Chapter Eight: Talk

"What do you know about the note Isobel got?" Marcus asked as he sat at one head of the table in Templo.

The Oakland president once again found himself in Santo Padre not long after he had left the small town. When he got the call about Isobel receiving flowers and a somewhat threatening note at her job, he knew he had to ride to Santo Padre to figure who sent them to her and deal with whoever it was. Marcus would not allow anything bad to happen to Isobel or her mija on his watch.

"Not much." Taza said as he shook his head. "Leni said it was a normal looking delivery guy who dropped off the flowers." He added, recalling what his sister's friend had told him and Bishop when they went to talk to the blonde nurse.

"Do you trust this Leni chica?" Alvarez asked.

"Yeah." Bishop answered quickly, nodding his head. It was known to everyone at the table besides Alvarez that Bishop had an ongoing thing with the blonde nurse, and he completely trusted her. Bishop also knew Isobel completely trusted her and he didn't want Marcus questioning the trust of Leni. "She's a good friend to Isobel and to the club." The Santo Padre president added.

"Jefe's right." Taza said, confirming his president's words.

Leni had been a good friend to Isobel for years and to the club too. If Isobel wasn't available to help patch up a member it was always Leni who offered to help then. Taza knew there was no way Leni played a part in the flowers and note to Isobel.

"Alright." Marcus nodded, satisfied with Bishop and Taza's words.

"You think Galindo had anything to do with it?" Angel asked. He didn't like nor trust Miguel Galindo and he wouldn't put it past the head of the Galindo cartel to threaten a member of the clubs family.

"Nah." Alvarez shook his head. "I already talked to him about it, said he'll do what he can to help."

"I'm sure he will." Angel scoffed, earning a glare from both Bishop and Alvarez. "What about Nina's father?" Angel asked the question that had been on everyone's mind, but no one dared to ask.

"Nina's father?" Marcus questioned as he looked over at Taza, the other man's jaw was clenched and his hands were balled up into fists on top of the table.

Marcus didn't know anything about Nina's father, no one ever mentioned him not even Isobel. He had always figured the man just split when Isobel got pregnant or something like that, but now that Angel had mentioned him being a possibility he wanted to know who the fuck this guy was.

"Is that someone we should be lookin' into?" Alvarez asked while keeping his eyes on Taza.

"That pendejo doesn't give a fuck about Nina or Isobel." Taza said through gritted teeth. "He doesn't care enough to do this."

"We should still look into him." Bishop said while looking over at Taza. "We'll keep the prospect with her and Nina until this shit gets sorted." He added, satisfied when everyone quickly agreed with him.

"Primo." Alvarez spoke once everyone else had left Templo. "What's the story on Nina's father?"

Bishop let out a sigh as he ran a hand over his face. "That's something you gotta ask Isobel about." He said before leaving Alvarez alone in Templo.

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Isobel had a smile on her face as she watched EZ playing a game of candy land with Nina. The brunette hadn't been too thrilled when Taza told her that EZ would be staying with her until they found out who sent her the note. It wasn't that she didn't enjoy the prospect's company, she just didn't like having a babysitter and that essentially what EZ was.

"Stop cheating Ezekiel!"

Isobel shook her head and let out a small laugh as she heard the accusal tone in her daughter's voice. The eight year old had a habit of accusing one of the members of cheating at board games after she caught Creeper and Angel trying to cheat a time or two, and while it didn't surprise Isobel that those two tried to cheat at a child's game she doubted EZ would.

"I'm not cheating." EZ denied as he looked at Nina with shock on his face. "I don't even think you can cheat at candy land." He mumbled while looking down at the colorful board game as if trying to figure out if it were actually possible.

"Nina not everyone cheats at games like Angel and Creeper." Isobel laughed. "I think you need to apologize to EZ." She said while raising an eyebrow at her daughter.

"Sorry." Nina mumbled as her face turned red from embarrassment. "Can I go call Clarissa?" The eight year old asked with hopefulness in her voice as she looked at Isobel with her big brown eyes.

"Yeah, go ahead." Isobel nodded, laughing as Nina jumped up from the couch and ran into the kitchen to grab the phone. "Do not try and stay on the phone all night like last time." She warned before Nina ran off down the hallway towards her room to call her best friend.

"Best friend?" EZ questioned with a laugh as he stared at the half finished game of candy land on the coffee table.

"Yeah." The brunette nodded. "I wish I had a best friend like that when I was her age. I was stuck with Taza instead." Isobel joked. "You wanna finish the game?" She asked, motioning towards the board game.

"You sure you wanna play with a cheater?" EZ jokes as he looked at Isobel with a grin on his face.

The loud rumble of a motorcycle cut Isobel off before she could answer. She looked at EZ with a look of curiosity as she head the engine cut off. Isobel hadn't been expecting anyone else to come by tonight, and so the fact that there was a motorcycle parked right outside her house made her even more curious.

"Are you expecting anyone?" EZ questioned as he placed a hand on his gun.

"No." Isobel shook her head as a loud knock came on the door.

The brunette looked at EZ, he nodded for her to open the door as he pulled the gun from out of his kutte. The prospect moved from his spot on the couch and stood behind the door, waiting for Isobel to open it.

A sigh of relief left Isobel's lips once she opened the door to see Marcus standing on the other side, a smile on his face as he looked at her. "'Marcus." She said as a smile took over her face.

"Can we talk querida?"

Isobel nodded as she stepped aside to let Marcus in. She had a feeling this talk was going to be one that she didn't enjoy.

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