He expected the members to come out of Crazy Larry’s pad at any moment, and no sane prospect wanted to be suspected of sleeping while on sentry by Mad Mike, the Desperado’s sergeant-at-arms and Rick’s current sponsor in the club. He headed up the organized crime unit, which targeted the local biker clubs. Xxx A disability pension from the military and a certain discrete government agency for injuries sustained while in the line of duty allowed Rick a fair amount of financial freedom. He got along with the Desperados and he usually let them handle their own trouble. Their bogus alibis would be that much more convincing with him as a witness to their supposed whereabouts. When you lived the biker life, you stayed on the edge of the law, you survived by your own wits and strengths, and you relied on and fully trusted no
