Hale's POV

When I heard that Bobby Bishop was the prime suspect in a robbery, my first thought was, "How did he get caught?" Bobby Bishop was no fool, and he was never played for one… until now.

Being in the family meant knowing what the rest of the family knows. And if Bobby Bishop was going down, so were the rest of us.

Which is one of the reasons why I volunteered to get Kat out of Colgan. Her getting in, I will admit, was impressive. She had stolen a new life, which was something that no one else in her family had succeed in accomplishing. But yes, after the ohs and the ahs are said, Kat leaving was the biggest blow the family has seen since I became apart of it.

Kat was the protégé, the one who knew how to get a job done, and a job done well. She would never tell us why she wanted to make a change in her life. It was always the same answer when you asked, "I just… I don't want to do this anymore. I want a change in my life. One that doesn't involve the family business."

Well, look where this change all got us Kitty Kat, I thought bitterly.

Her family was more or less a wreck. The Bagshaw brothers are "on leave" because of the whole nun incident. Gabrielle has been constantly complaining about how she's the only girl in a man's world. Bobby Bishop is being framed for stealing from a mobster. Uncle Eddie… is well, Uncle Eddie. Even though he may not admit it, he misses Kat too.

That might be one thing we have in common, Uncle Eddie and I. We both won't admit how much we needed Kat. Our needs might have been for different reasons, but we both want her back. Even when I heard about her getting into Colgan, after being impressed, I was more depressed. I mean, who would be excited about their best friend leaving them. Kat had moved from the one and only best friend list to a the leavers list. She became just another person who left me behind to find something better for themselves.

So it was a pleasure to plan this prank on the headmaster. The headmaster and I were never really friends to begin with, and we really didn't get along as much as I would have liked. I even used the convertible my father bought for him as part of the prank, so I technically wouldn't get in trouble for ruining my own car.

I called in Gabrielle for this, and she was more than willing to help get everything in order. By the time the night was over, the sight was beautiful. Headmaster Franklin's car in the fountain, water shooting out of it's headlights. Only when Gabrielle climbed back into the car and we were away from the school did I allow myself to breathe, and smirk.

I made sure that there was no possible way that they wouldn't kick Kat out of Colgan for this. Kat was finally coming home.