Melanie's POV
Murphy and I were talking at the bar when Connor came walking towards us and instead of stopping he walked right out of the bar and Murphy looked at me confused. Seconds later Cassidy came charging towards us and she looked angry and upset.
"Cassidy, what is going on?" I asked jumping up and walking over to her.
"It's time to go Melanie" Cassidy stated and started for the door, not waiting for me to catch up with her. I looked to Murphy and told him to wait here and I raced out of the bar and caught up with Cassidy.
"What the hell happened?" I demanded and Cassidy sniffled before looking to me with a stern look on her face.
"Business, I'm going home, stay if you want, but be warned, you can't have a happy ending with him" Cassidy nodded towards the bar and then continued to walk towards her car while I was left standing there confused by what she had said. I made my way back into the bar and looked to Murphy for some sort of answer, but he just shook his head and placed his phone back into his pocket.
"Did you get a hold of Connor?" I asked sitting back down at the bar and turning to face Murphy.
"No, went ta voicemail" Murphy replied and I took a second to think.
"Cassidy seemed broken, what do you think happened?" I asked and Murphy just shrugged his shoulders, "Seems we can never have normalcy in our lives" I sighed and Murphy reached out and grabbed my hand on the bar. I looked up at him and I could see he was trying to make me feel better, but the words Cassidy had said to me were echoing in my mind, I would never have a happy ending with Murphy, I so hoped this wouldn't be true.
"I love you" I whispered softly looking down at the bar.
"I love ya too" Murphy whispered back and then placed a hand under my chin and made me look at me.
"Murphy, we're good right, me and you" I finally glanced up at him and he tilted his head slightly in confusion.
"Yea" Murphy said unsure of what to say to me.
"Good, let's keep it that way" I nodded my head sternly as a promise to myself that I would prove Cassidy wrong when it came to happy endings.
"I really should go 'nd check on Connor" Murphy finally stood up and took the last drink out of his beer.
"Are you sure you have to go?" I stood up with him and tugged on his shirt bringing him close to me.
"Well, ya can come wit if ya want" Murphy looked down into my eyes and I could tell I had him under my spell.
"I am very curious as to what happened between those two" I smiled wickedly as Murphy continued to look down at me.
"Then lets go" Murphy leaned down and kissed me before grabbing my hand and walking out of the bar. We walked down the sidewalk holding hands and it all seemed so surreal, I felt like I was in a dream, everything was good and I wasn't about to let Cassidy ruin that with her negative attitude.
Cassidy's POV
I continued to my car and once inside and broke down and let the tears run down my face, I wanted so badly to redo this whole day, or at least the last few hours. When I had finally got myself under control I started my car and headed to the Italian district. Melanie was obviously on the side of the saints, so the only other person that I could go to was my brother. I arrived at Joe's apartment complex and tried my best to fix my runny makeup in my rearview mirror. I made it to his door and I hesitated before knocking, I knew that if I went to him to talk I would have to tell him everything that had gone down and he was not going to be happy about any of it.
"Cassidy, what are you doing here, when did you get out of the hospital?" Joe asked when he opened the door, "What's wrong, are you hurt?" He asked and I couldn't help but run into his arms and let him hold me, he was the only family I had left besides Melanie and she was against me in my decisions concerning the Saints. Joe and I walked into his apartment and I walked over to his couch as he closed the door behind us and I let out a very audible sigh.
"What's up little bit?" Joe asked calling me my nickname from when I was little, I smiled up at him before deciding whether or not to tell him really what was going on.
"Joe, if I tell you something you have to promise not to freak out or get mad at me" I explained and by the look on Joe's face he was intrigued by my suggestion.
"I don't like the sound of this Cass" Joe started, "I can't promise anything, but you are going to tell me anyhow" Joe smirked and came and sat next to me on the couch.
"I know who the Saints are, I've known for quite a while" I confessed and Joe looked at my angrily.
"You know the son of a bitches that killed our family and you let them be, Cassidy what is wrong with you?" He asked and his tone of voice didn't sound like my brother and I was slightly terrified.
"Joe" I growled trying to get him to hear me out before he completely freaked out, "I told you I would tell you the story about the night dad was killed when I was ready, well I'm ready" I paused and Joe looked at me waiting for me to speak again.
"The Saints, I walked in on them, they practically chased me out of the bar and the one named Connor held a gun to my head, the other named Murphy, he held one to Melanie's head, they were going to kill us Joe" I stopped and looked to my brother, "Daddy always said to be tough even in the face of danger, I looked my killer in the eye and I practically told him to shoot me, but he dropped his gun and let me and Mel go" I finished my short story and I watched my brothers face.
"Let you go" He stated, "Why?" He asked scratching the back of my head.
"My thoughts exactly, that's why I wanted to find these guys, ask my own questions, then kill them for what they did, though Connor out smarted me I was a little foolish at first" I admitted and Joe actually laughed at that.
"Admitting weaknesses, my my Cassidy" He shook his head and I smacked him in the arm.
"I'm telling serious stories quit laughing" I couldn't help but smirk myself as my brother laughed again.
"Go back to your story" He said and I went back to what I was saying.
"We had a few more encounters after that, little ones here and there, both me and Melanie, but after they killed Geoff I was on a mission to kill Connor and make him pay, I had no quarrels with Murphy only because Melanie fancied him and had started up a relationship, and don't say anything because I've got tons more to say before you can comment" I paused and looked at him making sure he wasn't going to say anything, then I continued, "I confronted Connor was ready to shoot him, but things got switched around Joe, I don't know how it happened, but I woke up the next morning and we had slept together, some twisted-" I was cut off by Joe.
"Please, do not finish that sentence, sister's sex life is not something I want to know about" I giggled and then went back to my story skipping over the sex parts, finally I came to the warehouse incident.
"The Russians took Melanie and I didn't have anyone else to turn to, you are too closely related to the police, it was too dangerous, I had to go to Connor and Murphy, I ended up telling them I was the boss, Connor was pissed, he yelled at me and told me to leave" I explained the constant phone calls to him begging for their help and then the phone call from Blake before I went to the warehouse.
"The night ended with me and Murphy being shot and Blake being executed Saints style" I finished that portion of my story and then mentally battled with telling Joe the second part of it.
"Joe, the bullet did more than just tear a hole in my side, it made me miscarry, I was pregnant with Connor's child, we were together if you could even call it that, but I put an end to that tonight, I have the mob to take care of and what we had was so abnormal and dysfunctional that I think we were seriously keeping score" I finished and I couldn't tell what Joe was feeling as he looked at me.
"Was this the man at the cemetery that day?" Joe asked and I nodded before he stood up and walked into the kitchen. I heard him open a few cabinets and then he walked back into the living room and checked his gun to make sure there were bullets in it.
"Joe, what are you doing?" I asked immediately standing up and walking over to him.
"I'm very disappointed in you Cassidy, I'm going to go do what you never had the courage to do and you are going to take me to this Connor and Murphy and I am going to put an end to all of this, no one hurts my baby sister" Joe headed for the door but I grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"I came here because I needed to talk, I needed someone, my family to comfort me, I trusted you and now you are going to go kill them?" I asked him shocked at his actions.
"Isn't that what you want Cass, for them to pay for everything they have done to you, all the hurt they have caused you, all the suffering" Joe rambled on and I shook my head.
"I just want things to go back to normal" I choked on my words as I spoke them.
"Cassidy, going back to normal went away the second you gave into this Connor guy, look at you now, you're a wreck, he did this to you and he deserves to pay" Joe reached for the door handle but he stopped when he heard the click of my gun being cocked, "I know you're not pointing that at me little sister" Joe turned and looked at me as I kept my gun pointed at him. He shook his head slightly and then made eye contact with me and I could see the frustration in his eyes, but I could also see the compassion.
"Joe, don't do this" I warned as he watched my every move.
"Why Cassidy, give me one good reason why I shouldn't go and kill this fucker for doing all of these horrible things to you" Joe crossed his arms across his chest and looked to me for an answer.
"Because, he's not all bad" I started, but Joe cut me off.
"He's not a bad man, he has goodness in him, save if Cassidy" Joe growled and started to open the door, I jumped in front of him before he could fully open the door and shut it before saying something that I regretted the second it came out of my mouth.
"Because I love him!" I yelled and Joe just looked at me shocked.
"Cassidy, is this true?" He asked and I tried to internally deny it, but I was having difficulties finding a reason to think otherwise. I had been all over the place emotionally tonight, but the thought I kept coming back to was the fact that I was in love with Connor MacManus. I was willing to shoot my own brother to save Connor, the actions that I displayed told me that what I thought was painkillers or hormones was actual truth, and once again I was reminded of the fact that I had told Connor to fuck off and here I was heartbroken at my own hands.
A/N: Well, Joe knows now, will he really let it be for the sake of his sister, or will he take matters into his own hands? Stay tuned to find out. Song for this chapter is Move by Thousand Foot Krutch. Thanks for the review Sissymac. Wanna be mentioned R&R Please!