Chapter 23

"Em are you sure we should be flying in your condition?" Ethan asked scratching the top of his head.

She was currently tearing her way through her wardrobe for clothes. Johnny and Aisha had paid for their honeymoon. They'd be spending a week in Hawaii to celebrate their marriage.

They had two weeks to get ready so he couldn't understand why she was so panicky about getting her things together. Must be her anxiety kicking in.

"DO YOU HAVE SWIM TRUNKS?" she called out as he stepped from the room to answer his phone.
"NO" he yelled out before picking up. "What's up Julius?" he asked.

"This is Chief Monroe. If you want Julius back, listen to what I've got to say. Now, that stunt you pulled downtown with the rocket launcher cost my associates and I quite a bit of money. Now, I may not be an honest man, but I'm a fair one. So rather than turn Saint's Row into a parking lot, I'm going to let you work off what you owe me. There's a mayoral campaign going on, and I want one of the candidates taken off the ballot. Marshall Winslow is in his campaign bus right now, and he has an appointment with the northbound. Park that bus on the train tracks tonight, or you'll find Julius' body floating in the river tomorrow. Don't disappoint me. Julius is counting on you."

He was stone still as the call ended. How the hell and when did they arrest Julius. They were just together this weekend at his wedding.

"Babe, we need to go shopping" she said looking down at him from the top floor.

He reached into his wallet taking all of the cash he had in it out and sitting it on the hallway table.

"Get whatever you want, I have to go" he said before rushing from the house.

Twenty Minutes Later

"Why are you doin' this? I'm from Saint's Row myself..." this didn't feel right. It felt completely wrong as he parked the bus on the train tracks.

He drew his pistol and fired a round into Marshall Winslow's leg to halt his movement.

"I'm... sorry" he said before rushing off of the bus and throwing his hood on.

The train crashed into the bus at the moment he reached the corner and turned down it.

He immediately called Johnny and Lin over for a meeting in the basement of his house. He didn't trust Dex or Troy so they didn't need to know what was going on in his opinion.

"So Julius is in jail and the Chief is blackmailing us into doin' his dirty work or he's gonna kill Julius?" Johnny asked as Lin rolled her eyes at him.
"He just said that you fuckin' idiot" she said before lighting up a cigarette. "So what's next?" she asked as he shook his head.
"Don't know... just waiting on his call. You two should scrape together whatever cash you have. Might need to get outta town for a while after this" he said as they both nodded their heads.

"ETHAN! DINNER'S READY" Emma called out as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"I'm supposed to be going on my fuckin' honey moon man" he was stressed the fuck out. "What the fuck" he breathed out shaking his head before standing up. "I'll call y'all tomorrow. I gotta go eat dinner now" he said leaving the two of them in the basement. "As much as I hate this... Johnny, have Dex meet us at the church tomorrow... if Monroe is playing us we're gonna need his brain" Ethan said popping his head back in the door.

Ethan and Johnny met up with Dex at the church.

"I thought you took care of Winslow" Johnny said.
"I did" Ethan grumbled out.
"So where the fuck is Julius?" Dex asked as Ethan's phone rang.

He answered putting the phone on speaker.

"Monroe. We did what you asked. Now where's Julius?" Dex asked.
"Yeah... nice work... but I don't think I can let Julius go until you do a little more community service... we'll be in touch" Monroe said before hanging up on them.
"I guess we wait" Dex said.
"Fuck that! Johnny you got anything else?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah I got an idea" Johnny said as Dex looked at him.
"Fuck no! We are not blowing up City Hall! What if they're keeping Julius there?" Dex said as Ethan laughed.

Johnny was fucking nuts but he got results.

"Alright, but there's gotta be a better plan than being Monroe 's bitches" Johnny said as that light bulb went off in Dex's head.

Here they were the next week stationed to hit the funeral procession as it came by.

"Take out Monroe when the funeral procession comes into view. He'll be the one in the cop car" Dex said as Ethan cleared his throat and the procession came into view.
"Uhhh Dex... they're all cop cars" he said as the cars began to pass by.
"Fuck it. Take em all out. Monroe's gotta be in one of em " Dex said as Ethan put the rifle on his back and grabbed the rocket launcher.
"Hey Johnny. Dex said we can blow shit up" Ethan said with a laugh.
"Hell yeah let's do it!" Johnny added as he and Ethan began firing rockets into all of the cop cars.

"Babe did you get your passport?" Emma asked still finding shit to put into her suit cases.
"Yeah, you mind picking it up for me I have a meeting tonight" he said as she walked into the room.
"With who?" she asked giving him a look.

He had been tip toeing around her with his work. She wanted their honeymoon to go smooth.

"Alderman Hughes, he bought a car from me. Invited me to meet some of his friends" he said with a smile as she released the breath she had been holding.
"Oh. Okay, I'll lay a suit out for you then" she said as he nodded still smiling.

That was not what was happening. Hughes had Julius and he was going on this boat ride to get him back. If the Alderman happened to fall off the side in the process so be it.

A/N: I shall immediately begin working on the next chapter. Thank you for reading and supporting this story