Orange Juice and confessions
Matt carried the glasses across to the table where Ronnie was sat.
"No crisps?"
"No. You're banned. I'm burying my mother I'm not burying you too." Matt sat down. "Joe told me a kid had been arrested."
"Yeah."
"Like I said. The woman was scum. Poor kid was probably terrified of her. Honestly, Ron I remember when my dad was alive. He took the brunt of the temper. I swear I saw her hit him when he was dying of cancer. I was a little kid and it was decades ago but I know what I saw."
"Matt."
"And that's what I can't get my head around. Dad never raised a hand or his voice to any of us. He didn't have it in him."
"Sounds like someone I know." Ronnie sipped his drink as Matt raised an eyebrow.
"Then David came along and she went from bad to worse." He sipped his own drink. "He was just as bad as she was, only he was bigger."
"Matt."
"Alesha knows some of it. I just hope they don't throw the book at the kid they arrested. I'm well aware of how that woman could push a Saint to the edge."
Ronnie nodded. He knew there was still so much the younger man hadn't told him. He didn't think he wanted to hear it.
"Kate says the Bail Hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. I'll be there." Ronnie watched as Matt ran a hand over his face.
"What time?"
"No, you ain't going."
"Ron."
"No, it's no good for you."
"I'll see this kid at the trial anyway."
"Yeah. Leave it until then, eh?"
"Fine." Matt nodded. "I'll sit outside the court until Kate or Jake show up." Ronnie looked over the top of his glass at him.
"11:30 - and you stay with me. Understand?"
"Ok." Matt got to his feet. "I think I'd better make peace with Kathryn."
"Yes son, I think you'd better." Ronnie ushered him out of the pub hoping the bail hearing would be straight forward. They didn't need anymore surprises.
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