Becky slowly opened her eyes letting them scan over the room as she laid in bed. Voices were heard from down stairs. All she could make out was Bobby yelling with Angel about Sofi, who he had lied about going to see last night. Now a third voice joined in, a Spanish voice, it was Sofi, who was yelling at Bobby for the things he must be saying about her.
Bobby was lying on the couch with his feet up watching a hockey game. Jerry was sitting by the fireplace as he watched the game with his brothers. An Angel was over by the record that was next to the TV.
"Don't start man." Bobby said as a yellow piece of plastic came flying at his head. "Why do you always do that?"
"Shut up." Angel said throwing a piece at Jerry.
"To be aggravating." Jerry said, getting hit in the head. "Chill out, man. I'm watching the game. Come on." Angel kept throwing pieces at his two brothers who were now starting to get mad at him.
"Try it one more time." Jerry said.
"What you gonna do?" Angel asked.
"You'll see."
"Big-ass teeth. Bite me?" Angel snapped his teeth at Jerry, who was not pleased with his brother at this time.
"You do have some big-ass teeth, Jerry." Bobby said laughing at his two younger brothers.
Angel threw yet another piece at Jerry. Getting up slyly Jerry went over and smacked Angel on the head, starting a fight between the brothers.
"Yeah, get him, Jerry! The gorgeous black ladies of wrestling, Nitro and Midnight. Nitro got Midnight in a headlock. Get him! Get him Jerry! Midnight trying to get up, but Nitro's on him. Get him, Nitro!" Bobby yelled to his brothers as he watched them wrestle on the living room floor.
"Boys, boys, boys" Becky said coming into the room.
"What is that suppose ta mean?" Jerry said.
"Nothing, just all you guys seem to do is play hockey and wrestle."
"I thought you liked hockey, and what's wrong with wrestling?" Angel asked.
"Nothing." Bobby said as he got off the couch and grabbed Becky around the waist as she was on her way to the dinning room, pulling her onto the floor with him and started to wrestle with her.
"Get off me Bobby." Becky laughed.
"What's wrong with wrestling?" He asked.
Angel and Jerry watched the two of them rolling around on the floor as Becky tried to wiggle her way out of the hold he had on her. She was screaming for Bobby to get off her as he had her pined to the ground holding her arms and legs down.
"You know Bobby, Becky is very ticklish on her sides." Angel said.
"Where? Right here?" He said as he moved his hand to Becky's left side.
"Stop it!" Becky yelled. "Stop it!"
"What's wrong sweetheart, you don't like being tickled?" Bobby asked.
"Don't forget I'm the only one who knows about when you took…" Bobby stopped tickling her and covered her mouth.
"Let's go eat. That bird ready yet Jack?" Bobby called.
Not really understanding what had just happened Jerry and Angel went to the dinning room.
Bobby moved his hand away from Becky's mouth.
"That was a cheep shot, you know." He said helping her up.
"It worked didn't it." She said walking away.
"Jesus Christ, our lord and Savior, thank you for this day. Thank you for this food we're about to receive and thank you for bringing us together. Amen." Bobby said grace.
"Amen."
The five of them eat in silence; every now and then someone would look over to the seat that Evelyn would normally be sitting in, but she wasn't there, she never would sit in that seat again.
"To hell with this man. Let's go get a pickup game. I wanna see some quick sticks and some tight passing." Bobby said standing up and walking to the kitchen with his drink and plate.
"It's too cold, man. I ain't come all the way back out here to go play no hockey."
"Come on ladies, let's show those guys some fucking skills!" He said walking back through the room as if he didn't hear a word that Angel said.
The brothers went off to play hockey, well Becky stayed at the house. Wanting the boys to have time to do something together without her hanging around. After the hockey game the four brothers went over to talk with their mothers lawyer, who gave them little information.
Later that night they all went out to a local bar to drink themselves into forgetting about what had happened to their mother.
"Your attention please. I wanna make a toast. To Evelyn Mercer. The greatest mother four degenerate bastards ever had." Bobby said holding his shot glass high in the air, joined by three more glasses.
The four of them downed the shot and slammed the glasses on the bar.
"Johnny, pour me and my brothers another round. And warm milk for my little sister here." Bobby said putting his arm around Jacks shoulder.
"Man, I will drink you under the table."
"We're not talking about sperm Jack, this is whiskey."
"Pour me a shot boys." Becky said as she walked over to the Mercers, stopping next to Jerry.
"You're too young to drink." Bobby said, forgetting that she was now twenty-four. Johnny poured her a shot and she drink it right away.
"When did you learn how to drink?" Angel said leaning over the bar to talk to her.
"She's too young to be drinking." Bobby said again picking up his beer and going over to a table that had just cleared out. The rest of the boys followed him, and Becky waited for her drink before going over to the table. She sat down between Jerry and Bobby.
The night was spent questioning Becky about what she has been doing with her life, and Jack saying shit that would cause the boys to argue.
"Jack drinks Jack, Jack drinks Jack." Jack started to sing after he had a few bottles of Jack Daniel's lined up on the table.
" That's your brother." Jerry said laughing at his younger brother.
"Jack licks ass crack and ball sack." Bobby said leaning back in his chair, putting his arm across the back of the chair Becky was sitting in.
"Jack doesn't lick ass crack and ball sack! Jack likes boobs. Jack gots fans. Jack's got lots of fans."
"Oh man, will you shut up?" Angel said.
"Why are you in such a rush?" Bobby asked when Jerry started to pull his coat on.
"I'm here, aren't I?"
"You can't hang with your big brother and have a drink?"
"I did, and I'm glad y'all here, but I got ta get home." Jerry said standing up.
"Hey Jerry, do you mind taking me home?" Becky asked.
"Sure girl." Becky and Jerry said goodbye to the rest of the boys and headed out when Johnny came over to the table and talk with them.
"Jack, it was a questionable kill." Bobby said coming into the house later that night. Becky who was falling asleep on the couch heard them come in and listened to them talk.
"What makes you think that?" Jack asked Bobby.
"Nobody taught you anything, did they? I should've stayed around longer and held your little hand, huh, sweetheart?"
"Whatever man." Jack walked into the kitchen, and Bobby followed.
"Look, sometimes pros will cover up their shots with another crime. Like a burglary or something. Then pay a witness to throw the cops on to the wrong suspect. You understand?"
"Why would anybody wanna kill the sweetest woman in the goddmamn world?"
"I donno." Bobby said. "I donno, man." Jack left Bobby standing in the kitchen and went up to his room to get some sleep. Bobby just stood there going over the information that they found that night in his head.
"Is it true?" Becky said coming into the room.
"You eavesdroppin?" He said turning around to see Becky standing in front of him.
"What do you know?" She said.
"I don't know much, yet." He said not wanting to tell her what they did that night.
"You know something Bobby, why wont you tell me?"
"I don't want you to get involved, you're too young to deal with all this."
"Too young. I am older then Jack."
"Yeah, too young."
"Whatever." Becky said walking back to the living room.
"I don't want to see you get hurt." Bobby said walking after her. "The less you know the better."
"Better for you, maybe. But for not me." Becky sat down on the couch and as much as she didn't want to she knew she had to say what she was feeling. "I didn't have a mother growing up, the closest person I had was Evelyn. I want to find out what happened to her just as much as you do."
For the first time that the Mercer boys were back Becky got what she wanted. She got emotion, from Bobby.
"Alright, we will let you know what is going on, but there will be something's that I wont tell you. Deal?" He said.
"Deal." Becky said.
Bobby put his arm around her and held her as they sat on the couch.
"She loved you like a daughter, you know." He said softly.
When Becky opened her eyes it was still dark and she was confused by where she was. Felling movement behind her she quickly turned to see what it was. Bobby was doing his best to move his arm above his head. Realizing that they must have fallen asleep on the couch Becky sat up and ran her hands through her hair.
"You all right?" Bobby said lightly putting his hand on the lower part of her back.
"Yeah." She said.
Bobby sat up next to her.
"Why don't you go up to your room, and get some more sleep." He said.
"I wish it was that easy." She said. " I haven't been able to sleep since I found out." She said softly.
"You were just sleeping." Bobby pointed out.
"You must have the magic touch, Bobby Mercer." Becky said getting up and going up stairs.
Bobby stood up and followed.
"If I have the magic touch do you want me to stay?" He asked as he watched Becky get in to the bed. Without saying anything she pulled the blankets back and waited for him to climb in next to her.
"We're going over to talk to the store manager tomorrow, you wanna come with us?" Bobby asked as they laid there.
"I don't think I could, I can't even go past there with out freaking out." She said.
"You don't have to come if you don't want, but you wont be alone." He said.
Becky turned her body to face Bobby as he laid on his back.
"I'll go, but I need to know that if I need you, you will be there."
"Of course I will." He said pulling her into his warm embrace.
