Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Four Brother characters, but I do however own anyone that wasn't in the movie

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Four Brother characters, but I do however own anyone that wasn't in the movie.

Bryant woke up to her alarm screaming at her at 7:30 A.M. She smiled knowing that Elijah and Kade would be back over. Hopefully things will go more smoothly than the night before. She put some pants on over her shorts and walked out into the hallway. She heard a noise coming from the bathroom, so decided to check it out.

"BOBBY!" she screamed backing out of the bathroom.

"What?" he yelled.

"Close the door next time, or use some thing…wow!" she coughed throwing her hand back and forth in her face.

"Shut the hell up and get out!" he yelled.

She turned away and ran straight into Angel. "Bobby!" he yelled catching her in his arms.

"Bathroom." She told him "But don't…"

"Whoa!" Angel stepped back out of the bathroom.

"Can I get some damn privacy?" Bobby yelled.

"That's what I am saying." Jack's voice came from the shower.

"You are using the bathroom while he is in the bathroom?" Bryant asked laughing.

"I had to go." Bobby whined.

"Listen!" Angel yelled causing Bryant to cover her mouth. She smiled at him as she glared at her. "Me and Sofi did a lot of making up last night and I think I got a little rust on the tools."

"Oh man!" Bryant moved from the door as she watched him open his robe.

"Whoa man!" Bobby shielded his eyes. "Ask the cockologist in the shower"

"How the hell would I know?" Jack asked.

"You're the expert." Bobby knew that would piss him off.

Jack stuck his head out of the shower and looked down. "Rug burn."

"You're going to live, now get the hell out of here." Bobby snapped.

Bryant died laughing as she remained outside in the hallway.

"Hey Bobby, um Jerry hasn't be straight forward about his new project he's been working on." Angel started.

"What are you talking about?"

"Jerry ain't been straight up with us about that redevelopment project. I found out his dream's dead. Jerry got involved with some bad people. The city got on him about fraud and what not, cut his loans off like a month ago. Technically, Jerry's really broke."

"Do you think this has something to do with what happened to ma?" Bobby asked.

"No I'm just saying we need to look into it. It seems that Jerry owes a lot of people some money." Angel leaned his head against the door. "I need you guys to go down to the city and look for a guy named Douglas. He should know who Jerry got mixed up with."

"What are you going to do?" Bryant asked.

"I have other things I need to look in to." Angel lifted himself off the door.

"Angel!" Bryant appeared in the doorway.

"If you know something Angel, you need to tell us." Bobby yelled.

"This is a situation that's going to require a little finesse. And giving your prior reputation as a hothead, you'll be the first one to fuck it up." Angel replied
"What are you talking about? I wrote the fucking book on finesse! Just let me wipe my ass…" Bobby yelled after his brother. "Angel!" he yelled after him. "Jack, get me some damn toilet paper." Jack an emerged from the shower buck naked.

"Oh man!" Bryant yelled moving to the stairs.

"Angel!" she ran after him. She ran all the way outside as she watched him get into his car. "Angel!" she yelled again.

"Go back inside!" he demanded.

"Take me with you. Please, I want to go with you."

He looked up at her, then looked to his side. "You have company." He shut his door and sped away.

"Angel!" she yelled.

"Bry, what's wrong?" Elijah ran over to her.

"My brother is in trouble." She replied. She moved over to the porch.

"Which one?" he asked.

"Jerry." She covered her face with her hands.

"Come on lets get you of the cold. Its freezing out here and you don't have hardly any clothes on."

"Eli, I need to find out what is going on." She told him not moving.

"Ok, we will, but you wont be able to do that if you are in the hospital because you have pneumonia."

Bobby came running outside. "That little shit!" he yelled.

"Bobby." Bryant replied. "He's gone."

"What are you doing here?" he asked turning towards Elijah.

"I just came to see Bryant."

"We have things to do. Come back later." Bobby spat.

"Bobby!" Bryant yelled.

"You know, actually stay. I need you to stay with her until we get back. Can I trust you with that?"

"Yeah." Elijah replied.

"What are you going to do?" Bryant jumped up from the porch.

"We are going to do what Angel said to do. We need to go see this Counselman person."

"Bobby…"

"Bry, I need you to stay here ok. I am going to leave you with him because you said you can trust him. So that means I should be able to too. I need you to understand that I am doing this for your own good."

"Bobby…."

"Bryant!" Bobby yelled.

"Is Jerry ok?" Bryant asked.

Bobby just stared at her. "I don't know." He answered after a long pause. "That's what we are going to go find out. Stay here with him, don't leave for any reason. Do you hear me?"

"Yes!" she yelled annoyed.

"Ok." He ran up the porch and yelled into the house. "Jack get your ass down here now! We have to go!"

"I'm coming, geez!" Jack appeared in the doorway. He looked at Bryant who was pale from the cold, then to Elijah. "What's going on?"

"He is going to stay with her while we go have a little visit with Douglas." Bobby replied. "Come on lets go."

Elijah nodded his head as Jack. Jack looked down at Bryant before nodding his head back.

"Get your ass in the car fairy, gosh hurry the hell up!" Bobby yelled from the driver's seat of the car.

Bryant laughed. "We will be right back ok." Bobby told her before starting the car and speeding away.

"Well its looks like its just me and you." Elijah replied. "What is there to do in Detroit?"

"Absolutely nothing." She replied walking slowly into the house.

He followed. "Do you want me to call Kade and Sky to come by?"

She looked at him. "I don't want to see Kade right now."

"Yeah, he doesn't really want to see you either."

Her head shot up. "What?"

"He is pissed that you wont come back with us."

She shook her head moving to the couch in the living room. "He is so freakin stubborn its unbelievable."

Elijah laughed. "So are you."

She smiled at him knowing he was telling the truth. "Whatever." she replied.

"So you going to tell me what's going on?" he asked after a moment of silence.

She looked at him before sighing. "My life is screwed up right now."

"Why?"

"My brothers found out the other night who killed our mother. It was a set up. They had found the contract killers and killed them, but they know there was a source, someone who sent them. I still don't understand why someone would want to kill her, she was too perfect. She's never harmed a soul. We found out this morning, that my older brother Jerry, has been lying about his business that he had started. He went bankrupt, there fore he has no money. Angel found out that he was getting mixed in with the wrong people. He told Bobby about some counselman down at City Hall that would know why Jerry got mixed up with these people. I don't understand though why this has to do with our mother's death."

"Maybe he might know who killed her."

"I sure hope not, that means he's been hiding it from us all this time."

"What do you think?"

"I just think he wanted to make something of himself and life is biting him in the ass like it always does with people like us."

"You don't think you are going to have a successful life?"

"I don't know. I don't know anything anymore right now." She sighed.

"Your brother sounds like a smart man, like he is trying to make something of himself. Maybe he just doesn't want you guys to know he failed."

She looked over at him and smiled. "I sure hope so."

Bobby and Jack were gone for hours as Elijah and Bryant talked. They talked most of the day catching up on old times.

"I did not!" Bryant yelled with a smile on her face.

"Yes you did. Don't even try to hide it!" Elijah replied laughing.

"Prove it!"

"What?" Elijah looked at her surprised. "That was over five years ago, you want me to prove it to you?"

"Uh…yeah!"

"Ok….Tuesday afternoon. You never came to our house, so me and Micah went looking for you."

Bryant smiled. "Go on."

"We had driven up to the school to see if you had gotten into trouble or something. No one knew where you were, so we went looking around the school for you. You were under the bleachers with Coleman Brown."

Bryant died laughing.

"You were like what twelve? I could have killed him."

"That doesn't mean we were doing anything."

"Yeah, I guess his hand touching you chest wasn't anything."

"Whatever, its not like you didn't do stuff like that."

"Not at twelve!"

Bryant died laughing. "I had no clue what I was doing actually."

"I could see that." Elijah laughed. Bryant huffed before throwing a pillow at him. "Then you had the nerve to ask Kade what sex was."

"Oh my gosh, I did!" Bryant covered her mouth. "I totally forgot about that. His eyes were hilarious. He looked so surprised that he couldn't even talk. He just stared at me for hours. By the time he came back to reality, it was time for me to go home."

"I don't even think he knew the answer himself."

Bryant began laughing again. The door came flying open with an angry Bobby storming in. "Bobby!" Bryant jumped up off the couch.

"We have to go!" he yelled grabbing her arm and pulling her towards him.

"Where are we going?" she asked as they stopped by the door. Bobby grabbed her coat and was putting it on for her.

"Come on hurry up." Bobby told her grabbing her scarf.

"Is it Jerry?"

"Hey look, if you need to go do some stuff I can stay with her its not a problem." Elijah appeared in the doorway.

"She needs to come with us." Bobby replied. "Come on, we have to go."

"Bobby you're scaring me." Bryant replied wrapping her scarf around her neck.

"Come on, Jack is in the car. We need to go." Bobby looked over at Elijah. "Thanks."

Bryant looked back at Elijah as Bobby pulled her towards the car. "I'm sorry." She mouthed as Bobby opened the door for her. She looked up as Jack looked back at her.

"What happened?" she asked.

"We found out who is behind all this shit. Angel called and said that we all needed to meet him at the bowling alley. He wanted you here too." Bobby replied.

"Do you think it has to do with Jerry?"

"Yes." Bobby replied.

Bryant sighed as she laid her head against the seat. She closed her eyes as tears streamed down her face. "Did he have something to do with Ma's death? Just go ahead and tell me, don't lie me."

Bobby looked at her in the rearview mirror before sighing. "I have no idea." He replied softly.

"What's going to happen?"

Bobby looked away from her and didn't respond. She looked at Jack who just turned back around in his seat.

They arrived at the bowling alley moments after Bobby had picked her up. She just wanted to sit in the car not really wanting to know what was going on inside.

"Come on, we have to go." Bobby told her lifting his seat to let her out.

She sighed before climbing out.

"What do you think he found?" Jack asked.

"I don't know, but it's something big." Bobby replied.

"How do you know?"

"By the sound of his voice. I know my brother." Bobby looked at Bryant who began to shake. He reached down and grabbed her hand.

"There he is." Jack replied pointing over at the bar. Angel was sitting down with a beer already in his hand.

"Come on, lets see what he is has to say." Bobby pulled Bryant towards him.

"Hey." Angel whispered.

"What are you doing?" Bryant asked.

"Come here." Angel replied motioning for her to come to him. She let go of Bobby's hand and walked over to him. Angel grabbed her arm and pulled her into a hug. She could feel his breath through her hair as he rested his head on hers. "Did you guys find anything with Douglas?"

"Oh, yeah. Real public server," Bobby said with a soft chuckle.

"What?"

"You remember back in the day a guy named Malcolm Sweet?"

"Yeah, what about him?"
"Looks like his nephew is running things now. Victor Sweet seems to have grown up. Looks like he was tired of being picked on his entire life. He's been running the streets for quite some time now."

"He the one who shut Jerry down?"

"Yeah, he's the one."

Angel sat his beer down and released Bryant from his grip. "You see that guy over there with his family? The one with the fat head."

"Yeah, Evander. He and Jerry use to go back to the Union days."

"He goes by Evan now. He's been running shit for a guy named Vic."

"You guys are coming up with this fast." Jack replied sitting down.

"Yeah, we should have been cops." Bobby laughed reaching for a beer. "Why are we here Angel?"

"Yeah, why did you want us all to be here?" Bryant asked.

Angel looked down at her, but he wasn't able to talk. "Shit!" Jack spat.

Bryant twirled around. Jerry had walked over to Evan, looking all suspicious. Jerry looked around the area before pulling a yellow envelope out of his pants. He slipped it over to Evan before turning and walking way. "I found out that Jerry wasn't being too honest with us, so I went to see into some things. Turns out Jerry got a big insurance check for Ma's death that just so happen forgot to tell us about."

"Come on." Bobby replied slamming his beer down on the bar. "We'll worry about Jerry later."

Jack looked over at Bryant. "I know you don't want to do this, but its getting serious now." He whispered.

She shook her head. "We have to go now." She whispered walking away from him.

"Its nice to see you boys, but we were just leaving." Evan reached for his daughter and held her close.

"What were you and Jerry talking about?" Bobby asked.

"Just saying hello. Me and Jerry go way back, back to the Union days. You know that Bobby." Evan replied.

"Angel tells me you're one of Victor Sweet's boys now. Going around letting him treat you like a house nigga." Bobby was getting angry.

"What are you thinking Evan that dudes a punk." Angel replied.

"You've been gone for a long time fellas. A lot of things have changed."

"What's in the envelope?" Bobby asked.

"What envelope?"

"You want to play that fucking game right now?" Bobby moved forward, lifting his shirt revealing his gun. Bryant closed her eyes and leaned her head against Jack.

"You going to do that here?" Evan tightened his grip on his daughter.

"Right here and right now."

"Give us the envelope Evan and get walking." Angel snapped.

Bryant wiped her eyes as she stared at Evan's daughter. Evan reached into his back pocket and pulled out the envelope.

"You don't know what you are doing."

"Go, take your wife and you kids home. I'm sure we will see you real soon." Bobby told him. "Lets go." Bobby put the envelope in his pants before storming towards the door.

"Where are we going?" Bryant moved next to him. It was the first time she spoke since they confronted Evan.

"Pay our brother a little visit." Bobby snapped.

"What?" Bryant stopped in her tracks. She felt her stomach jump to her throat.

"Get in the car." Bobby told her. She didn't moved from her spot. "I said get in the fucking car!" Bobby yelled causing Bryant to jump. She grabbed hold on Jack's hand.

"Bobby, you need to calm down!" Angel told him.

"I want to go home." Bryant whispered. "Please, I just want to go home." Tears began to stream down her face.

Bobby slammed the door to the car as Jack gently pulled Bryant. He pushed her into the backseat of Sofi's Honda.

"Come on Bobby, lets go just go home ok. We will deal with Jerry tomorrow." Angel told him.

"What do you want to do Angel? Huh? Our fucking brother had something to do with our mother's death. Do you want to just let him walk away from that?"

"You don't know that!" Bryant cried. "You don't know if he is involved or not."

"Angel." Bobby whispered through his teeth.

Angel nodded his head before starting the car. Bryant closed her eyes and dug her head into Jack's arm as she cried. She felt the car come to a stop.

"Where are we?" she asked looking around. She looked up and saw Jerry's house in front of her. "Are you serious?" she asked jumping up. We cant go in there, he is our brother!"

"I ain't playing no more. I'm gonna go in there and bust that melon..." Bobby opened the door of the car. Jack's hand left Bryant shoulders to pull him back in the car.

"His family is in there!" Jack replied jerking him back. Bobby jerked away and sat back against the seat.

"Bobby you are gong to have to calm down!" Angel demanded.

"I'm calm. He thinks I'm an idiot! He thinks I don't know what the fuck is going on!" Bobby was breathing heavily.

"I am going to call him." Angel replied getting out his phone and dialing Jerry's number.

"Come down Bobby." Jack told him patting him on the shoulder.

"Hey Jer, its Angel…"

Bryant pulled away from Jack and leaned up. "You willing to kill your own brother?" Bryant snapped in Bobby's ear. "You willing to throw away everything that Ma taught you because you are pissed off?"

"Sit back." Jack told her pulling her towards him.

"You are a selfish man Bobby Mercer if you think this is just about you now because its not. It's about all of us now. You promised me nothing would happen to one of us and now you thinking about killing our own brother because you are assuming he had something to do with Ma's death. We don't know anything and you are ready to kill someone who is my life."

"You don't understand what is going on." Bobby replied through his teeth.

Angel hung up the phone. "He coming?" Bobby asked

"Yeah, he's coming." Angel threw the phone down into the floorboard before rubbing his hands over his face.

"I will have no part in this, do you hear me? I will not watch you tear our family apart!" she yelled.

"Bry…" Jack whispered.

"Don't you think we have suffered enough?" she whispered with tears streaming down her face. "Don't you think I have suffered enough in my life?"

"Don't bring that shit up!" Bobby yelled.

"I just want it to end Bobby. I want my life to get back to normal and it hasn't been normal since that night at the party."

"Drive!" Bobby demanded not listening to his sister.

Angel put the car in drive and began driving back to the house. The ride was silent, but it was fast. Bryant didn't wait for the car to come to a complete stop before she opened the door. She went running up the stairs to the porch. She noticed the light was still on, maybe Sofi was home. As she entered the porch she heard a noise that caught her attention.

"You alright?" it was Elijah.

"Eli!" she ran straight to him and wrapped her arms around him.

"What happened?"

"He's crazy. He's freakin crazy." She replied through her tears.

"Its ok, tell me what happened?" he was stroking her head when the boys appeared on the porch.

"What are you doing here?" Jack asked walking towards him.

"I was waiting for you guys to get home. I wanted to make sure she was ok." Elijah replied.

"She's fine." Bobby snapped.

"Yeah, I can see that." Elijah snapped back.

"Listen it's late, you guys don't start shit ok." Angel pleaded. "We just need to go to bed and wait for tomorrow to come."

"He's right." Jack replied. "Bry, come inside and let's go to bed."

"I don't want to."

"Bry…" Jack started.

"Go inside Jack, I need to talk to him for a minute." She told her brother.

Jack nodded his head before turning to the door. Bobby went to say something, but was interrupted.

"Bobby, don't…" Bryant looked at her older brother who didn't move from his spot. "I am going to stay out with Eli for a few minutes, until I can come to grips with what you are doing. I don't think that is possible, but I need to talk to someone and right now I don't feel like I can talk to any of you."

Bobby nodded his head. "Fine." He retorted before storming inside the house.

Bryant waited for everyone to go inside before you collapsed on the chair. She covered her face as she began to sob. Elijah bent down and began rubbing her head.

"Talk to me." He whispered.

"Eli, I don't think I go through with this."

"Go through with what? You aren't making any sense."

"Jerry was mixed up with wrong people and he might have had something to do with my mom's death. Bobby's crazy, he wants to kill him."

"What do you mean he might have had something to do with you moms death?"

"He got a check for her life insurance. He was paying off this guy today. We saw him."

"What guy? Bryant, this isn't making any sense."

"Victor, his name is Victor Sweet."

Elijah stood up from his position and stared at her. "As in Malcolm Sweet's nephew?"

Bryant's head shot up and looked at Elijah, who suddenly looked like a ghost.

"Do you know him?"

"Know him, yeah, I guess you can say that." Elijah walked away from Bryant. "He's my father, in some distorted way."

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