We boarded the ship later that night. Since the whole boat was mainly male, the boys thought it would be a good idea if was disguised as a man. They helped me look the part and stepped back to admire their work. They had let me borrow some clothes, had my hair up in a hat, and smudged some dirt on my face.

"well do I look manly?" I laughed.

"as long as ya don't talk" Connor smirked.

"fuck you con!" I spat.

"dats me brothers job der lass" he chuckled.

i rolled my eyes and murphy approached me grabbing my waist. I wrapped my hands around his neck as he leaned into kiss me. We were interrupted when Connor said,

ya may wanna be careful der murph. People see dat they would get da wrong impression"

i started laughing in Murphy's arm as he glared at him brother. That night we decided to walk to the main deck. People were crowded around and going crazy.

"ya stay by me" murphy whispered in my ear.

I nodded and looked in the direction everyone was cheering. There were two men in the circle, one had his hands chained. The boys were just as curious as I was when they stopped the man that had been taking money from a few people.

"¿Por qué se encadenaron las manos"(why is that mans hands chained?) Connor asked pointing to the Mexican man.

"Rápido, hombre de Romeo. Él dice que el francés no puede poner una mano sobre él." (Romeos fast man, he says the Frenchman can't lay a hand on him) the man said excitedly.

"Pero él no le puede devolver el golpe."(but he can't hit him back) murphy said.

"Esa es la apuesta. Él tiene que últimos cinco minutos" (that's the bet, he's got to last five minutes) the man said.

"the dudes fuckin stupid" I muttered quietly earning a chuckle from the brothers.

the fight began and we watched as the Mexican man dodged every shot his opponent shot at him. My eyes widened when he ran to the wall and jumped off it, bringing his chained hands to the front. I turned to the brothers as they dug through their pockets, grabbing 50's. They turned to the man taking bets and at the same time said,

"fifty on the Mexican"

I shook my head and rolled my eyes going back to watching the fight. The Mexican now had the Frenchman on his back and knocked him out in seconds, winning. The crowd cheered and the Mexican looked our way and nodded at the boys who were among the cheering. Later that night I went back to our room as the boys were fixin each others tattoos. I was thankful for the quiet. No one had to see my tears. I never truly got over Anthony's death and I know I never will. Sometimes I just think of it and a few tears slip down my cheek. This was one of those moments. I was jolted from my thoughts when I heard a crashing sound and yelling coming from down top the hall. I knew those yells anywhere. I quickly wiped my tears, grabbed my gun and ran down the hall. Before I rounded the corner my heart quickened when I saw the water on the ground and the coins in it. I quickly rounded the corner seeing the boys having a gun to the Mexicans head. My eyes widened,

"guys!"

they completely ignored me as Connor yelled," And as Almighty God created you...he now calleth you home."

i watched as the Mexican screamed Into Murphy's hand and cried as Connor pulled the trigger. One thing though, it didn't fire. Just clicked.

" Ooops. Busy signal. We'll hafta calleth back." Connor busted out laughing.

i rolled my eyes and let out a deep breath I didn't know I was holding. They both got off the man and were wailing in laughter.

"let's have a shot while were waitin!" Murphy added.

the Mexican remained on the ground trying to calm down before yelling,"that was not funny!"

murphy then eyes me,"well hell der beautiful!"

he he wraps me in his arms and kisses me forcefully. When he pulls away I look and notice the Mexicans face. Both shocked and weirded out. I was confused at first and then realized I'm still dressed as a man. Murphy follows my gaze and glares at him,

"da fuck ya lookin at!"

he raises his hands in surrender and says,"hey it's whatever way you role man. I ain't gonna judge."

it it took him a minute, but when he got it all 3 of us busted out laughing. The Man looked annoyed and looked at all 3 of us wondering what he was missing,

"what?! I fuckin missing something here?!"

I decided to give e poor man some mercy and took off my hat, letting my hair fall. I also wiped my face free of he scruff and smiled at his wide eyes,

"I'm not a man. I'm his wife"

his is eyes about popped out of his head causing the brothers to laugh harder. Later that night we were all sitting around some crates passing around a bottle of jack. I was sitting next to Murphy as he had his arm around me and let me use his jacket cause it was freezing.

"No." Connor said at Romeos request.

" But I got conex all over Bean 'll hook you up like a tow truck!" Romeo said.

"No."murphy said.

"Why not?! Ya got her with ya!" He whined.

"dats different she's family. She's apart of dis" Connor said.

"no matter how much we tell er ta stay away. She's stubborn like dat" murphy added squeezing my waist and handing me the jack.

i smirked and took a swig, passing it to Connor.

"Alright, but why not me?" Romeo asked.

"We don't hafta give you it." Murphy said.

"It's because I'm Mexican, isn't it!" He accused causing my eyes to widen

Connor took a swig of jack and said, "How dare you, sir, insinuate such a thing? The fact that you're a greasy spic's got nothin' ta do with it."

We all laughed as romeo rolled his eyes,

"I'm gonna let you have that one. Look.I can do this. It's not rocket science. You two find bad guys doing bad shit and you kill em right?"

"It's not that simple." Connor said.

"yea it is" I said.

connor looked at me and rubbed his chin," S'pose you're right. I'd sorta hoped we were a little more artistic than that."

I chuckled as Romeo continued, "well, you ain't. Can't you guys see it? This shit's fate, man. Like preordained type shit. Mea fucking Culpa! Why do you think you just happened to be in that hatchway today?"

"Oh, don't start gettin' all super fuckin' natural on us." Murphy pointed at him.

" We saw those guys goin' in there." I added.

"Ah, ha! That's what you say. I say it's because Jeeeeesus wanted it that way!" Romeo announced.

i rolled my eyes as Connor shook his head, "oh no"

"Fine. Then what exactly do you intend to do when you hit U.S. soil?" Romeo asked.

"We'll go after all Yakavetta's people and operations till we get to the man himself." Connor replied.

"Yeah, work our way up the food chain." Murphy added.

"So, what's your first gig? What's the first thing you gonna do?" Romeo asked.

Connor looked over quizzingly to murphy and I who both just shrugged. In all honesty we hadn't even thought that far. We never do. Connor sighed and rubbed his chin,

"Well, I don't suppose we have a succinct plan, y'know, per se."

"Yeah. It's not fully developed yet, y'know, as it were." Murphy added stumbling.

Romeo looks to me for an answer, but I have nothing. A slow smile splits His face,

"You three need to chill in the green room, sip on some Pellegrinos and let your manager handle the details. And you better get my Cub Scout badge ready. Cuz if you want to kick Yakavetta in the nuts, let him know you're in town...Romeo's got an ace in the hole for you."

i looked in between the brothers faces. They were hesitant, but finally nodded. Looks like we got ourselves a manager.