Jem…Chapter 61

Chapter 61

“Effing…idiocy…what kind of dumb…”

“Argh…fff…”

I’m not happy, not one bit after talking with the quiet guy and finding out what was going on with the guys that jumped us and nearly ran over me and Brooklyn.

There’s going to be a fight. Some over the top male bullshit.

I never got that crap. Hated it with a passion actually. Why can’t people just be people and just…

“Effing goddamned dickwaving contest.”

“Hon?”

I turn from banging stuff around in the kitchen to see Rayne there looking at me amused from the kitchen porch door. “What’s up, you’re upset.”

“Upset? Me why would I be upset? Mike’s going to get the hell beat out of him by the guys that’s been after us in order to settle some score between what he did before coming here.”

“What? Wait the thing at the school right?”

“Yeah, well those guys want blood for their guys that got time because of Mike.”

She’s quiet a minute or four thinking. “You know they do things differently right?”

“Yeah I know it’s why I’m pissed I hate this and there’s not a damned thing we can do about it.”

Brook and Kim come in and they’re looking grim too. I really feel like shit about all of this and I stop what I’m doing and lean on the wall.

“I’m sorry guys, Adam did all of this and did it to hurt Mike…if I hadn’t gotten all of you involved the….”

Brook huffs angrily. “If nothing Adam would’ve killed you and his posse would have all said it was self defense. Mike did what he did before he showed up here it might have always been hanging over his head. The guys here said win or lose it’s done.”

“It’s the losing part I’m worried about.”

“It’s a biker honor thing.”

I look at her. “Maybe, maybe not I’m thinking it’s them making their bones by stomping a rat and hitting the cops. Not everyone in a club follows the rules…a lot of them will take the rep they’ll get over what the heads of the club are saying.”

“You think they’ll fight dirty?”

“I think they beat Mike to death or close to it. Brook if they honestly were just about the honor and payback then they wouldn’t have tried to run you over too.”

She frowns and looks upset about this. I sigh and go over and give her a hug.

Kim’s hugging herself. “How the heck is this fair? Mike was like what still a kid when he was helping his dad and these guys want to kick his ass? They went to prison sure but what ever happened to do the crime do the time.”

I sigh and have my arms around Brooklyn when a little something trickles in my brain.

“Kim…what was that?”

“Y’know do the crime do the time, my cousin used to say that.”

“Yeah but they’re in prison?”

“Yeah, Mike told us the guys were in Kingston.”

“High school kids wouldn’t have gotten jail time, they really wouldn’t get Kingston.”

“Huh?”

I let go of Brooklyn and head outside to where the biker dressed guy’s talking with Dad and Mike and Uncle Mitch with the quiet guy.

“Call them and call it off.”

Mike’s like. “What?”

The guys are all looking at me. The main biker looking guy shoves his hands in his jacket pockets and looks at me. “This is club business Angel, if we don’t do this it’ll get worse.”

I cross my arms and shift my hips. “Bullshit, those two are trying to make bread off Mike. They want to get even with Mike for what? The guys in prison are in prison because guys Mike caught ratted them out not Mike. If they’d been stand up guys within the club then it’d have never happened and they know it.”

He’s staring at me. He looks at Mike, then at me.

Mike’s staring at me. “Angel I’m not punking out of a fight.”

“Mike, stop it. This isn’t the time for the whole male pride bullshit.”

“Angel…”

“No, you’re acting all testosterstoned.”

He looked all guy pissy but Brook and the girls had come up during this and she does the hug him from behind and pressing her breasts into his back and slips her hands into his pockets. He’s upset for about another forty seconds before he sighs.

“Billy?” Dad asks.

“Yeah…she’s right.”

I am?

Davey’s nodding and looks at us. “How long until supper?”

“Uhm…a couple of hours.”

He looks at the Billy guy and Billy nods and says. “We’ll be here. Mike fights off this is club business only now.” He nods at me and he grins. “Later Jenna…I mean Angle.”

I blink a little as they get into the car and they pull out. “Really…? I so have to meet my cousin now then.”

I look at Mike. He’s looking at me. “I could’ve.”

“Yeah but I didn’t like this whole thing.”

He raises his eyebrow. I show him my bruises from that night. “If they just were about the whole honor thing then they would’ve come at just you…they didn’t get out of the truck. And they nearly killed Brooklyn and me. They wouldn’t have played fair…it would’ve gotten bad Mike, really bad…I just had this feeling.”

Dad nods. “She’s right son, you didn’t put them in there you were just part of it.”

We all sort of have this big collective sigh and then we end up hugging each other. Uncle Mitch didn’t say anything until he’s hugging me so tight…and even picked me up off the ground an inch or two. “Thank you…you really are an Angel y’know.” he says in my shoulder and I’m tearing up and hug him hard back.

This is exactly why I’m more and more sure this is me.

My girl heart is so smiling right now.

“Yeah…(Sniffle.) You think I’m good now, wait until supper’s ready.”

“Can’t wait.”

I get set down and come over to the girls and take Rayne’s hand. “C’mon let’s get cooking…and I wanna sing!”

We’re happily taking off into the house still hugging and happy…this is a big thing really…we dodged a bullet here and it’ll be another monkey wrench in Adam’s damned games.

He’s going to go down…we’ll find a chink in the money, in the ego and we’ll take him down.

And we’re not going to sink to his level doing it.

***…………………..Dane sat at the bar with a bit of a frown on but still trying to hide it with the two local guys that Mike had tangled with. They were stoned and pretty high and they could definitely put the booze away.

They’d been plying them with booze all night and talking up how unfair it’s been since the rat that he is and other rats they’ve known seem to have it easy in life. How they get everything handed to them on a silver platter.

Not that it was true, or that Dane gave a shit but these guys were the type that were fuck ups in their own lives but blamed everyone but themselves.

Made them really easy to aim at someone once they were tweaking and not thinking right.

He slipped outside for a smoke…fucking bullshit laws…can’t smoke in a bar, even a fucking dive.

Wild Bill pulled up about half way through his smoke.

“Dane.”

“Wild Bill…”

“Fight’s off.”

“What!? What the hell?”

“Kid’s not part of the beef.”

“Like shit he’s a cop’s kid and a rat.”

Both of them got out of the rental car and walked over. Quiet boy was looking like he wanted to cut him.

“No, Mike was just a kid working with the cops and the school to get the dealers out of their school. He was just part of Guff and Zee-Zee getting busted. The real reason they got busted was they used little shit prospects that rolled on them when they got busted instead of taking the time and keeping their mouths shut.”

“Bill…that’s not right.”

“No? It’s perfectly right, we take care of shit in house. Mike isn’t in house got that?”

“And If I don’t agree?”

The quiet guy stepped right up to Dane. “There’s an awful lot of lake out there.”

No question what would happen…

“Okay…okay fine…we’re off it.”

“Good, stay out of it…go home and get the hell out of Dodge got me?”

“Yeah, got it.”

They went and left the quiet one staring him the entire time and then they pulled off. Dane walked back in the bar, clenching and unclenching his fists.

The too local thugs looked at him. “What was that about?”

Dane took another shot and played with his glass…. “Mike’s hooked up…he’s…” He smiled and then poured shots all around. “You guys know the Marshal’s?”

“Yeah they’re assholes think the just don’t own the fish plant but the fuckin world.”

“Well those were two of the ball breakers the Marshal’s got working for them. They told me to stay the hell away from the little rat bastard. If I touch him they’ll come after us and cause all kinds of shit for our family in the joint too.”

One of them grinned and clinked shot glasses with him. “Hey…don’t worry Dane, you’ll be some where’s else. We got this…we owe the little bastard anyway.”

The other one nods. “He’s like them, thinking he’s better’n us, he’s got our sis doin the same.”

“That’s the Marshal way, that shit Adam’ll will end up fuckin your baby sis…Mike’ll turn her over to him just to get ahead he’s that kind of guy y’know.”

The one who said they’d take care of it growls. “Brookie’s ours…ours that fucker is history!”

Dane took out a folded over hundred. “Here you two go score some rock, on me for being stand up.”

Their eyes lit up like junkies do and they nodded and left quickly. This might work…have them hit Mike, steer them at Adam too maybe…if Wild Bill get’s involved then he could take him out and blame it on these two.

He’d be the guy that got the job done…even when the guys The Club sent failed and disappeared. Yeah, he’d have to be careful…but an idea was forming…that pink haired chick yeah.