Chapter 6
Billy pulled up in front of the old crumbling stairs at the abandoned mental institution and Ty got out. She walked up the stairs, Billy following closely behind her.
"Damn, Ty. What the fuck happened to you?" Spink asked as a way of greeting while smirking at Billy.
"None, of your goddamned business." Ty smiled and wrapped her arm around Billy's waist possessively.
"Where's the money?" Billy asked. Heco threw the canvas bag at him. He caught it and walked over to one of the tables, dumping the contents out. "Not bad." He said when he had finished counting. He shoved the money back in the bag and turned on his heel striding out of the room. Ty flashed a radiant smile at the guys before following Billy.
"Does that mean she's in charge again?" Tommy asked, confused.
"Dunno. Billy will tell us whatever is it that we need to know." Baggy said, walking over a fiddling with a valve on one of the tanks hanging from the ceiling.
"She looked like a fucking dalmatian." Heco said, laughing.
"Ya know, I think that's the first time Billy's been late for a drop off." Spink said, earning a chuckle from the guys before they al went back to their respective chores.
Ten minutes later Billy pulled up behind Bones' body shop and they both got out, heading into the office.
"Why in the fuck are you so late, Billy-boy?" Bones asked, not even bothering to turn around from putting a rifle away in his gun safe.
"That would be my fault." Ty piped up, coming to Billy's defense. "I had to look presentable to see you." Ty cooed sarcastically and Bones' mouth twitched in a half-smirk.
"Sure Ty." Bones grabbed the canvas bag from where Billy had set it in the middle of his desk and dumped the contents out. "Not a bad night. It's about time your little half-wit faggot friends started doing some work. You can get the fuck out of my sight now. Ty, wait a minute." Billy shot her a look tinged with concern and Bones snorted. "I'm not going to do anything to her Nancy, don't get you panties in a twist." Billy clenched his jaw and continued out the door.
"What Bones?" Ty asked, crossing her arms under her chest and planting her feet shoulder width apart, as if preparing for battle.
"Defensive are we? Listen, I don't want whatever this thing with you and Billy is to compromise the job I'm paying you to do. Don't think I don't fucking know that you can't start the job until your neck stops looking like a Dalmatian. Just keep the territory marking under wraps until it's done, damn it." Bones glared at her and Ty smiled.
"Yes, sir." She said, fake-saluting Bones who half-smirked again.
"By the way, if you leave him again, I will fucking kill you. He's useless to me when he's drunk off his ass 24/7. Get the fuck out of my office." Bones waved a hand in dismissal and Ty walked out, her face torn between smirking and frowning.
"What?" Billy asked, stepping out of the shadows next to Bones' office door.
"If I didn't know better I would say that Bones' is…concerned about you." Ty giggled at the look of shock on Billy's face.
"What did he say?"
"I believe his exact words were 'If you leave him again, I will fucking kill you'." She laughed lightly and wrapped her arm around his waist. "That isn't going to happen so I'm not worried about it."
"I can't believe he actually threatened you. You're the only one he's ever really gotten along with." Billy shook his head in disbelief.
"Yeah, well, apparently he has some kind of feeling for you too." Ty smiled and rested her head against his shoulder. "Anyway, I need to go get my car before I can start this job." Billy tensed and pulled away from her.
"You don't have to do this." Billy glared down at her.
"Yes, I do. Bones is paying me to do this but, more importantly, this is protecting you and the guys. I wouldn't do this if it was just for the money. I have to protect my men." Ty glared up at him defiantly.
"They are my men too." Billy growled but with an almost petulant tone to his voice.
"I know the are. Hell, at this point they are more yours than they are mine. Even so, I still feel responsible for them and if I take Danny out of the equation then there is one less thing that could hurt them. Besides, there isn't much risk to me on this one."
"How in the hell isn't his risky for you?" Billy quirked an eyebrow and waited for her explanation.
"Danny and I have a…history. When I left you I moved in with Evie and the boys for two years before I felt comfortable living on my own with Will. I moved out and found this cute little place on Shrewsbury Avenue. It was a nice apartment complex and I felt…safe there. Well, at least as safe as I ever feel when you aren't around." She looked up at him and he could see just how hard being away had been. It tore her up almost as much as it did him. He nodded slightly and she sighed.
"Anyway, we moved in and not even a week later I met Danny. He was walking out of his apartment as I was walking into mine. I smiled and said hello. I didn't think anything about it until the next day when one of his goons showed up at my door with flowers and an invitation to one of his parties. Of course I refused, both the flowers and the invite, claiming that my husband would be extremely angry if he came home and I wasn't there. The goon bought my excuse but apparently Danny didn't. He showed up the next day and forced his way into my apartment, scaring the crap out of Will and threatening me that if I ever lied to him again he would kill me. Apparently he has a bit of a temper." Ty laughed lightly. "I dealt with your temper for…10 years so his wasn't any big deal. I guess my reaction surprised him and he stormed out of the apartment threatening that the next time he saw me he would either kill me or fuck the hell out of me, the choice would be mine." Billy growled and Ty wrapped her arms around his waist. "I can take care of myself. You know that. Besides, you'll be there to back me up."
"I still don't like it. You sure you can get close enough to him?"
"Of course I can. He knows who I am now and if he wants to take over Bones' territory that it would be easier to do if he can convince me to join my men with his. He thinks that I am still in control of your gang or at least enough that I can tell your men what to do. The temptation to join gangs without bloodshed should be enough to get him to meet with me. If not then there are other things that I can do. Can you please try not to worry so much?" Ty placed her hand on his cheek, lightly tracing the scar by his eye with her fingertips.
Billy grunted in acknowledgement and got in his car. Ty walked around to the other side and jumped in. He turned the key in the ignition and the engine roared to life. They headed towards the Four Roses. Billy pulled up next to her car. Ty leaned over and grabbed Billy's head, pressing a light kiss to his lips. She pulled back, looking him deeply in the eyes.
"I love you." She said, letting him go and getting out of his car and into her own. Billy sat there, motionless, for a moment then shoved the manual transmission into reverse. He drove over to the Office to get the night's product ready to sell.
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Sorry this took so long to update. Classes and final projects have been driving me crazy. This is the first chance I've had to type something that wasn't school related in almost three weeks. Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter and please let me know what you think of this one.