Chapter 14
Her first stop was Heco's place to collect the earnings from last night. They drove in companionable silence with Ty sometimes humming along with a song on the radio. Once at Heco's they got out of the car and walked up the dank, dingy staircase and equally disgusting hallway that led to Heco's front door. Stopping outside the door marked number 13, Ty looked at Billy and smirked. A quiet scream of pleasure echoed through the door.
"Do you want to do the honors or should I?" Billy nodded and banged on the door three times as hard as his shoulder would allow.
They heard Heco mutter "Fuck." After several moments and assorted bumps and thuds the door finally opened on a boxer-clad, glaring Heco.
"What the fuck?" he demanded angrily, glaring at Ty.
Billy stepped out of the shadows next to the door and Heco jumped about a foot in the air. "Shit, man. Don't do that."
"Where's the money?" Billy snapped, not happy with Heco's attitude towards Ty. Heco's hand fumbled around next to the door and emerged with the canvas bag.
"Here." Heco said, thrusting the bag at Ty. "Anything else?"
"Nah. Have fun." Ty said, turning around and walking back down to the car. "I wonder who he had in there?" she mused aloud. "It had better of been Cassy or she'll kill him." Billy chuckled.
"We'll have to ask the next time we see him."
They both got in the car, with Billy driving this time, and headed over to the bodyshop.
After turning in the pervious nights take, they went to the liquor store and bought over 500 worth of top-shelf alcohol for the nights festivities. This was in addition to the fully stocked bar that the warehouse already had.
"Damn, woman. Think you got enough shit for those fuckers?" Billy glared at her as she pulled out a roll of hundred dollar bills to pay the cashier.
"Fuck Billy. You really think this is all for them?" She rolled her eyes and counted out five of the bills. "Whatever we don't use tonight we'll take with us for some other party. It's not like we're wasting it or anything." The cashier's jaw dropped at Ty's tone of irritation. Surely he wasn't going to let some woman talk to him like that? He was Billy Darley. The cashier shook his head and handed her change back.
"Oh. Alright. As long as it's not gonna be wasted." Billy smiled and wrapped an arm possessively around her waist. "You done?" He growled at the cashier who was staring at Ty with confusion and lust written all over his face.
"Yes, yes sir." The cashier stammered. "Can I help you out with these?" he asked, pointing at the bags lined up along the counter.
"Sure." Ty said, grabbing half of them and walking out to her car. Between them, Billy and the cashier grabbed the rest and followed her.
"Damn, she's strong."
"Yep." Billy smirked, proud of his woman. His woman? Where the fuck did that come from?
They loaded the bags in the back of the trunk and Ty got in the driver's seat.
"If you need anything else for the party, I'm sure I can get it for you." The cashier stammered and then blushed at his forwardness.
"Sure." Billy said, getting in the car and shutting the door behind him. Ty glanced over at him.
"What's that look for?" she asked, starting up the car and heading over to the warehouse.
"Nothing, really. You're just strong, that's all."
"Thanks." Ty smiled, happy that he had complimented her. It wasn't something he was known to do very often, so when he did it was a big deal…at least to her.
Stopping at the warehouse, they unloaded the bags made sure that the bar was set up for the night. Ty checked that everything was done according to plan in the main and side rooms. She smiled in relief when it looked even better than she expected.
"Remind me to give Tommy and Spink a bonus this weekend."
"Why?" Billy glanced at her then went back to examining the room. He couldn't see that anything was different and Ty smiled at his slight look of confusion.
"So, you know how we were talking about converting the warehouse into a club?" Billy nodded once and continued looking around the room for the changes that Ty was so happy about. "Well, I thought that instead of using the existing structure that we would demolish this one and build a new one in its place."
Billy shook his head in confusion. "I don't get how that has anything to do with the plan."
"I have the demolition scheduled for 8am tomorrow morning. Spink was a licensed demolition contractor before he joined the gang so he had Tommy help him rig the charges. If someone somehow manages to find several dead gang members with random bullet holes in them and blood alcohol levels of say, two or three times the legal limit, the cops aren't going to be terribly interested in the investigation. And even if they are, Bones owns this place on paper so any trouble will be connected to him and hopefully stop there." Ty smirked with pride for the plan she had concocted.
"It's a good plan. So, what all do you still have to do to get ready for tonight?" Billy asked as they walked toward the car.
"I've gotta get my nails done then get dressed so you're on your own until 10 or so."
"Shit woman, its only 3:30 now. Do you seriously need six hours to get ready for that fucker?" Billy fumed, glaring at Ty.
"No, like I said, I'm getting my nails done. You probably forgot, but I always get a massage and a pedicure whenever I do that. That takes around two hours. Then I have to shower and get dressed, do my hair, do my makeup and head to the warehouse at around 8:30 or so to set up the bar and get everyone organized. So, no this isn't all for Danny." Ty sighed deeply and shook her head. "You have no idea how happy I'll be when this whole thing is over and everything calms down again. Now, out, so I can go."
Billy grunted in agreement and leaned across the gear shaft. He grasped Ty's head lightly between his hands and pressed a gentle kiss to her pouting lips. Ty growled deep in her throat, sounding almost feral and threw her arms around his neck. She locked her lips to his and fiercely held him in place. She forced her tongue into his mouth, practically raping him. She abruptly released him and leaned back into her seat, panting heavily.
Billy sat there stunned for a moment then broke into a smirk. "What was that all about? Not that I mind at all…"
Ty blushed faintly and chewed nervously on the corner of her lower lip. "I don't know. I…I love you, alright? I just wanted you to know that, you know, just in case something happens tonight." Ty blurted hesitantly.
"Babe, nothing is going to happen tonight. Your plan is a good one and I know how good of a shot you are so there really isn't anything to worry about. And besides, I'll be there to back you up. Now, go do your thing and I'll see you at the warehouse." Billy kissed her one more time before getting out of the car. Ty pulled out of her parking space and squealed her tires as she sped toward the spa.
Billy turned to walk upstairs but stopped when he heard the familiar rumble of Liz's truck pulling into the parking lot. Liz stopped the truck right in front of Billy. Se got out and went to walk past him up the stairs when he surprised her by laying a hand on her shoulder.
"How's Joey doin'?" he asked quietly, his normally commanding tone softened. If she didn't know better she would say that he almost sounded…hesitant?
"He's good. They want to keep him for a few more days to make sure that he doesn't get an infection or something." Liz smiled. "That's not really what you wanted to talk to me about though is it?"
"How'd you guess?"
"Call it my women's intuition. What's up?"
"I wanted to talk to you about Ty." Billy said, staring at Liz, trying to gage her reaction.
"Um…okay. Sure. Let's go upstairs where we can talk more comfortably." Billy followed Liz upstairs and after unlocking the door they both went in and sat on the couch. Once she was comfortably settled Liz turned to Billy. "Ok. Shoot. What do you want to know?"
After several minutes Billy finally spoke. "Ty's never mentioned…getting married, has she?"
"What? Ya'll are getting married? Shit. Seriously? You and Ty? Married?" Liz shrieked, a mixture of joy, suspicion and anger warring across her face.
"Shit. No…I mean, we aren't engaged or anything. Fuck." Billy ran his hands against his scalp, gripping the back of his neck with one hand and rubbing firmly to alleviate the headache already beginning to build.
"Okay, so if you aren't engaged then what are you talking about?" Liz crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him, unconsciously doing a very good impression of how Ty looked when she was pissed at him.
"What I meant was, has she ever mentioned wanting to get married?" Billy gulped audibly and stared at Liz.
Liz laughed. "No, she hasn't. Ty isn't exactly the marrying type." Liz shook her head and smiled at him. "You two are too much alike to even consider getting married. You could probably pull off living together for a while but I don't think she'd even do that, what with Will to consider. He needs stability in his life and honestly, with the lifestyle that Ty has when she's with you…I just don't think she'd do that to Will."
Billy clenched his teeth. "So, what you're saying is that I'm not good enough for either of them." It wasn't a question and Liz paled at his tone.
"I'm sorry Billy. I didn't mean it like that. Shit. I would love to have you as part of the family. I mean, hell, you practically are anyway with as long as you and Ty were together before. If you try to make this work, you can't have the kind of apocalyptic fights that you two used to have. Will doesn't need to be exposed to that kind of environment." Liz stated, trying to defend herself. "I think this is a conversation you need to have with Ty once things settle down around here. But, if she does mention it, I'll let you know, okay?"
"Sure." Billy got up and stalked upstairs. He intended to think more about what Liz said but when he walked in the door and lay in the couch, he fell asleep within seconds. Apparently he wasn't as recovered from the shooting as he thought.
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