?’
    ‘It was a mistake.’
    Ben looked at