She is always so beautiful. To hear her laugh, see her smile, and…just watch her walk by was enough to send me to my knees. Every time. Even after 15 years of blissful marriage she managed to blow me away. But I hated her sometimes fro that exact reason. I wasn't the only one who was blown away by her. Guys even girls sometimes would flock to her like a moth to a flame. And her being…her, soaked it up and threw it in my face. Especially tonight, with the short dress, the high heels, the black laced stockings clinging to her skin. It was a miracle I could still stand. "Kenny you there buddy? It's me…God." I turned away from my view of her gorgeous body and looked up at the bartender. I put up one finger and he nodded walking to the other end. I quickly pressed into my ear and sighed.
"This better be important Mitchell…"
"It is dick, and a hello would be great." I rolled my eyes and watched the bartender walk back over to me, setting down a glass of whiskey. I quickly took it, closing my eyes, tilting my head back. "They just pulled up. James is with them still and from the looks of it, these idiots have no clue." I smirked swallowing the brown liquid and saw out of the corner of my eye a short guy walking towards me. His face was scruffy with a beard that looked like it hadn't been touched it days. He pushed a hood off to reveal a shaven head and a tattoo of a cross on his neck. As he got closer my smirk got wider seeing an equally bigger smirk on his face. I let go of my ear piece and watched him sit next to me. "Carlos looks like a fucking douche bag."
"Don't be jealous you don't have my awesome skills and body." Carlos ordered a beer and turned to me eyebrow raised. "She gets hotter and hotter everyday doesn't she?" I drank the rest of my whiskey and slammed it down on the bar.
"You have a big mouth for such a tiny dick." He grinned at me and I heard an irritated sigh in the background. I pressed into my ear again as the bartender came back with Carlos's beer. "Are they in?"
"Yeah…they just walked past me. James is leading them over to the corner where Beth is. How you doing sweetheart?"
"I'd be better if a particular husband of mine would stop looking over his shoulder." I quickly did and locked eyes with her. She managed to flip me off while sipping from a martini glass.
"He's always like this Beth. You should be used to it by now." She put her glass down and smirked over at me. As I smirked back I saw a group of men walking towards her and quickly turned away. "Okay, I'm on my way over. Keep cool Kendall. You know how these guys are." I looked to Carlos who nodded in agreement and I nodded back. "Work that ass beautiful." I quickly clicked into my ear and held my empty glass.
"The comments got to stop, or I will rip off both your dicks." They only laughed but I groaned. Carlos and I sat in silence for a few minutes before someone sat beside me quickly. I only looked slightly to make sure it was Logan. He ordered a coke and leaned against the bar.
"I could have sworn as I walked past them I heard James tell Beth to keep her whore mouth shut." I raised an eyebrow and he turned to me laughing. "Yeah she had that same look." We both giggled, knowing James would be in a lot of trouble for that regardless of if he was playing a part. "That's the kind of shit that makes me happy Sam has an older brother. So he can protect her, but also give her a sense of humor."
"You let JJ call Sam a whore?" He laughed out loud and shook his head. "That's what I thought." Just as I started thinking about my nephew and niece my phone started vibrating in my jeans and I quickly pulled it out. A small wave of fear hit my chest seeing my daughters number. I quickly answered and turned slightly to still make sure Beth was okay. "Hey baby girl!"
"Hey dad…just calling to let you and mom know I'm home. And was just wondering where you guys are?" I swallowed hard seeing Beth leaning in close to a guy and slowly run a hand up his leg. I tense dup but shook it off.
"Were with your uncles." I always kept my answers short with her. She was nosey and had the brains of Einstein. We couldn't let her know the truth.
"Oh…well I'll see you guys when you get home. How come mom didn't answer?" I wanted to tell her because she was seconds away from jacking this guy off but again, kept my mouth shut.
"I think she has her phone on silent." I heard a small 'oh' but wasn't really paying attention. The hand that was running up this guy's leg was now grabbed rough and pulled, making her crash hard into him. She looked scared for a second but quickly put her game face back on. "Listen sweetheart…We'll be home in 45 minutes. I'll have your mom call when were on our way."
"Okay. I love you daddy."
"I love you too Princess." I hung up fast shoving my phone back in my jeans. "What's' going on?" I turned to Logan who shook his head.
"Not good…he thinks she's a rat. He wants her to prove it."
"How?" He didn't need to answer because the guy walked by, holding tight to Beth's wrist dragging her to the side door. She looked to me and blinked three times signaling me. Three blinks off the eyes meant she needed help. 'I need help'. Rarely did she ever give me the three blinks. I jumped off my stool but was quickly grabbed.
"Were begin watched." I turned to the table to see James struggling with whether he should get up and follow his baby sister, or stay and remain cool. "Carlos go talk to the guys. Distract them." Carlos got up fast and walked over to them quick, beer in hand. He was swaying and loudly shouted hello to them. He was acting drunk and probably would get them to start a fight with him. With that Logan let go of me and we both followed where he dragged Beth out to. "We need answers first Kendall. Don't go crazy." I ignored him as we slowly pushed the side door open. There was no right out there so I stepped out, pulling the gun out from behind my back. I cocked it fast and heard Logan shut the door behind me.
"…you can't back out of the deal now sweet cheeks…" I heard his voice form the left and slowly scaled the wall seeing two figures on the other side of the dumpster. I could easily make out her face, glowing in the moonlight and squeezed tighter around my gun.
"How am I supposed to trust you, if you can't show me something?" Logan was right behind me and I stopped making him crash into me. We remained quiet and unseen.
"Listen baby…if you want to see something, all you have to do is get on your knees."
"If you want to play stupid, I can find another supplier." Eh alley went dead quiet. She glared into his eyes and without any kind of warning, she was grabbed tight around her throat. She went into action to try to get him off her by pushing on his shoulders but it wasn't working. I stepped forward but was pulled back.
"Trust her." He whispered it harshly in my ear an di stayed put. She gave up on his shoulders and from as far as I could see she raised her knee and hit him in the balls. He backed away and she took her swing, hitting him square in the nose. He stumbled back and fell onto the ground. "Okay…" We both quickly walked over to her and when she came into the center she looked up and smirked.
"What don't you understand about I need help?" I smiled and got right next to her, both of us looking down at him. He was holding his balls in one hand and his nose in the other. "I need a shower. He touched me everywhere and kissed all over my neck." I glanced at her neck and she stepped forward leaning down next to Logan who was searching for any weapons. "Who's giving you the coke?"
"Fuck you bitch!" Beth sighed and looked over to Logan who shook his head and put the gun to his temple. The guy closed his eyes and swallowed hard.
"Let's try this again. The pretty lady asks you a question you answer. Who's dealing to you?"
"I don't' know man…some Russian guy." Both looked up to me and I moved onto his other side quickly putting my own gun on his other temple.
"Okay…play dumb and watch your brain splatter all over this disgusting alley." He gasped out loud and stare dup at me.
"His name is Jack. He lives over in the East Town. He's supplying to me and a few other guys so we can deal out to the streets." I looked up at Logan who looked like a light bulb just went off over his head.
"Of course. Doesn't want to get his hands dirty. He has dumb ass fucks likes this dealing out to everyone else." I slowly nodded and saw Beth reach in the guy's front pocket of his jacket. She pulled out a wallet and opened it quick looking through it. She stopped fast and looked up to me.
"He has a family." I groaned and pushed the head of the gun deeper into his skull. "What are oyu planning on doing."
"What we need to. We take this guy off the stets it's one more asshole not dealing to kids." She bit her lip and stood fast.
"Fine…" She started walking away and at the same time I heard the side door slam open. Both Logan and I jumped up fast guns raised. Carlos was thrown out into the wall opposite the door and he laughed. James walked out fast with the guys and turned to us quick. He opened his mouth to shout something, it looked like, but stopped fast. Without even thinking, I heard someone get hit behind me and then something metal hit the floor. Before I could turn I was grabbed around the throat and my gun was yanked out of my hand. It was then placed to my own head.
"Get this asshole behind me first." I was walked into a wall and he held the back of my head. "Fucking assholes…get that bitch too. She was playing us the whole time." I turned my head as best I could to see a big huge guy grab ahold of Beth and walk her over to us. "Okay…who the fuck are you guys, and who do you work for?" I laughed and he pressed me harder into the wall.
"We work for ourselves." He scoffed behind me and I saw Beth try to yank out of the guys grasp but he was too big. "You feel good dealing to high school kids?"
"I feel better actually fucking them. Those girls with their tight little pussies…" I tried to get away and saw Beth doing the same. "Oh does that bother you two…Knight right? You got a little girl? Hannah Banana?" Now I really freaked out and managed to push him off me. I turned quick and he backed away, my gun raised at me. "You didn't think I knew who you were? Or you whore of a wife?" I saw James give me an uneasy look but did nothing. "The night after I met her and she went home to her sweet little family. The only thing is we could never figure out who you were or what you did, but now…we got you.. I think it's hysterical that you thought you could win." I saw Carlos and Logan, looking beyond pissed and I wish I could read their minds, because if I knew Carlos, he was planning on doing something stupid. "So now what do we do with you guys? I mean…obviously I can't have you walking around telling people who I am and what I do…so…I guess were left with killing you." Faster than I could imagine James elbowed the only other guy beside him, in the face and pulled out a gun, putting it to the back fo the guy's head. I smiled small and so did he. "Of course…I knew you were a fucking fake."
"You touch my sister like that ever again, or talk about my niece like that ever again, I will fucking put this bullet in your head." I saw Beth smirk at her brother, and then turn to me. "Let them go or you watch dear old Tommy boy's head explode." Everyone kind of looked around and let go of Logan, Carlos and Beth. "And drop the gun asshole." Tommy shook his head and tossed the gun to the ground. Beth moved in quick and picked it up, turning it to the guy who was just holding her. "All of you get to the wall and keep your hands up." They all did as they were told guns now pointing at them. "Now that I got that under control…"
"Fuck off Diamond." Logan quickly bashed a guy's head into the wall and took his gun from him. "We need to find out who else is working for Jack." I took a gun from Logan and raised it to one of their heads at random. I pulled the trigger, no remorse and was grateful for the silencer on it. Beth shook her head and gave me a dirty look but did the same thing to Tommy. "I know how much you hate when guys do that to you Beth." Logan followed suite and so did Carlos and James, all of them falling to their knees, dead. "Okay…take all weapons, money, and ID's. And clean up any of our prints." James and Carlos went to work as I pulled Beth into me kissing the top of her head softly.
"You alright?"
"I'm serious, I need to take a shower." I wrapped around her tight and watched Logan go help James and Carlos. "I saw I had a few missed calls from Hannah."
"Yeah she called me. I told her we'd be home soon." She nodded against me and I closed my eyes. "I also told her you'd call when we were on our way."
"Okay…can we go…I don't like leaving her alone for too long." I nodded and turned to the three on the ground.
"You guys good here?"
"Yupp. I call you tomorrow, and see where we can go from here." I nodded and let Beth grab my hand lacing our fingers together. She bent over, kissing all of them on the cheek and then leading me out of the alley. I pulled my ear piece out and let my hand fall to rest on her ass.
"I can't believe three months worth of snooping on these guys and working for them, and now it's finally done, simply with putting a bullet in their heads." She pulled her phone out form her cleavage and quickly dialed Hannah's number. "Thanks for saving me baby."
"You haven't needed saving since that night in that bathroom when that guy tried to…"
"Hey cutie!" She elbowed me hard and I rubbed my stomach leading her to the car. "Yeah were on our way home…is everything okay?" I glanced down to her, raising an eyebrow, and she shook her head. "Oh okay,…well we'll be home in ten okay? I know…I know he is. I love you too Hannah. Okay bye." She hung up and slipped it into my pocket. I pulled the door open to the passenger seat and she slipped in, closing it behind her. I walked quickly around the front and got in, shutting the door hard behind me. "She was saying she had just let Max inside form going to the bathroom and though she saw an animal in the garage so she just went back inside."
"Probably a raccoon." She only nodded and as I pulled out she grabbed my free hand, and put her head back yawning. "So we tell her we went to dinner? With Carlos and James?"
"Sounds good." We both went quiet as I drove through traffic, my own fatigue kicking in. "I hate lying to her."
"Well then we just tell her, her mom and dad are criminals who kill and steal and have gone to jail, oh and met because her uncle Logan cut up your hand. That will go over smoothly." She hit my stomach softly, and I chuckled. "Keeping her in the dark is better babe. Trust me." She hummed in agreement and for the rest of the drive home we stayed quiet only holding hands. When I parked in the driveway, we both slowly got out and walked up to the front door. I unlocked it, and opened it, letting Beth step in first.
"Hannah Banana!" She walked in further and the house remained quiet. I roughly slammed the front door, seeing if that would get her attention. Nothing. "Maybe she's asleep."
"You just talked to her. Hannah Knight get your butt out here!" Beth sighed and walked towards the stairs but stopped. She turned to me and pointed down the hall to my office at the end. It was cracked open and both of us turned and walked down it quick. I pressed the door open softly and my jaw dropped to the floor. My beautiful sweet 15 year old daughter was staring down at my desk which was covered in pictures of dead guys, police reports and the worst…guns. She turned to us fast and yelled out.
"Dad?! What…what is going on? What is all this stuff in your office?" Beth turned to me and I was speechless. "Mom did you know dad is doing this stuff?" I turned to Beth and she stared up at me through her glasses, with her big green doe eyes.
"Sweetie…I can explain."