Chapter 3
By: MysticFantasy
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Billy kept a firm grip on the steering wheel as he drove down the street. His thoughts were so mixed up that he was surprised he was able to drive without crashing into anything. But he kept reminding himself that his brother's were waiting for him back at the Mercer house and it made him concentrate on the road.
He came to a road that was under an overpass and parked his car. He right away noticed another familiar car only a few feet away and climbed out. He walked over and lightly glared at the man who was his father.
"Wish you coulda brought them with ya." Bones said flicking his cigarette to the ground.
"I already told you that I ain't letting you near them. Not after all the hell you put them through." Billy replied. "You showing up sent Jack into shock."
"I didn't mean for that to happen." Bones said.
"Yeah, sure." Billy said sarcastically. "So what the hell do you want?"
"I want to spend time with Jackie of course." Bones answered.
"Not gonna happen." Billy declared. "I already told you that I'm not letting you near them. The Mercer boys won't let you near Jack either. Especially Bobby Mercer. He'll shoot you without a first thought about it."
Bones lightly narrowed his eyes.
"I will see him Billy." he said.
"You do and I will kill you myself." Billy warned in a cold voice. "You come within so much as a block near Jack and I will kill you."
"You've had plenty of chances to do that Billy." Bones said heading to his car. He paused after opening the door and looked back to his oldest son. "Let's see if you can keep me away this time."
Billy was breathing angrily as he watched his father climb into his car and drive off.
I kept you away from him plenty of times when we were kids. I can do the same now. Billy thought to himself heading to his own car.
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Bobby quickly glanced at Jack who was sitting on the couch with Joe right next to him and Bodie sitting on the other side of Joe.
The members of Billy's gang had arrived about twenty minutes after Billy left and were constantly patrolling throughout the house to make sure everything was ok.
Evelyn came out of the kitchen with a tray holding several steaming mugs.
"Here boys. All of you take one." she said placing it on the coffee table.
The present members each took a mug while respectfully thanking Evelyn. Having been around Evelyn made the gang members act different. When they were around other people they were their usual hardcore selves but when Evelyn was present they were almost as respectful to her as Billy and Joe were.
They were polite, quiet and did everything to show they respected that she accepted them for who they are and what they do. They could at least tone it down around her.
"No sign of Billy yet?" Heco asked handing Bobby a mug.
"Not yet." Bobby answered taking the mug with a thankful nod. He took a long sip of the steaming coffee before looking out the window again. Billy had been gone for nearly over an hour and it was starting to worry them.
Jack and Joe most since Billy is their brother but also because they know what Bones was capable of. They didn't want to go through their childhood all over again now that they're grown adults.
The sudden rumbling of an engine caught their attention. Bobby and Heco looked outside to see who it was.
"It's Billy." Heco announced watching as Billy climbed out of the car and came to the house.
Dog was already by the door and opened it. Billy walked in and removed his jacket.
"How'd it go?" Angel asked.
"That fat f**k ain't gonna quit." Billy declared calmly. "Says he's gonna see Jack one way or another."
"We'll keep guard man. Day and night. If he shows up we'll show him that he ain't gettin' close the front porch." Spink declared with the other men agreeing with him.
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"Why do you think he wants to see me so bad after all this time?" Jack asked softly sitting on his bed with his two blood brothers. "He never cared before."
"I don't know Jackie." Billy answered placing a gentle arm around his shoulders. "He could be doing it just to mess with us but he could have something else in mind."
"Why can't he just leave us alone?" Jack whispered.
"At least you." Joe said sitting next to Jack. "You don't need to be around him after everything he did when you were still with us."
"You guys don't need to be around him either." Jack lightly stated. "You were both stuck with him all these years. I know he wasn't any nicer than when I was still with you."
"He wasn't." Billy said honestly. "But like before I tried to keep all of that negative attention on me. It worked most of the time."
"But look what happened anyway." Joe lightly stated. "We turned out to be thugs."
"But I can tell that you're different when you're here with us." Jack said.
"Just like you, Evelyn brings out the good side of us Jackie." Billy said with a faint smile. "She brought out a side of me that I thought I lost a long time ago. She reminded me that I do have a softer side. When you had to leave I lost that side of me. I looked after Joe but I wasn't the same."
"Still kept an eye on me." Joe stated. "I'm alive thanks to you Billy. Dad never fed us so I know I would have starved if it hadn't been for you."
"I remember you doing that for me too." Jack said. "I remember seeing you go through his wallet, taking money, leaving and then coming back with a bag of food."
Billy weakly chuckled. He was a little surprised that Jack remember such things since he'd been so young when that happened.
"I wasn't about to let my little brother's go hungry." he said giving Jack's shoulders a light squeeze. "I did what I had to to make sure that the two of you were ok."
"Why didn't you do that for yourself too?" Joe asked softly. "I barely remember seeing you eat with us. As far as I can remember, there were times when you didn't get anything for yourself because you gave it all to us."
Billy lightly sighed.
"Yeah, you're right Joey." he said. "Dad started to catch on that money was missing from his wallet so I had to start taking a little less. Then I would sneak off and get what I could with what I had. It wasn't enough for the three of us but it was plenty for the both of you. Don't worry about it though. I snuck a few things when I was getting something for the both of you. I was old enough to know what I needed but my biggest worry was the two of you. You were both already so little."
"Do you still feel that way even though we're adults now?" Jack asked.
Billy lightly smiled.
"Jackie, you and Joe are my little brother's. Of course I still feel that way." he said.
Jack and Joe lightly chuckled.
"Big brother's." Joe commented jokingly.