I walked out on to the balcony to smoke a cigarette because I knew I needed to calm my nerves knowing that Billy would be home soon. I looked out over the parking lot and saw the mustang.
I turned to back toward the door and yelled at the boys. "Guys, Billy's back." I figured I would allow them to get ready knowing that Billy would kick them out when we had to talk. I simply lit my cigarette and sat on one of the chairs that were on the balcony. I sat there for a while just watching the smoke come out of the window of the car. Why was he just watching me? I wonder how bad the fight between him and Bones was. God he confused the hell out of me, sometimes. I was knocked out of my thoughts when Joe steeped outside and began smoking with me.
"Planning on jumping off, so you don't have deal with him?" Joe joked.
I looked at the railing and then back at him and just shook my head and laughed. It wasn't really that funny but I could picture a bunch of people that would do it to avoid the wrath of Billy Darley. I stopped laughing when I heard the slam of a door. I looked down and saw Billy walking toward the building. I stayed out on the balcony trying to prolong this argument as long as possible.
"JOE, BAGGY." Billy yelled from the inside. Joe turned to me and we both gave each other sympathetic looks, which in turn made us both smile. I didn't hear what he ordered them, but I definitely heard what he yelled next. "REN GET THE FUCK OVER HERE." I figured he was just yelling at me like that because Joe and Baggy were still there. But when I finally closed the balcony door and turned to see my brother's eyes all I saw was rage. Never had Billy looked at me like that and for once in my life I was actually scared of my brother.
I didn't move, just stood there looking anywhere but at Billy. I could almost feel the anger radiating off of him. After a minute of pure glaring at me Billy pointed to the dining room. I looked up at him and I knew I had to move but my legs would not move from the spot. "NOW." He yelled out making me jump. I immediately began walking; I walked the long way so that I didn't have to walk close to him. As soon as I passed him I heard his footsteps following me. I sat down in the chair that was usually Bodie's and Billy sat down in his. He yanked on my chair and made it so that I was facing him.
"HOW FUCKING LONG?" He growled out. I stayed silent not wanting to tell him; again I looked anywhere but at him. I felt a rough pain in my jaw as Billy grabbed it with one hand and forced me to look at him. "You better start fucking answering me, or I swear to god this shit ain't gonna end well for you." My eyes widened with shock as I read the threat coming from his eyes. He wasn't kidding; he really had just threatened to hurt me. That was a first.
"Umm...since I was fifteen. You were so busy you never really noticed what I was doing and Bones needed someone to get the guns to the buyers without them going to his shop all the time." I carefully explained. The anger in Billy's eyes never left, if anything it got worst the more I spoke.
"AND HEMMINGS?" The anger in his voice when he said his name was clearly apparent, how did he know Chris? was the only thought running through my mind. "HUH? How the fuck do you know a god damn gang lord from fucking Lexington." Billy yelled no longer able to sit.
"He was the first person that I...umm… you know made a drop for. He had a drop once a month and we became close. He is a friend." Billy head turned whipped back to look at me.
"A friend? He fucking told me that if I got in this life I better be ready to bury you. He threatened you life when you were fucking seven Ren. Yea I call that a friend." He screamed, he had a hand on each arm rest of the chair and was very close to my face.
"Wh...what the hell are you talking about?" I asked through tears that had finally found their way down my face.
"Nothing, this shit ain't about me and Hemmings this is about you and you're fucking lying to me for five fucking years. FIVE FUCKING YEARS REN." He screamed pushing off the chair.
"MY lying, Billy? What about all your dealings and stuff? If anyone fucking put me in danger it was you, and you know it. You just hate the idea that I did something without your fucking permission. But what pisses you off more, huh, me selling the guns or the fact that I can run this town better than you."
The next thing I knew I was on the ground holding the left side of my face. I just laid there waiting for the apology. At least that is what happens in the movies, right? A guy hits someone he loves and then feels bad and apologizes. So why wasn't Billy apologizing? I finally looked up and saw Billy just glaring at me, when he noticed that I was looking at him he bent down so that he could be eye to eye with me. I scrambled to move away from him, but he grabbed my ankle and pulled right against his chest. He grabbed my jaw, sending more pain through my face, making me face him again.
"Don't you EVER fucking talk to me like that. You listen and you fucking listen good. You are done dealing guns and you sure the fuck are done fucking hanging with fucking Hemmings, you fucking got that?" He growled out, letting go my face. "Answer me, god damn it." He yelled after a couple minutes when I didn't answer.
I finally stood up and looked Billy in the eyes. "NO. I am good at what I do Billy, and your not gonna stop me. As for Chris he is a friend and at this point he is more of a brother than you ever will be." I cried out walking past Billy to head for my room. He grabbed my arm and pulled me to his chest.
"Where the FUCK do you think you are going?" He screamed into my ear.
"I am going to pack my shit and move in with dad." I was surprised when Billy just laughed. "Why is that so fucking funny?" I asked had he finally lost his damn mind or what?
"Well because I think the boys aren't really making a big enough hole to fit the two of you." Billy announced cocking his head to side waiting for me to grasp the meaning of what he said. HE smiled when he saw that I got it.
I whipped my free hand around and for the first time in my life I smacked the shit out Billy that my arm hurt all the way up to my shoulder. He lost his grip on me when I hit him. I didn't run I stayed right where I was defiant as ever. "Your lying to me. Please Billy tell me you are lying right now." I pleaded with him.
"I told him if he EVER got you involved in this life I would end his. Guess fucking what baby sister, I am the one running this shit now." He stretched his arms out to show that he was the man.
For once in my life I felt like I didn't know the man that stood in front of me. I backed away from him until I hit the dining room wall. As soon as I hit it I let my body slide down to the ground and nothing I did could stop the sobs and tears from coming out of me. I just sat there with my head buried in my knees and my arms wrapped around myself, and I broke down. I don't know how long I was like that till I felt hands around me, thinking it was Billy I pushed the arms away and kicked at the person till I was in the corner of the room. "Get the fuck away from me you murderer." I screamed. Finally I looked up to realize that Billy was sitting in my chair at the dining room table, and Joe was the one that I had hit and screamed at.
I glared at Billy and finally stood up. My legs were so weak that Joe had to help hold me up so that I would fall. Joe began to pull me to leave the dining room. Right as we were about to be out of eyesight I turned around and glared at Billy one more time. "YOU ARE NOT MY BROTHER YOU HEAR ME? YOU ARE NOTHING TO ME ANYMORE." I screamed. Billy got out of the chair and made his way over to me, making sure to grab my jaw in his ever so painful way.
"You can think that all you want Ren, but no matter what you say you will always be my baby sister. I will never let that change." He growled out, walking past us toward the door. He opened the door and left, the slam still rang in my ears as Joe practically carried to my room as tears over took me once again. Finally Joe got me on my bed, I figured he would just leave me but instead he climbed right into bed with me. I turned to face him.
"He killed him. He killed dad." I cried out not knowing what else to say. I don't know when sleep took me, but I was kind of glad it did.
I woke up to find myself alone in my bed. I laid there thinking about the fight last night and about Bones being dead. I couldn't stay here any longer. I quickly got dressed and started packing my stuff. I reached for my cell phone and dialed an all to familiar number.
"It is fucking four in the morning, what the fuck do you want?" A male voice growled out.
"It's Ren. I need you to come get me, please" I stated as calmly as possible.
"What? Why? Are you ok?" I could hear the panic in his voice.
"No, not really. Look I will explain when you get here, but I need a place to stay can you help me?" I tried to keep my composure but my voice still cracked as I spoke.
"No problem baby girl. I am on my way." He stated.
"And Chris, you might want to bring the boys, he isn't gonna let me go without a fight." I stated.
"If he wants a fight I will give him a fucking fight." Chris growled out. "Be there in about an hour I will call when we are outside to see if I need to come up and get you ok?"
"Yea no problem. Hurry please." I stated and then hung up and finished packing my stuff.
I had just about finished packing up my entire room when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I looked at the caller ID; thankfully it showed Chris was calling.
"Hey I will be down in a second; there is no noise so I think I can get out without trouble. I am gonna put the phone on speaker though and put it in my pocket that way if you hear something bad you can come up ok?" I explained to Chris.
"Okay, hurry up." Chris demanded.
I grabbed my backpack, two duffel bags and my pillow and headed out my bedroom door. Thankfully I heard snoring as I passed Joe's room and there was absolutely no noise coming from Billy's. Great that meant if he didn't come back last night he would be back this morning. I looked at the clock that read that it was five thirty in the morning. Billy usually didn't come back for another hour or so. I got all the way down to the bottom of the apartment complex was walking to the car when my plan reached its first obstacle. Seven obstacles to be exact; in front of me stood Bodie, Dog, Spink, Jaime, Heco, Baggy and Billy. I looked past them and saw Chris and the boys start our way, thankfully he was smart and did bring all ten of his boys on top of some of his lackeys.
"Where the fuck you think your goin' Ren?" Billy growled out.
"She is coming with me. You got a problem with it you take it up with ME." Chris growled right back, not even giving me time to answer Billy myself. I was grateful that Chris had spoke up because at that moment I realized that no matter what I would still love Billy, he was my blood. But just because I loved him, didn't mean that I had to like him right now. Chris motioned for Adam and Mark to get me past Billy and the boys. Billy stayed directly in front of me, facing me, while Baggy and Bodie turned to stand in front of the two boys that were currently walking toward them. I was surprised to see Baggy so quick to stand in front of Mark; they were almost like best friends.
"Baggy man, you know I like you. You can see you guys are clearly outnumbered here. I don't want to hurt you man but I will if you don't let me get Renny." Mark threatened. Baggy stood his ground, as did Bodie.
"Chris you need to leave. This is a family matter and as such you have NO fucking right to be here." Billy growled out finally turning to face Chris.
"He has every right to be here I called him and told him to come. Like I said to you last night Chris is more of a brother to me than you have ever been or ever will be. So move aside before I let him open fire on your ass." I replied. The calmness in my voice actually scared me. Baggy and Bodie finally stepped aside and let Mark and Adam reach me. Both boys took a duffel bag and one of my arms as they began to lead me to the car. Billy defiantly stepped directly in front of the three of us.
"You choose them over us?" Billy asked I finally saw the hurt in his eyes, and for once I was glad. He had hit me with no regret whatsoever; I think it was time that Billy Darley lost what was so precious to him, ME.
"Yeah, I do." I saw the pain turn to rage, the only thing Billy knew to do with pain was hide it and turn it to anger.
"Fine. Go." The shock on everyone's faces from both gangs could not nearly reach mine. After a minute of everyone standing in shock, Billy took a step closer to me, making both Adam and Luke tighten their grips on me. He leaned down toward my ear. "I will be waiting right here when you are ready to come crawling back to where you rightfully belong." He growled into my ear. I stood stiff as he walked around us and into the apartment complex with the boys as his heels. I ran straight to Chris and buried my head into shoulder, immediately starting to cry. He opened the back door of the car and helped me in. Both Chris and Mark sat in the backseat with me as Adam drove and Byron was in the passenger seat.
I stopped crying for a little bit and tried to compose myself.
"Chris we need to make a stop."
"What? Why?" He looked down at me worried.
"I need to get some stuff out of Bones' shop." I stated simply. Chris direct Adam where to go, when we pulled up we all got out of the car. Thankfully I realized Billy had informed all the workers that they didn't need to work anymore so the place was deserted. I held back my tears yet again. I was on a mission.
I walked straight to the office and right to my desk. I cleaned out all the things that were mine and threw them in my backpack. I then grabbed three duffel bags. I handed one to each, Mark, Bryon and Adam and then walked over to the hidden gun compartment. I opened it, I was the only one Bones ever showed how to open this, on top of some other things that were hidden around the office.
"Holy shit, have a fucking gun." Adam joked.
"Yea, Adam and Byron you guys load these up please. Mark over here." I ordered as I lead Mark over to the hidden safe in the wall. In it was a shit load of cash. "Load this all into that bag please and keep that bag with you at all times until we get back to Chris' and can you drive my car back it's the Jeep wrangler out back. That ok?" I explained, handing him my keys. He nodded his head and then kissed me on the top of my head and got to work.
I walked back over to Chris who was going through stuff on Bones' desk. "You need any of this?" He asked trying to make since of the mess that was Bones' desk.
"Truthfully I have no idea, but I know I am gonna need some of it so we need to take every piece of paper or anything that can hold info and bring it back to your place so that I can go through it." I explained.
"So you taking over the business I take it?" Chris asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yup, Billy said last night that he was running shit now. Well let's see him run this shit without guns and ammo at his disposal." I stated sarcastically and then I did the worst thing I possibly could. I looked at the ground, which was now ruined by a huge stain. I bent a down and the smell of bleach almost made me pass out. Bleach gets rid of blood. He killed him right here.
With that thought my knees gave out and again I lost control of my body as I began throwing up. Chris immediately picked me up as soon as I was done and carried me to the car. He set me in the backseat of the same car we had come here in. I curled into a ball as I heard Chris yelling at some people. I felt him open the door and move me over so that he could get in as well. Again Adam drove, this time Mark and Bryon stayed behind. I just cried into Chris until exhaustion finally took me over like it had done the night before with Joe. I cried because not only had I lost my father, but through that I had lost my brothers as well. My love for my father had cost me everything I loved. I only hoped it didn't cost me Baggy as well.
I woke with an arm around my waist. I turned to stare into Adam's baby blue eyes. When he realized the look on my face was not a good one he quickly began talking.
"This is all you. Chris had me carry you up here and you wouldn't let me go so I laid with you. I tried to leave but as soon as you would realize you were alone you freaked, so myself, Chris and Mark have been taking turns in here with you." I just nodded my head and then buried myself into his chest. Thankfully He just wrapped his arms around me and began stroking my back to try and keep me calm. After a good ten minutes of this I finally felt like I wasn't going to cry, so I pushed off of Adam and off the bed and headed to the living room.
Chris, Byron, Mark, Luke and a couple of the other guys that I didn't know so well were all sitting there drinking and talking.
"Where's Sarah at?" I quietly questioned.
"She went to see her mom for a couple of weeks." Chris answered watching my every move. I just nodded my head and sat down in-between him and Luke. Luke put his arm over my shoulder and pulled into him.
"What time is it?" I asked shyly.
"Well you slept forever so it is about four thirty." Mark joked from the chair next to Luke.
"Right. Anyone else hungry?" I asked getting up and heading for the kitchen. I rummaged around and eventually found ingredients for a ham and cheese sandwich. As I was making it Chris came in and leaned against the counter.
"How you doing?" He asked stealing a piece of ham.
"As good as to be expected I guess. Look I don't want to be a burden or anything I mean I have money so once I find a place will move out." I began to explain.
"I was thinking about that." Luke called from the living room, when he realized that he had both mine and Chris attention he got up and made his way to us. "Look I know we aren't that close and everything, but I am kind of bored living alone and all. You moving in could help me with the rent and give me some extra cash so that I can start fixing up my piece of shit of a car. And that way you would be right here so Chris can watch you. I mean if you want, it's up to you." Luke explained.
"Actually you know what that sounds amazing."I answered. "You got furniture for me or do I have to go shopping tomorrow?" I asked taking a bite out of my sandwich.
"I have a bed and a dresser in there, but if you want anything else you might want to go shopping." He laughed out.
"Looks like she finally turned to the dark side." Adam joked joining us in the kitchen.
I laughed and Chris looked at me, he knew that I was forcing myself to laugh. I looked at the clock and realized that this would be the first time in all my life that I would not be there to eat dinner with my brothers. I felt my stomach turn at the thought, and lost my appetite completely. GOD DAMN Billy, for making me do this.
By the end of the week, I was completely moved into Luke's apartment and even had a routine going on. Since Luke was one of the night workers, Adam usually ended up spending the night so that I wasn't alone at night. He would usually start out on the couch but then when he heard me having a nightmare he would come in and sleep with me so that I was ok. Eventually he ended up just falling asleep with me every night. I couldn't help but think about how much I wished he was Baggy though.
During the day I worked in my new office. Chris and the boys had set up an office for me at their base of operations. So when me and Adam would wake up, I would fix breakfast, which Chris usually came over for so he could get food in his system since Sarah was not around to feed him, Luke would come home and then me, Adam and Chris would all go over to the office together. For the first week I was never left alone, I always had at least one of the guys with me at all times.
"Ren, you gonna answer that?" Mark questioned, knocking me out of my thoughts of my life.
"Huh?" I mumbled looking at him; he just nodded toward the phone and laughed. I answered my phone without looking at the caller ID.
"Hello?"
"Ren, why the fuck haven't you called? Are you ok? What the hell happened? I went to bed and when I woke up you were fucking gone along with all your shit, what the fuck?" An angry voice was yelling into the phone.
"Joe you really have to be kidding me. It has been a fucking week, and you are just calling me with worry. That is bullshit and we both know it. What the fuck does Billy want?" I growled out, I could hear the worry in voice before but if he was truly that worried about me he would have called as soon as realized I was gone. I know Joe can be slow sometimes but with the way Billy always had to see us, it wouldn't have taken him long to realize was not there.
He let out a huge sigh. "Actually he doesn't know I am calling you and if he did he would kick my ass. He issued a no talking rule about you; which is why I am calling you. Baggy can't call you because if Billy sees your name on anyone's called list he will flip a shit. Ren he actually asks every morning if anyone has seen or heard from you, it is freaking crazy." I felt my eyes water at just his name, yeah I was pathetic.
"How…How is he Joe?" I whimpered out.
"Billy or Baggy?" He replied confused. The thing about that question was that I wasn't sure which one I was actually talking about, but I couldn't let Joe know that. I had to keep my anger up when it came to Billy.
"Baggy, of course Joe." I stated with the best tone I could.
"Not good. He is going insane, I swear he asks me about you every fucking time I see him, which is at least five times a fucking day. Ren, he hasn't talked to you in a week we tried to get Crystal to go over to see you, But fucking Billy saw her leaving and told her if he finds out that she is going to Lexington that she better not return cause he would kill her himself."
"Joe I got to go I will talk to you later." I hung up as quickly as possible. I heard Joe still talking but I still hung up. I threw my phone across the room, almost hitting Chris in the head as he was walking in the room and the put my head in my hands trying not to cry.
"What the fuck did I do?" Chris joked. When I picked up my head he quickly realized this wasn't a time to joke. "What's going on, Ren?" He questioned.
"Billy is fucking making sure that no one has any contact with me what so ever. Not even fucking Crystal." I yelled out. I had to do something; I can't let him do this to me. If he cuts off all my ties, I am screwed for sure. "Fuck it I am going over there." I stated getting up.
"Ya and when Billy fucking sees you he will fuck either murder you or fucking taking you and lock you up." Chris yelled at me trying to put some sense in my brain. But my mind was made up, I was going and that was final.
"Chris you can either give me a ride back to the apartment or I will walk, but I am not gonna stand by and let him cut me off from everyone I love back there. I meant to cut him off, not everyone else, especially Joe, Baggy and Crystal." Ren stated sternly, walking past Chris out toward the cars. The thing that no one saw was the Ren had her spare keys to her jeep which was always at the office.
When she ended up at the apartment she took a shower and changed. When she had gotten everything she needed to go over there she headed for the door; only to find Chris, Adam, Mark and a very sleepy Luke blocking the only way out of the apartment. She let out a huge sigh and took a step toward the boys.
"Chris you know I have to do this." She stated, her eyes pleading with Chris to just let her go and not make a big deal out of the situation.
"Fine. But they are going with you." He ordered.
"If I show up with even one of them they will go hostile. If it is just me he will just yell. I am still his sister, he won't kill me." She made sure to say kill, because both knew that he had already hurt her physically and emotionally.
"Ren…" Chris didn't know what to do, he knew what she said was right, but he was scared of her getting hurt. He was meant to protect her at all cost that was the deal anyways.
Flashback (Chris POV):
It was a secret that was kept from everyone, but somehow my father found out and in turn told me. He surprised me by telling me that we were making a truce with 'them'. I knew he had planned on taking over Boston in the future but this would make it so we couldn't and that part baffled me. So here I sat in Bones Darley's office beside my father as they talked about everything. Mind you it was seven years since Bones' world had been rocked and he knew it wasn't us. I was pissed that my dad was making this truce so quickly, I will never understand it. Bones didn't make a treaty with us seven years ago when his wife was murdered, yeah there was the big secret she didn't die in child birth, she gave birth because she was dying. The thing I didn't understand was why my dad was making a treaty because my mother and little sister were killed just a month ago. My dad hit my shoulder knocking me out of my thoughts and back into the conversation.
"So, we got a deal?" Bones asked looking at me.
"Uh…what deal?" That earned me a slap up side the back of my head from my dad. Both men realized I wasn't paying attention to the conversation at all.
"I want someone to protect my daughter, the boys should be able to handle themselves, but Ren is my heart. I know Billy and Joe are protective of her, but I don't know if it will be enough, I wasn't enough to protect Brenda. So you protect her until your last breath and I will supply you guns and drugs whenever you need them, half off. Got it?" Bones said looking directly at me instead of my dad.
End Flashback.
Chris didn't realize that when he made that deal that it would lead to protecting Ren from her own flesh and blood. But he knew he had to let her go back to Boston, otherwise she would rebel against him just like she did over Billy's protectiveness. So Chris looked her in her eyes and saw the determination in them. He then let his eyes fall to the ground and took a step aside and let her walk out the door. As soon as the door closed the guys were looking to Chris for instructions.
"Let her go. One of you call her every hour make sure she is ok, other than that let her go." He sighed.
When Ren got finally got to Boston, she headed straight for the tattoo parlor that Crystal worked at during the day. Crystal looked up when the bell on the door chimed. She let out a squeal when she saw that it was Ren who had walked in.
"What are you doing here? If Billy finds out, God only know what he will do to you." Crystal warned.
"Let him try. I heard you tried to come visit but was stopped by him. You ok?" Ren questioned with worry in her eyes. She knew how mean Billy could be to get his way and she hoped that her best friend had not been at the receiving end of Billy's anger. Crystal lead me to the back office, so that we could talk and so that she could still see if customers came in.
"I had a bruise on my arm for a couple days, but I am really sorry I can't find a way to come see you. I swear one of the guys is always around." Crystal explained. When she looked away from Ren she saw a red mustang driving by. "See look they drive by every once in a while to see if I am actually at work or not. And if my car is not in the parking lot they call my phone until I answer and demand to know where I am and then I have to prove it to them. I mean all of fucking Boston has been on lock down since Bones has died and you stood up to Billy. No one really knows which one of the reasons has your brother acting all fucking nut so. But if you ask me it is you leaving with Chris." She cried out; giving a knowing look at the last part of her little speech.
"Crystal I had to go. He murdered Bones and hit me. That guy out there is not my brother and I will not be coming home until I see the real Billy, the one I know and love." Ren said holding back the tears that she know were apparent in my eyes.
"Ren did you ever think that the Billy you saw that night was the REAL Billy? I mean think about all the things you have hidden from him. You really think that he hasn't hid anything from you. Please he probably has more skeletons in his closet that Eminem." She joked trying lighten the mood the mood the completely serious conversation they were having.
"I know he had killed people but how do you kill you own father for god sakes." Ren cried out as the tears that Crystal was trying to avoid began to spill over. "I mean he smiled when he told me. He actually smiled, he has no regret whatsoever and when he hit me. I have never been more scared in my entire life than I was when he looked me in the eyes. When I woke up the next morning I knew I needed to get out of there. Chris was the only person that I know of that can actually protect me." Ren said wiping the tears from her face. She thought about the last thing she said and then shook her head. "Jesus Christ, I need protection from my own fucking family. How fucked up is that?" Ren laughed out. Both girls ended up laughing and just hanging out like old times, they forgot about the serious conversations and just had fun.
They never heard the bell above the door go off. They were to wrapped up in talking and joking around. But both girls jumped as the office door was ripped open. Ren stood up and locked eyes with the intruder.
"What the FUCK do you two think you are fucking doing?" He growled out.
"I am hanging with my best fucking friend. Is that ok with you?" Ren growled back, surprised at the tone she had just received.
"Yea I fucking do. You need to leave and I mean now." There was no love in those eyes, eyes that she had stared into so many times before and just melted.
"After a week of not seeing me, which apparently you only spend bugging Joe how I am and you fucking come in here yelling at me to leave. Well FUCK YOU BAGGY." Ren yelled.
"I couldn't fucking call you alright. Billy took my fucking phone and has kept all of us so fucking busy that we barely have time to take a fucking piss. And you haven't called either Ren. What you to busy fucking Chris' boys to call your fucking boyfriend?" Baggy yelled out.
"BOYFRIEND?" An angry male voice boomed from the lobby of the tattoo parlor. "What the fuck you talking about Baggy? And what the fuck you fucking doing here Ren? Thought you didn't want anything to do with me?" He growled out.
Ren had secretly hoped that the next time she saw Billy he would apologize and try to comfort her. Seeing him no killed every hope that she ever had about having her brother back to the way she liked him. An old quote came to mind and never made more since to her at that moment. Ignorance is Bliss. Ren wanted so bad to be ignorant to this side of Billy.
But seeing that look in his eyes and the comment Baggy had said about her cheating on him made Ren's blood boil. Both the boys in her life could see a look in Ren's eyes that neither had ever seen, and it was not a look that either boy liked.