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W
hat the fuck have I done?
The front door
closed behind Wildcat and I wanted to run out, shoot the motherfuckers, and
save the day. But I couldn’t, or my own ma would be dead by tomorrow. I needed
this money.
This last time.

 No
matter how much it had hurt to watch the dicks take them.

 Fuck.

 I’d
never forget the look on Cody’s face when I walked in and done nothing to help
the situation. I let Vic hit Wildcat. I just stood by and did nothing…like the
pussy I was.

 I
was scared, and that was all it came down to.

 And
it fuckin’ hurt.

 It
hurt to see the pain in Wildcat’s eyes. She felt betrayed by me, and it was
justified.

 Vic
raised his gun and pointed it at the gay guys. “Right, change of plans. I have
to get out of here now, so we gotta kill these fuckers.”

 I
stepped forward, hands raised. “What? No way, man. That wasn’t the plan. We
need to stick to the plan.”

 “Can’t.
They can’t live; you should'a figured that out from the start, brother. They
know us, and they’ll run to Talon. Then, we’re as good as dead.”

 “Please,
no,” Julian cried. Mattie stared at us with wide eyes. But his eyes also showed
that he hadn’t expected anything different to come from us. He closed his eyes
as he pulled Julian closer, and rested Julian’s forehead against his shoulder.

 I
felt disgusted in myself.

 Fuck!

 I
couldn’t let this happen. I would not have more blood on my hands. The only
reason I let Wildcat go was because I knew her dickhead ex wouldn’t kill her.

 Yeah, you just keep tellin’ yourself that.

 I
had to believe that. Or else I did all this for nothing. Really, I'd done it
for nothing anyway. I already knew my ma wouldn’t change, and it made me feel
sick. Give her six months and she’d be back to owing, in more ways than one.

 So
why was I helping her now? After what she’d done? After the hell she'd put me
through all my fuckin’, fucked-up life. Who did that to their child?

 Who
sold their own child’s body to be used by rich, fat-ass bitches?

 Jesus.

 I
couldn’t let this happen.

 “No,
Vic.”

 He
turned his hard stare on me, but I gave as good as I got and met his gaze with
my own.

 “What
the fuck you mean, no?”

 “This
ain’t happenin’.” I pulled out my own gun from where it sat at the back of my
pants at my waist, and pointed it at Vic. He didn't think I had anything in me.
I could tell that, because he still held his gun at the gay guys.

 “Don’t
do this, brother. Don’t fuck this up for the both of us just ‘cause you’re a
pussy and can’t kill two fuckin’ poofs.”

 “I
should never have been involved. I should have manned-up at the start and told
Talon your plan, but I didn’t, and I let Wildcat walk out. Christ, with her
kids, and I’m gonna have to live with that. But I can’t let you do this. I
won’t let you kill them.”

 One
of them gasped, but I didn’t dare look their way.

 “You’re
pathetic; why Talon ever let you join, I’ll never fuckin' know.You could never
handle the pay backs for the club. You’re useless.”

 Scoffing
to myself,
I guess he’ll soon find out how useless I am.

 I
watched his hand twitch and I knew.

 I
knew I was about to be shot.

 But
I had to get there first.

 The
sound of my gun being fired echoed through the quiet house.

 Though,
it wasn’t only my gun.

 I
was knocked back when I was hit. My hand went to my chest as I stumbled
backwards and then fell to my ass against the wall.

 I
smiled as I witnessed Vic fall to the floor, bleeding out from his throat.

 We
all watched silently as he took his last staggering breath and died.

 “Holy
shit,” Mattie yelled.

 “Mother
Mary,” Julian cried.

 I
snorted, and then winced from the pain. My hand was still holding my chest as
the blood seeped through my fingers.

 “G-get
to Talon. Tell him,” I said.

 “We
aren’t leaving you,” Julian uttered, as he knelt down beside me. Mattie showed
up with a towel in his hand, gave it to Julian, and then he disappeared again
with a phone to his ear. I watched in slow motion as Julian moved my hand away,
and placed the towel and pressed against my chest, causing me to moan as the
pain doubled.

 “Right,
there’s an ambulance on the way.”

 “No,”
I whispered.

 I
was better off dead.

 “Don’t
shit us. You’re going to the hospital and that’s final,” Mattie ordered, and he
knelt down on my other side, moved Julian’s hand away and placed his in the
spot. “You saved us. We save you.”

 I
snorted again, but it turned into a cough. “N-no mouth-to-mouth.”

 They
laughed a tired, stressed laugh. “You wish,” Julian said.

 “Honey,”
Mattie said—I hoped to fuck to Julian. I glanced up and saw he was staring at
his lover. “You need to go to Talon. Call Violet on the way; she’ll need to be
there. I’ll stay here. We’ll meet up later.”

 Julian
shook his head. “I’m not leaving you. We can call him.”

 “No.
We can’t tell him this over the phone. Listen, here comes the ambulance. Go,
honey. Do this for Zee.”

 Yeah,
finding out his brother betrayed him wasn’t something to say over the phone.

 Julian
kissed Mattie quickly—not something a dying man wished to see. He got up and
ran out the front door, yelling to the ambo guys on the way, “It’s not my
blood; in the house, get in the house.”

I
’d just pulled up to the compound from visiting Travis, when Pick’s
car came burling around the corner and skidded to a stop beside Griz and me.
Only it wasn’t Pick who got out, but Julian. Covered in blood.

 My
stomach dropped.

 Pain
filled my chest.

 “What
the fuck?” I roared.

 “Inside
now,” Griz ordered to a pale-faced Julian. We ran. Julian ran straight for the
bar, with shaking hands, he poured himself a shot, and downed it.

 I
stalked over to him and yelled, “Tell me what the fuck is going on.”

 “Oh,
God, Talon, shit, shit.”

 “Talk
now, motherfucker, or so help me—where the fuck is my woman…fuck, the kids?”

 “Brother,
calm down,” Griz said.

 “Fuck!”
I screamed.

 “What
the hell is going on?” Deanna asked, walking into the room in shorts and a tee
that she’d slept in. Her mouth dropped open at the sight of Julian. “No.” she
gasped.

 Griz
went to her, pulling her into his arms; she shoved him away and with her hands
on her hips and cold eyes she asked, “What happened?”

 “Vic,”
Julian said.

 “What
the fuck about Vic?” I asked, as I started pacing; it was either that or I’d
lose my fuckin’ mind.

 “H-he’s
got men delivering Zara and the kids to David right now.”

 I
picked up a chair and threw it against the wall, shattering it.

 “Where’s
Pick, Stake, and Bizz?” Griz asked.

 “Shit,
Talon. I’m sorry, man. Pick had called your house, even before I got there, and
told them they didn’t need to guard anymore. Bizz and Stake left it in the
hands of Vic. Zee got back with Pick…shit; they had it all planned. Even
tonight, the distraction of Travis—not that he knew, but his slutty girlfriend
helped Vic set it up.”

 “Christ,”
I said to the roof. “My brothers betrayed me.”

 “Yeah,”
Julian whispered. “But then, Vic was going to kill Mattie and me once the
others left with Zara—the others being Rocko’s men, the ones we saw tonight.”

 “Motherfucker,”
I roared.

 “How’d
you get away?” Deanna asked, as she stood there with her arms wrapped around
her stomach. I knew she’d be feeling just as sick as I was.

 Only
hatred and fury filled me more, and I was willing to ride those fuckin’
emotions to lead me to my woman, my son, and my Maya.

 “Pick.
H-he, God, he helped us; he didn’t want to do this Talon; he hated every
moment. But he’s got some mother-issues. He s-shot Vic, but got shot in return.
Mattie’s with him; they’re going to the hospital.”

 “And
Vic?” Griz hissed.

 “He’s
dead.”

 “At
least that’s one less asshole we’ll have to kill,” I said. “Right, Julian, go
get cleaned up; I’ll send someone down with clothes for you. Then get to the
hospital with one of my guys to be with Mattie. No one takes their eyes off
Pick; I’ll need a word with him.”

 The
door to the compound burst open, and in ran Violet, Warden, and Travis.

 “What’s
going on?” Vi asked when she came to stop beside me.

 “On
a short, I was betrayed by two of my brothers; Zara and the kids have been
taken to David.”

 “Fuck,”
Warden whispered.

 “Christ,
no,” Vi uttered.

 “What
can we do?” Travis asked. Any other time I would have told him to fuck off, but
not when my family was involved.

 Only
nothing came to mind; all I could think about was hurting someone. I needed
someone to pay for the gaping hole I was feeling in my heart.

 Thank
fuck I had Griz at my side. He barked out, “Violet, you stay here with Deanna
and man the phones. Travis, see if you can find out where David is situated
right now through your sources. Warden, you’ll go with Blue; once I call him
in, to the hospital, you’ll need to talk to Pick. Talon…”

 I
smiled. “We’re going to talk to Rocko.”

 Travis
got on his phone. Griz got on his to call Blue. Julian took off to the showers;
but it was Deanna and Violet both at the same time that yelled, “Fuck no.”