Title: A Day To Live In Shit-Filled Infamy…..(Part one of 2)
Rating: M (Language and Situations)
A/N: Dick Wolf Owns LOCI characters, the others are mine
A day past two weeks later, Tynie and Bobby are back home, sitting together on the couch in their living room. At this moment Tynie's in Bobby's lap, cuddled up as Kurk and Kina alternate updating them on all that occurred while they were gone. Depicting the situation about a city code enforcer repeatedly coming to the house in Tynie and Bobby's absence, Kurk testifies "Bobby, I had no choice. I saw papers taped to your screen door saying that the city was about to nail you both for fines in excess of eight thousand dollars. When I saw those papers, I talked to Jimmy about this and he told me just to do it. Jimmy also said he'd deal with your insurance people if it became a problem. I lucked out on that, because the men I hired-out for residential repairs and upgrades would have been sent by your insurance company anyway. I got word of that when I signed some affidavits and used my lease as evidence with your insurance company. I'm sorry man, but I was not going to sit back and have you two stare down those fines, when I could just as easily hire-out and go through that red tape. There is one bad part though; the insurance-based refund for those hire-outs is going to be in my name since I did go through all that red tape. I'll sign it over to you as soon as I get it, I swear."
"We didn't expect that all to happen while we were gone, and Kurk did go through the right channels to handle everything. Babe, don't make him surrender that refund, because he also put his name on the line for us with that red tape." Tynie convinces. "Kurk, you heard Tynie right?" Bobby wonders, receiving a nod. "Then you keep that insurance refund, because she's right." Bobby decides. "Oh wow, that was definitely not the reaction Kurk and I thought you'd have guys. We thought you'd be so mad about all that you'd evict us over it!" Kina expounds. "Whoa honey, who the hell told you that?!" Tynie recoils, getting Kurk to play several messages from Kina's voicemail. Kissing Bobby's lips quickly, Tynie gets off her husband's lap, self-excusing "Bobby and Kina will take care of that shit, Kurk you warn the others! I've got drinks to make."
"Got it!" Kurk agrees, calling the others and telling them to get to Tynie's as soon as possible. "Hey, I actually like how you did that Kurk. You knew that shit isn't something I want handled over a cellphone, very nice!" Tynie booms, from the kitchen. "Bobby, you do what you think you have to since this happened in your home. I'll get the door for the others." Kina offers. "Like Kurk said, you got it." Bobby restates. Kina smirks, kisses Kurk's cheek, and goes for Tynie's door, in the same move. Jimmy, Kai, Tara, Kaia and Chá'ěrsī then all enter Tynie's house, with Chá'ěrsī locking it behind them. Tynie, in return, then has Kina come into the kitchen to help her with drinks. Kurk then stands before the group, updating them on why he's been the one to answer Kina's phone today.
"File charges, use those voicemails as evidence. Keep screening calls, and when this clears the courts, change Kina's number." Jimmy advises. Kurk nods, and as Bobby begins to make Jimmy's advice into a reality, Bobby's told it's a known scam going around. Another condition Bobby's given in handling this is that Kina must-declare consent for Bobby's actions on her behalf. Bringing Kina's phone to her, Bobby alerts "I need you to tell who I have on the line that you consent for what I'm doing. I'll explain later." Kina nods, gives the consent on the phone that Bobby sought out, and allows Bobby to take her phone back to Kurk.
Keeping Kina close as they deliver the drinks, Tynie re-enters the living room, seeing her husband is off the phone. "Alright, precisely what the fuck is going on here?!" Tynie demands, Jimmy updating her. "Brother, you need to technically back Bobby and Kurk up at the same time. Since there's already one fuckin' scam goin around you need to find out if Kurk was scammed while me and Bobby were gone. If he was, hand me your phone and I'll consent to charges being pressed since that scam hit on my damn property. I suspect I'm going to be bullshat if I look into that, because there's already been one female scam victim in my house. So that's one reason why I'm enlisting you to cover it, Jimmy." Tynie mandates.
"Don't blame you there, I'm on it now Tynie." Jimmy avows, going for his phone. Distributing drinks, Tynie and Kina share a worried look, as Chá'ěrsī intercedes "Frankly I'm glad to know about that one scam, and that we're looking into the possibility of another. Yes, Tynie you did enlist Jimmy to do part of that, with Bobby covering the other part. Here's the thing, I know of another reason why you set it that way, one I'm not saying anything about until they're both off their phones." Then, five minutes later, Jimmy too is off his phone, he and Bobby individually holstering those devices. "Alright, Jimmy and Bobby forgive me for this. I know another reason Tynie, as she said, enlisted you two to look into those scams. Not only does Tynie believe the ladies in this house will be bullshat or further scammed if they checked those scams themselves, but you two do possess credentials which I believe Tynie believes, will leave you both separately less-likely to be bullshat or scammed while you investigated those other scams. Please tell me you both already-know the credentials I'm referencing." Chá'ěrsī speculates.
"Chá'ěrsī, you don't need forgiven for basically confirming what I suspected. I know Tynie hates it when those credentials get involved, but for this, I didn't mind. I can pretty-much assure you, neither did Bobby. Tynie's motivations were sound, so we're good." Jimmy contradicts. "Chá'ěrsī, Jimmy's right. We're good. Now, we're also having these drinks before we go any further with those scam situations." Bobby re-directs. Obeying that directive, Tara and Kai later clear from the drinks with Kaia's help since alcohol was involved. "Kurk, not only are you getting that insurance refund from what you did with those hire-outs, but you're getting one fourth of our restitution. It turns out that city code enforcer whom kept coming by, while me and Tynie were gone, was part of another huge scam. Since you were the one who dealt with that city code enforcer while Tynie and I were gone, Mr. Trenton assured me you are entitled to that. We have to split it four ways because of the fact four adults live here. That's on the orders of Mr. Trenton, which I am not going against at the moment. I'm going to sound like my beautiful wife when I say this, but I very strongly advise that Chá'ěrsī and Jimmy contact Mr. Trenton immediately. They'll find out why when they do." Bobby enlightens.
"Jimmy, you heard the man of this house." Chá'ěrsī instigates, Jimmy and he then going for their phones. "Kaia, would you like to learn how I make my chicken fajitas?" Tynie diverts. "Those are amazing so yes!" Kaia rasps. "Tara, Kai, love ya but this kitchen can't exactly fit four cooks, you two will learn this recipe another time." Tynie wavers, Tara and Kai nodding before they leave the kitchen. Kaia and Tynie then work on Tynie's chicken fajita recipe, only talking when it pertained to the task at hand. "Oooh honey, no. Don't put those chicken skins in my garbage disposal, that'll clog it something fierce. Just take them put them in some freezer bags, zip those up, and pitch them." Tynie desists. "Ok, wish I had a garbage disposal." Kaia mutters, obeying Tynie's instruction. "Honey, that's another meeting I've got to have with Chá'ěrsī. I don't install those in another man's house without getting that man's direct consent." Tynie self-restricts.
Understanding that, Kaia nods, and then they return to quietly cooking. When Chá'ěrsī's off his phone, Tara repeats what she overheard Tynie tell Kaia about garbage disposals. "She knows how to put those in?!" Chá'ěrsī shrieks. "Yeah, she installed the one we have actually. I don't like it when Tynie works that way, but she's more-built to fit under our sink than I am." Bobby confirms. "I like the way you just worded that Bobby." Kai gleams. Jimmy hears all that, and snarks "You expected Bobby not to sometimes sound like his wife, after you've been around those two for how long now, Kai? Seriously?!" "Dude, you just walked into that one!" Kurk laughs, Kai smiling as that truth is realized.
Bringing in the freshly-made chicken fajitas with Tynie, Kaia decrees "We go no further with any of those conversations, until we've all eaten. That's not the decision of the lady of this house, it's mine, but Tynie stands by it." "She's right, I do." Tynie asserts. Eating together in a bit of silence, Chá'ěrsī and Jimmy tackle clean up and discuss which one of them goes to ask Tynie to install their garbage disposal first. "Jimmy, Chá'ěrsī, I can hear your chat. The acoustics around this wing of my house are that amazing. You two do not have to debate what you are right now, I have a plan. Jimmy, I love you like you're my blood-brother, but since Chá'ěrsī's…. shall I say… a longer-standing elder than you are, his gets put in first. Then, after a couple beers and a couple hours past that install, I swing by and put yours in Before I do all that though; you two have to meet with Bobby to set up a time for us four to get your garbage disposals. I do not install disposals that I have not personally looked into at a store and not online, personal rule." Tynie intervenes. "Hey, with the fact we've all basically just come out of being scammed, I think that's a damn fine personal rule to have actually." Tara protects. "Tara, we weren't debating the solidness of that rule. You can calm down, we're good." Kaia clarifies.
After yet-another quick glance at his fiancee's phone, Kurk intimidates "Those sons of bitches just threatened my beautiful Kina's life in a text message! Their asses are mine!" "Whoa dude, they're not worth you spending the rest of your life in prison. Save that shit and call 911 from your phone. Do it now, and when the cops get here you'll see why I told you to do that!" Tynie negates. "Tynie's right man, do as she says." Jimmy goads. Kurk nods, complies, and in moments has Tynie's front door open for the police. Showing and playing all the evidence for them, Kurk reports "My landlady, Tynie Goren, ordered me to call you instead of taking matters into my own hands." "It's true officers. I did that so you all could see and hear the evidence, while at the same time assist Kurk here in filing terroristic death threats on the behest of his fiancée Kina. I'll attest to this in court, no fuckin' problem." Tynie assents.
Taking their report from there, the responding officers tell Kurk that they'll need to download all the evidence from Kina's phone. "Kurk, let them. I'll take you to pick that shit up later, just have one of them call you when that phone's done going through CSU or TARU, whichever division does what they need for this." Tynie admonishes. "You heard my landlady officers." Kurk implies, Kina's phone then being evidence-bagged. True to Tynie's latest idea, Kurk also arranges for the officers to have him called when that phone's ready for pick-up. Sending those officers on their way, Kurk holds Kina with one arm, closing Tynie's front door with the other. "Kurk, I know you swore to defend Kina with your life, but man we're glad to see you went with how Tynie wanted this handled. She's right; those fucks were not worth you risking life in prison. Tynie's very wise for a woman of her age, and following her wisdom on this as you did, was the right thing to do." Jimmy ensures.
"Yeah, but my honey dropped the fact Tynie's his landlady when he did that. That means Tynie could be in danger now." Kina frets. "You don't worry about that Kina, we've got this." Bobby declines. "I may be wrong but Kina, I believe I know why Kurk dropped the fact Tynie's you two's landlady when you three dealt with those cops. Kurk needed to prove his residency and yours, and that fact covered you both. Tynie already said she'd attest to this all in court, so those cops knew you all meant business. Tynie didn't mind Kurk dropping the fact that she's your landlady in this situation, just like I've heard that Jimmy and Bobby don't mind when Tynie drops their NYPD-related credentials in other serious situations. You two just basically gave Tynie a credential to drop, one that we hope she doesn't have to again for a while." Kaia presumes. "OK, that was an angle I swear to God I didn't think of!" Tynie swears. "It's also totally justified." Jimmy verifies.
"Oh God, if those fucks get out of jail, we're all dead!" Tara panics. "Honey, I may be wrong but I don't think the bail on terroristic death threats charges is one that's easy to make. If there even is a bail, for those kind of charges. Like Bobby said though sugar, you don't need to worry, we've got this." Kai soothes, tightly holding Tara. "Yeah, I'm looking into that right now." Chá'ěrsī self-diverts, going for his phone. Five minutes later, with his phone holstered to his side, Chá'ěrsī repeats "Well, according to Mr. Trenton, those charges do not have a bail. By the time Kurk and Tynie go to get Kina's phone, those perps will have already been arraigned. Any charges bearing the term "terroristic" automatically get a near-immediate arraignment, and by that Mr. Trenton meant he was on the way to that hearing when I called him. Yes, he knows of our fears of being dead if those people get out of jail, he's using them to our advantage as I speak."
"Kurk, shit just changed. Bobby and I both are going with you and Kina to get her phone back. After that though, everything else is on hold, because I'm instituting a three-house lockdown. Basically, after we get back from getting Kina's phone, we're locked our houses, unless it's a dire emergency. All other arrangements, including the restitutions, your refund, and those garbage disposals are on hold. Until this shit is resolved in the courts or otherwise. Here's why I say that: Yes, I do presently trust Mr. Trenton, but who's to say the arraigning judge won't be an unrepentant cock-monkey and make Chá'ěrsī and Mr. Trenton both into liars about the bond for those assholes?" Tynie denounces. "That's a damn good reason to institute a three-house lockdown." Kaia acclaims. "It's also a damn good reason for shit to be changed, as Tynie said." Chá'ěrsī contrives.
"Bobby, consider me an asshole for this if you want, but I refuse to leave your house unattended when you four go to get Kina's phone back." Kai reprises. "Kai, you're not an asshole for that. All Tynie and I ask is that you do not make Tara go home alone while you do it." Bobby refutes. "With what's going on right now Bobby, I'd not dream of that." Kai rebels. Then, Tynie gets her cheek kissed, Bobby heading to shake Kai's hand. As their hands are briefly shaken, Bobby honors "You're a damn good man then, Kai." Next-to-immediately after that, Tynie gets called by one of those officers who came to her house, her in-turn fully updating them. "Oh, y'all can deliver the phone to my residence? I didn't know that. Officer, seriously, I made the arrangement for pick-up in front of you because in some ways I'm used to how Illinois cops are fuckin' lazy and won't do what you just told me. I've been a New Yorker for years, but my last experience with shit like this was in Illinois, so I hope you understand that arrangement for pick-up that I made in front of you was entirely a reflex. Yes, you're welcome to return to my residence for that drop-off." Tynie self-defends, so the others around her got the news.
"Mrs. Goren, you're not the first person I've dealt with who has claimed laziness like that against Illinois cops. I figured you had your reasons for making that pick-up arrangement, so we're good. I'll be at your home within the next hour. By the way, my name's Officer Alexander Griffin." Offc. Griffin recounts. "Ok Officer Griffin, I or Kurk Mansen one will answer my door for that drop-off." Tynie alludes, hanging up. "Well, that shit was unexpected." Tynie gripes, holstering her phone as she fully-debriefs the group. Sitting next to Kurk, Kina starts rocking back and forth, him immediately holding her. "It's alright baby, it's alright." Kurk mutters. "Kurk, since we've used the fact I'm your landlady already for this shit, I'm invoking an emergency-tenant rule. Meaning, you do not answer the door when Officer Griffin gets here, I do. You stick to Kina like fuckin' glue from this point on. Understood?!" Tynie disciplines. "I was going to do that anyway Tynie, so yeah." Kurk attests. Then, the entire room falls silent, Tynie winding up keeping her word twenty minutes later. Making that drop-off quick-and-easy, Tynie wonders "So Officer Griffin, what's the verdict on bond for those bastards?" "No bond, you'll be served as will the victims to appear for the courtdate, Mrs. Goren. If anything changes with the case, Mr. Trenton will directly-contact either you or Mr. Goren." Offc. Griffin answers.
"That works." Tynie assures, shutting her front door. Whirling around on her toes, Tynie plans "After we get contacted for those restitutions and Kurk's insurance refund, we're changing our numbers. Kina, Tara, Kaia, you three and I are not doing that. Our men are, meaning Jimmy, Kai, Chá'ěrsī, Bobby and Kurk are the ones to make that happen for us. Trust me ladies, it's best we not do that, not after the day we've had." "She's right you know. Again." Kina murmurs, from within Kurk's arms.
"That may very well be best in that case, but Tynie you are not cooking again or providing drinks as long as we're here. Jimmy and I got all that covered, right Jimmy?" Chá'ěrsī rebuffs. "Definitely." Jimmy slurs, those two overtaking Tynie's kitchen. With those two men distracted, Kai gets up and answers Tynie's door, the restitutions and Kurk's refund being delivered. "Yes, Mr. Trenton ordered everything I have for you all to be delivered here immediately. He cited an emergency mitigating situation that I cannot disclose further. My boss is just obeying the D.A. by sending me here, sir." The delivery man recalls. "Let me sign for everything, and I can send you on your way then." Kai counter-offers.
Making that happen, Kai kicks Tynie's door shut, regretting "I'll pay for the door-damage Bobby. I didn't mean to just do that, but as you see my hands are full, and you should have heard that man's reason for delivering everything here so fast." "We all did Kai. Relax, we can take care of any door damage from you kicking my and Tynie's front door shut later." Bobby declines. Nodding as he brought everything just-delivered to the coffee table, Kai kisses Tara's cheek, rejecting "I'm not making Tynie and Bobby wait for a verdict on door damage, not after what I just did." Opening and fully-examining the door, Kai mentions "Just a scuff by the bottom right corner of this door. I'll replace the whole door for that if you want, Bobby. Just say the word." "Absolutely not. Kai, for scuffs on my door, you don't replace it. Now if you bust it open like a DEA Agent on a known-drug house executing a federal-warrant, then you do." Tynie rejects. "Hey, that's totally fair." Kai concedes, re-securing Tynie's door prior to returning to Tara's side. "Like a DEA Agent on a known-drug house executing a federal-warrant, Tynie I swear you have the most interesting analogies!" Kaia dedicates. "Hey, in Tynie's defense DEA Agents doing that are known for destroying some front doors!" Chá'ěrsī indemnifies. "It's true, and they're not the only ones known for that in those situations." Jimmy accredits, both having made those statements from Tynie's kitchen.
"Tynie, tell me something. Exactly how much of my insurance refund is to go for my and Kina's rent?" Kurk worries. "I do not answer that until you examine that check. Then, we negotiate what you want done in terms of rent from there." Tynie derides. "Tynie is your landlady, Kurk. Legally she can arrange it that way, especially with what you just asked her." Tara reminds. "That's true." Bobby affirms. Kina releases Kurk halfway to get that check and bring it to him, causing Kurk to open the envelope in front of everyone. "Holy shit, I've never seen a check with that many zeroes in it before in my life!" Kurk exclaims.
Kissing Bobby's cheek, Tynie goes over to Kurk, seeing the same thing he did with that check. "Yeah, you and I need to have a meeting, a private one." Tynie implicates. Nodding, Kurk follows Tynie into his and Kina's area. "Listen dude, here's the deal. Agree to set check aside in a trust for you and Kina, except for like a grand of it. You do that and I'll swear in writing that you've paid off your entire lease. You and Kina need that money to get started as man and wife, so my terms are non-negotiable. You're also not to say a damn thing to anyone outside a judge under oath in court about this deal. If Bobby makes any sort of change to that rule, you are to go by his decision. Understood?" Tynie reprimands.
Shaking Tynie's hand, Kurk applauds "Entirely." Re-joining the others, Tynie forewarns "Jimmy, I need direct-access to your computer and fax machine tomorrow. Kurk and I just entered into a new deal about his lease. Kurk knows the new terms, and that unless he's under oath in court or Bobby later changes part of this negotiation, he is not to disclose them." "Yeah, I do understand those terms. I also whole-heartedly agree with them." Kurk realigns. "Won't this deal take away my honey's VA benefits though?" Kina probes. "I'm actually hoping it does, sweetheart. The VA's not as holy as those in the streets think they are. If it weren't for Tynie and Bobby, I'd not have gotten those benefits in the first place and I'll gladly prove that if you want." Kurk accommodates.
"Kina, trust him on that. I'm ex-military myself and I know Kurk speaks the truth about those dickheads in the VA." Bobby coaxes. "You're ex-military too, Bobby?!" Kurk asks, shocked. "Yep. Army CID." Bobby self-confirms. "What does this mean for the three-house lockdown?" Kaia wonders. "It's been modified, given as the D.A. put it: an emergency mitigating circumstance that cannot be disclosed further right now. Kaia, they're right to modify it though too, because I don't think it's too wise to hold onto those checks for too long. Which means Tynie, after we eat and do a bank run, I'm advising Bobby see to it you don't have to overtake Jimmy's computer room, unless the computer and fax machine I say Bobby should get you is down." Chá'ěrsī interprets.
"I've been meaning to do that anyway, Chá'ěrsī. We're good." Bobby reassures. "You know what, unless you two are already cooking, I say we should get ready to roll!" Tara yells. "Tara, we'll roll like Chá'ěrsī said, after we've eaten!" Jimmy rephrases. "Chá'ěrsī, Jimmy, you are both being told right now that the arrangement we'd made for those garbage disposals does not go through until this case is resolved in court or otherwise!" Tynie warns. Hollering their mutual agreement to that, Chá'ěrsī and Jimmy then deliver lunch and drinks to the others. "Ooh, hang on guys." Tara stalls, moving the checks off the coffee table. Kai, in turn, lays those out beside he and Tara, Jimmy and Chá'ěrsī taking different seats in the living room.
Sharing in all that quietly, Tynie and Bobby resolve clean up, before everyone gets ready to leave. Grouped up by the front door, Kai gets stopped by Tynie when he tries to distribute those checks, her directing "Plant them on Bobby, Kai. You didn't know this but for what you have on you, that's a house rule around here." Honoring Tynie's house rule, Kai surrenders those checks to Bobby, whom leads them out of the house. Securing it behind them all, Kurk does his best to keep-pace with the rest of the group. Taking only two SUV's, they're gone from Tynie's for just under three hours, getting everything business-related resolved. As Kina opens Tynie's house upon their return, Kurk insists upon taking in Tynie's new computer, but gets Kai's help in bringing in the fax machine. Taking all that into another one of Tynie's guest rooms together, Kai soon sets everything up for immediate use, with Kurk watching him. "At my old job, that I don't miss, I had to know how to do what you're seeing Kurk." Kai relives. "I was wondering about that." Kurk realizes, those two then again returning to their ladies.
Chá'ěrsī secured the house behind them all before Kurk and Kai's return to the group, saying nothing. "Tynie, I seriously hope I didn't just bust up some of your house rules. I and Kurk took what Bobby just got you into the guest area to the left of Kurk and Kina's. That's not all we did, because when all that was set in that room, Kurk watched as I set it up for immediate use. At my old job, that I honestly do not miss, I had to know how to do that." Kai reclaims. "Kai, we're golden dude, calm down. I appreciate what you and Kurk did with that." Tynie sates. "She means we do Kai. Now, before we go any further, everyone who does not live here is going to go home. The three-house lockdown is in full effect starting five minutes after I get contacted and told you all made it home safely. I'll just need someone to watch this house when the case goes to court. If anything else changes, you'll all be called." Bobby corrects.
Reaching out his hand, Kai re-offers "I'll do it, if you'll let me and Tara be here when you're gone." Shaking Kai's hand again, Bobby approves "Deal." After that brief handshake, hugs and love are exchanged amongst the entire group. Once that's over with, most of them head home, Tynie securing her house behind them. "Babe, Kai's really trying to be a serious badass. I'm honored that he'll do that for this house, but I'm scared his doing that will cost Tara, Kai. I mean that, before they have a chance to get married. Tell me, how do we get through to Kai that he's taking too many chances?" Tynie concerns. Wrapping his arms around her from behind, Bobby re-assesses "I'll talk to the young man, sugar. I know you didn't say anything until now because of how heated today wound up being for us all, but I've got it covered." "Thank you." Tynie gasps, leaning against him.
"Kurk-honey, even though that room's set up for immediate use, I really don't think you and Tynie should continue doing business today. I believe it may be better to delay that last deal going fully-through until at least tomorrow. You overheard, just as I did, what Tynie and Bobby just said about Kai. They're right; he is taking too many chances." Kina alludes. "Kurk, you and my beautiful wife do not complete that deal until tomorrow. Yes Kina, I heard you, and I agree with that decision." Bobby re-determines.
"I think I know why Kai's trying to be such a badass though, guys. Kai's striving so hard to be such a badass because he's scared. He's scared that if he's not the ultimate badass that he'll lose Tara over it, and not just by his death, either. He didn't say it to you, but I heard him worry under his breath about that when we were setting up Tynie's fax machine and computer." Kurk recollects. "Ohh my Lord, Bobby tell me you can fix that!" Tynie and Kina panic as one. "I can give it my best you two, but I will definitely talk to Kai about this. Kurk, thank you for telling us, without embarrassing Kai over it." Bobby precludes. "Hey, no problem." Kurk replies.
Again, they all retire to the couch, Kai calling to report in to Bobby. "Ah, just the young man I'd like to speak to. Kai, you're still golden with me, Tynie, Kina and Kurk. However, I've come into some news that I believe needs to be discussed with you." Bobby addresses; him and Kai then having the conversation about Kai trying to be the "ultimate badass." "Kai-honey, no! That's not true! I love you too much to do that to you!" Tara cries, overhearing Kai's half of that conversation. "Tara, you get on your phone to Tynie. She'll guide you through your half of this." Bobby instructs, seconds after hearing Tara's reaction.
Right then, Tara obeys, crying to Tynie over the phone. Allowing Tara to sob her concerns, Tynie counsels "Honey, Kai was raised in Mandarin traditions. I'm not upset by that, but he's so used to those ways that he may not be seeing now that there are lines that shouldn't be crossed when defending or protecting you. Bobby's not pissed at Kai either; he's trying to tell Kai about those lines. Remember when I basically stopped Kurk cold in risking life in prison today? Yeah honey, that was one of those lines. Now, what you need to do when we're all off our phones is: Look Kai dead-on in the eyes and say "Honey, I love you. I know you want to give your all to being my defender and protector, but the way you're doing it now is really scaring me. I know you don't mean to do that, but I'm not going to lie about my fears to you. I adore the fact you want to be my badass, but even Tynie has Bobby on restriction for that. No seriously, she does. Tynie has Bobby on restriction, like how she stopped Kurk from risking life in prison today. Meaning yes you can defend and protect me, just please don't make me live without you. I don't know if I could do it." Oh and honey, when you say all that, make damn sure Kai sees your fear and your tears. Trust me; it'll get the message through. If Bobby didn't trust me to counsel you on this, you'd not have been told to call me now. So yeah, this plan works, definitely."
"Thanks Tynie, I owe you one." Tara whimpers. "No honey, you don't. Bobby and I have been man and wife for longer than you two have been together. It's totally alright because I'm damn glad I can use my experiences to help you both. Hell, Kurk and Kina just overheard me as I spoke to you, and they're quietly considering this chat as help for them too!" Tynie refuses. Wishing Tynie a good night, althoughd doing it through tears, Tara hangs up. Bobby and Kai's conversation continues for five minutes past that point, them too hanging up after exchanging good-night wishes.
Chá'ěrsī and Jimmy then separately report-in to Bobby about the others being home safe, with their individual houses also now-secured. While still in his phone-call to Bobby, Jimmy changes the entire deal regarding who watches Tynie and Bobby's house when this new case goes to court. "Thank you, man. I've got news you need to know about." Bobby cautions, repeating his most-recent conversations with both Kurk and Kai. Listening intently, Jimmy supports "So my stepping in and changing that deal for your house was perfectly timed. Yeah, I think we've gotten through to Kai on his trying to be an ultimate badass. If not, the next conversation had on that comes from me." "Hey, you got it." Bobby forfeits, the two men then hanging up.
"Tara was so heartbroken when I talked to her. I had to say what y'all heard. She's never whimpered in fear when talking to me before, so I knew this was real serious shit." Tynie self-justifies. "Tynie, did you lie to her though?" Kina probes. "No, she didn't." Bobby rejects. "I didn't mean to cause that, guys. Honest. I just…" Kurk starts. "Honey no, don't blame you for that. You did what you felt was right, and I'm proud of you for it. Besides, that's a conversation that needed to be had now because waiting on it wasn't a good idea. Yeah, you delayed the conversation so Kai'd not be embarrassed by it, and that was sweet of you. Kurk-baby, seriously, you did the right thing." Kina discredits. "Kurk, she's not lyin' there man." Tynie coaxes. "Trust them on this." Bobby teases, Kurk finally nodding. A few seconds pass, Tynie near-urgently nestling up in Bobby's lap. With Kurk's arms around her Kina sees that and translates "Tynie feels terrible right now, and she's seriously worried about Kai and Tara." Wrapping his arms around his wife yet again, Bobby leans down and whispers "Trust me honey, they're fine."
Conversely, in Kai and Tara's part of Jimmy's house, Tara's enacting every word of Tynie's advice. Trembling in terror as Kai holds her close; Tara whines "I'm really scared baby. I love you too much to lose you that way." "So you want me to be your protector, but do it like Bobby does for Tynie. Beauty, I swear I had no idea the way I was trying to do that was so scary to you until now. I thought I was properly proving myself to you as you deserve. I'll do my best to mirror Bobby's ways of being a badass and a protector from now on. Honey, I love you too, and I really didn't mean to terrify you like this." Kai re-considers. "Y-you will?" Tara stutters. "Yes, I will." Kai sustains. "Thank you." Tara squeaks. Consoling Tara takes Kai quite a while, but when he succeeds, she passionately kisses him. As for Chá'ěrsī, Kaia and Jimmy, by the time that occurs between Kai and Tara, they're all also asleep.
Back in Tynie's living room though, Kina's in Kurk's arms, Tynie's in Bobby's lap, as Kina predicts "OK, now why can I see Kai trying to mimic how Bobby's a badass for Tynie as she calls it?" "Because that's what I hope he'll do, seriously." Tynie answers. "Honestly babe, Bobby's wise for his way of doing that. I mean it, because I learned today just as Kai has, really. I do want to protect you, as I swore when we got engaged, but Tynie's right. Tynie's right that there are lines that shouldn't be crossed, even when I'm defending and protecting you. I know I'm risking making another ex-military man blush by saying this, but I'm also being honest." Kurk re-dedicates.
Listening to that, Tynie looks up, sees Bobby's not blushing, and chides "Kurk you didn't make Bobby blush, if anything you respected him by saying that." Minutes later, Mr. Trenton calls, with some news that isn't all that great. "You had no choice, Mr. Trenton. INTERPOL had them on heavier and more-extensive charges. I appreciate this call, but now you're needed to get some information out for me. After I and my entire family all change our numbers, we're not giving them out. Should a person so much as claiming a connection to your office, or you, take us to court to have this decision changed: you all will be counter-prosecuted for as many hatecrimes and civil rights violations as I and my family can nail all of you on in the federal courts! Am I clear?!" Bobby threatens.
"Crystal! I'll have my entire office notified immediately!" Mr. Trenton frantically concedes, Bobby then hanging up on him. "Babe, that was an amazing display of you being a badass. However, so Mr. Trenton doesn't try to backdoor a bullshit discrimination case against you for that, I think you need to wake Jimmy and have him give Russ the same ultimatum. I mean, covering those now in any way currently-employed by the NYPD, Russ included." Tynie recommends. "Oooh, good call!" Kurk and Kina howl together. Kissing her cheek again, Bobby restates "I'm on it now, sugar." True to his word to Tynie, Jimmy's awakened and fully-updated, him immediately agreeing to the plan. "Tynie, you may want to have us all sign something saying we went along with Bobby on this willingly. You know, so nobody can backdoor bullshit cases on us?" Kina suggests.
"Honey, that's a meeting we're having tomorrow. Trust me." Tynie premeditates. Updating Jimmy on that plan, Bobby apprises "Frankly, Kina's right, we do need that in writing." "And Tynie's the woman to get it done too, believe that. I've seen what she writes up, and it's damn impressive." Jimmy gloats. "I'll leave you to your next part in this then, Jimmy. Good night." Bobby closes, hanging up. Retaining his word, Jimmy wakes Russ, repeating the family's ultimatum about their new numbers. Kurk calls Chá'ěrsī, debriefing him, only to also get next-to-immediate compliance with the plan. As those men comply with the plan, Kai receives a text from Jimmy, ordering him to change his and Tara's numbers. Doing that immediately, Kai texts Jimmy back saying "Whatever else you need, you let me know. If I have to sign something in the coming days, I'll need to borrow a pen." Chá'ěrsī tells Kurk the same thing in the same way, both Jimmy and Kurk fully-accepting that before goodnight wishes are exchanged.
In Bobby's lap, Tynie grouses "I'm gonna make a notary's fuckin Tuesday with those fees! Everyone in the family's gonna need a copy of what I have to draw up for this shit!" "Ah, we pay for those fees ourselves Tynie. That way, nobody outside the family can backdoor a claim that just because we signed those papers, we didn't fully-agree with them. I don't trust anyone outside the family anymore, and I hope you understand why. Not only that, but I think that you and I should get my lease-modification notarized so I can take it into the VA and surrender those benefits. Why take those benefits when I don't need them any longer and I don't trust the VA or anyone outside of the family anymore as it is?" Kurk discourages. "Kurk, we get the forms for our changed numbers notarized first. Then, we go about your idea with the lease-modification and the VA. Trust me; it's not wise to do that in one trip, especially since you're not the only one in the family who doesn't trust the outside world anymore." Bobby counter-plans. "Bobby, now that's a deal!" Kurk cheers.
"One thing we didn't settle yet was when we're all meetin' tomorrow." Tynie pines. "When I texted them a bit ago, I told Chá'ěrsī to be here with Kaia at ten in the morning. I can send the same message to Jimmy for him, Kai and Tara if you want." Kurk reveals. Impressed by that, Bobby permits "Please do." With a nod, and a quick grab of his phone, Kurk then sends that message to Jimmy, whom forwards it to Kai. Accepting that meet-up time all around, everybody from Kaia to Tara again wishes Tynie's household goodnight. In terms of Russ and Mr. Trenton though, their nights aren't over yet, because they've both got a massive amount of people to forewarn about Bobby's legal-action threats pertaining to the family's new phone numbers. Still-nestled in Bobby's arms, Tynie proclaims "Bobby, my love, my everything, you were just a mass-badass for this entire family. Yes, you had backup, but still." "Yeah man, you were. We owe you for that." Kina corroborates.
"After Deke's orders got invalidated, I suspected this day would come. Kina, none of you owe me anything for what I did tonight, even though I had back-up on it. I say that because, Kai and Kurk will need periodic examples of where the lines are when they're being you and Tara's "Badasses" as my beautiful wife considers those. Jimmy's just as good at being an example of that, but when I spoke to him about Kai's trying to be the "ultimate badass," I learned something. What I learned was, Jimmy wants to remain in a back-up position for giving those examples. Chá'ěrsī's the eldest in this family, so as far as I care, it's just not right to put him in any position to be an example of an appropriate "badass." Bobby disapproves. "Correct yourself gorgeous, we all don't think Chá'ěrsī should be in that position." Tynie alters. "She's right, Bobby." Kurk and Kina corroborate as one.
"Answer me this, you guys. Why can I now see that someone in the NYPD or D.A.'s office is going to test Bobby or Jimmy one about the ultimatums they got?!" Tynie challenges. "Because we don't trust anyone outside the family anymore, and you've had a sense for retaliations as long as I've known you, Tynie." Kina concludes. "Beautiful, it doesn't fuckin' matter if they test us on those ultimatums. All we'll do, should that happen, is prove we meant business." Bobby denigrates. "Not only is that right Tynie, but can you imagine the media shitstorm them testing us on those ultimatums would also bring?!" Kurk dares. "Good point, Kurk!" Kina, Bobby, and Tynie simultaneously resound.
Right after that brief discussion, Chá'ěrsī calls Bobby again, telling him to immediately turn on channel 8. Doing so, Bobby witnesses what Kurk said about media shitstorms has already begun. As the newsbrief ends, and the TV in the living room gets turned off, Bobby learns that Kaia couldn't sleep so she and Chá'ěrsī were watching TV before that came on. "You get Kaia relaxed as best you can, Chá'ěrsī. We'll see you in the morning." Bobby formalizes. Promising he'll do that, Chá'ěrsī hangs up. Tynie, in a show of solidarity with Bobby, then sends everyone in the family a text that reads "I've seen the news on Channel 8. We do not discuss that newsbrief again until after we get certain papers notarized. Y'all know the ones I mean, and we'll see you in the morning. We love you." Showing Bobby as she hits "send," Tynie smiles evilly. At this hour, nobody replies to that, so Tynie holsters her phone and administers "We've got some serious shit to deal with tomorrow, so we'd better call it a night." Arising from the couch, and exchanging quick hugs, that foursome retires to their parts of the home for the night.
Secluded in their room, Tynie apologizes "Baby, I swear I didn't mean to take away from your rights to relax like that. It's just when all this rolled out today, especially the deal with Kai trying to be the ultimate badass for Tara, I spoke before my brain could shut my mouth off. You have no idea how sorry I am for doing that." Enveloping her in his arms, Bobby repudiates "You've not got a thing to be sorry about, sweetheart. We took on what happened today as a united front, and that's what we needed to do. As for Kai being that ultimate badass, I believe we got through to him. If I'm wrong on that, Jimmy's got it covered, he already told me. Now, we do our best to relax tonight, just like I told Chá'ěrsī to do with Kaia."
Resting against him, Tynie protests "That's not all we do, I've not gotten any chances to tell you I love you today. We've also not-gotten many chances to be very affectionate with each other, either." Lifting her chin, Bobby swears "I love you Tynie." "And I love you, Bobby." Tynie re-vows, the two then kissing. Slowly ending that kiss, they make their way to his endtable, where both their phones are set to charge. Guiding her into the bed first, Bobby turns to set an alarm for the next day, Tynie laid back and awaiting him. Grabbing their covers into her right hand, when Bobby lays back, Tynie throws those over the two of them.
Cuddled up against Bobby, concealing her face between her hair and the center of his chest, Tynie gets her husband to wonder "What else is on your mind, sugar?" "I'm scared. I don't want you striving to be a badass now to cost me… you. I won't remarry, I won't fall in love again, or anything like that if I lose you! I'm terrified of that now than I've been since we first got together, Bobby!" Tynie cries. "Hey, I'm here. I'm holding you right now. You don't have to worry about anything. We've got this." Bobby softly reassures. Sobbing Tynie still-nods, she and Bobby both unaware that right now Kurk's in the same position with Kina. Jimmy's just as concerned as the ladies are, but he doesn't have one to console right now, so he's laid up in bed silently praying while trying to sleep. Chá'ěrsī's consoling Kaia, Tara still-remaining scared and in Kai's arms, as everyone's day at last drones to a close.
Today was basically intense, and much of that being for very-angering reasons. Starting from the point Kurk updated Tynie and Bobby about events with their house that occurred in their recent-absence, the day dragged on with repeated reasons for the entire family to endure seriously-intense emotions. Sadly, some of the best parts of the day wound up being the meals, educations, and Tynie's acquisition of a home computer and fax machine. There's yet again some business to finalize tomorrow, but part of it's backed by some very-serious legal threats that Jimmy and Bobby gave to Russ and Mr. Trenton on the behest of the entire family. Before the day for Tynie's household ended, Kurk predicted those verbally-sworn legal threats would trigger a media-shitstorm, and unfortunately, was proven right a lot sooner than he saw coming. Essentially, the best way to describe today for them all is, it was predominantly:
A Day To Live In Shit-Filled Infamy…..
