Never Judge a Book
Chapter 13
I don't own a thing!
Since I got lazy in actually looking up spanish, I decided to just BOLD whatever they're saying in spanish. Sooo...
BOLD= Spanish
*The picture for this story is what Jen looks like*
We all sat in my car outside of Jerry's place. We all were looking at his bedroom window, where he was pacing back and forth with panic.
"That's it. I'm going to go in there and find out what he's up to." Bobby said angrily as he went to open the door. We all grabbed a hold of Bobby, and held him.
"Bobby, His family is in there right now." I said, gripping his jacket.
"Do you really want the girls to be afraid of you?" Jack asked. He groaned and slammed the car door. He looked back up at the bedroom window with disgust, and shook his head.
"You're going to have to calm down, Bobby." Angel said, sitting back in his seat.
"I'm calm. I'll be calm." Bobby said, breathing heavy. I placed my hand on his leg, and looked at me.
"No you're not calm, and I'm pretty damn sure you're going to go in there trying to beat the shit out of him."
"He thinks I'm an idiot!" Bobby said angrily. His tone made me jump back a little bit. "He thinks I don't know what's going on!"
"Bobby, Deal with him when he's not around your sister-in-law and your nieces." I looked back at Jerry. He was dialing a number into his phone.
"Hey Jerry." I look at Bobby tense up from the sound of his name."We need to see you at the house tomorrow morning. Can you make it? Right, bye."
"He coming?" Bobby asked after hearing the sound of Angel's phone close.
"Yeah, he coming." Angel answered.
"Let's go home, Jen."
"Alright." I removed my hand from Bobby's leg, and turned the key. The engine came alive, and I pulled away from the sidewalk.
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"What are you doing up so late?" Sophie asked, walking into the kitchen.
"Nothing just washing my clothes and Jack's clothes."
"Why are you washing Jack's Clothes?" I shrugged.
"Whenever I came over to do laundry, Jack would ask me to do his too. So I'm use to doing our laundry together." I answered.
"What happened in Jack's room?" She asked. I paused.
"What do you mean?"
"You and Bobby were in there for quite sometime, and for a while there wasn't any talking." She said.
"We were talking about the night before. He apologized and that was it." I said. I'm not gonna tell her that we had a quickie on Jack's bed.
"That's good." She said. I hear the dryer beep, and quickly got up. I placed our clothes into the basket, and brought them into the kitchen. We both didn't have much to wash, but it was a good distraction. Sophie was drinking something in a mug. "You coming to bed?"
"After I separate and fold. I'll see you tomorrow, Soph." I said. She nodded, and left the kitchen. Should I give Bobby Mercer a chance at being the guy in my life? I'm talking to Dan right now, but when I kissed him, it didn't feel right.
I folded the laundry, and brought basket upstairs. I placed Jack's clean laundry on his dresser, and placed the basket with my clothes in the bottom of his closet.
"You can sleep in my bed if you want?" The sound of Bobby's voice startled me.
"I don't know about that." I whispered.
"You don't want to wake up little Jack."
"Fine." I walked out of Jack's room, and followed Bobby into his. We both got into his bed, and I turn my back to him.
"Why did you put your hand on my leg earlier?"
"Thought it would calm you down a little." I answered.
"Or you were moving in on me." He teased. I scoffed.
"Don't flatter yourself, Bobby."
"You know you want a relationship with me." He said. I laughed.
"Bobby, I told you I don't know what I want." I said.
"Please? We can give it a shot, and if it doesn't work out you can go back to Dr. Faggot." He said. I giggled at the nickname he gave Dan.
"If I say yes, will you go to sleep mister hothead?"
"You're so fucking funny." He said with sarcasm.
"With that, I'm going to sleep." I said, snuggling the covers.
"So we're a thing?" He asked. I let out a small snore, trying to avoid answering the question. "I'm gonna take that as a yes."
I sat on the couch in the living room, waiting for Jerry to come up. I just making sure nothing happens that will one will regret. I hear a car pull up, and look at Angel. He stops in front of us, looking at each of us.
"What?" He asked as he took off his gloves.
"You know what you did." Angel said, filled with disappointment. He reached for the envelope from onto of the stereo and tossed it at Jerry. I could see Jerry's expression changed. He looked angrily at his brother, then stomped his foot.
"No! You don't know where you fucking went!" He yelled.
"No, Jerry, you don't know where you went getting mixed up with gangsters." Angel told him. He covered his face, then looked at Me, Angel, and Jack.
"Where's Bobby?" He suddenly said in concern. He turned his face, and his jaw was introduced to Bobby's fist. I quickly shot up from my seat, and stood in front of Bobby. I know for a fact he won't throw another punch with me in front of him.
"What are you hiding, Jerry? If I found out you had something to do with what happened to mom, I swear to God, I'm gonna kill you right here and now!" Bobby yelled angrily.
"Bobby, Calm down." I said, trying to get him to meet my gaze.
"Move Jen!" He said.
"No!" He looked past me, and I feel a set of arms wrap around me. It was placed me on the couch, and I looked at him angrily.
"I paid all of mom's bills!" Jeremiah yelled, glaring at them with hatred. "How many years did I have to take care of her myself while all of y'all were doing nothing? And now you're gonna tell me I killed her!" I quickly got up from the couch.
"Jerry, That's a damn lie!" I yelled. I could feel the other brothers looking at me. "Through out those years of you taking care of her, I've come up to you and said I'll gladly help pay some of her bills for you. You kept saying no, and sometimes you even denied paying her bills. So don't play that card like you were the only one doing something."
"Well, you paid Victor Sweet!" Bobby yelled. I sat back down in my seat.
"No I didn't! That's how they shut me down!" Jeremiah yelled back. The tension in the room is getting bad.
"Wait!" Jack sat down next to me on the couch. "I thought the city cut you off, Jerry?"
"Douglas?" Jeremiah asked as though Jack were stupidest person on Earth but seemed to have gotten softer. "This is Detroit. Sweet owns Douglas"
There was a knock on the door. Me and Jack's head jerked towards the door. He looked at me with a look, which told me he'd get it. He got up, and went to the front door. I got up and followed him. I stood next to him as he opened the door.
"Your mother was a whore!" The guy yelled, his voice muffled, flipping her off.
"Fuck you!" I said. A snowball hit Jack in the face. He growled, and ran outside. "Jack," I followed him as he chased the guy who threw the snowball. He grabbed a handful of snow, and continued running.
"Son of a bitch!"
"Jack," I called, not to far behind him. The mystery guy turned around with a gun and pointed it at Jack. We both stopped, and he fired the gun. "JACK!" I ran towards him, as the guy pointed the gun to his head. I hear a gun fired but the masked man falls to the ground. I quickly grabbed Jack, and pulled him behind a tree before the guns were blazing.
"Jen." Jack coughed.
"Jack, you're gonna be okay." My voice started to shake. "We're gonna get you to the hospital, and you're gonna be just fine." I'm not paying attention to the gunfire going on around me. I grabbed his hand, and started putting pressure on the wound. He cried in agony.
"Bobby!" He screamed.
"Jack, I'm coming!" I heard him reply.
"Come on Jack stay with me. Tell me how your band is doing." I held him close to me, looking into his eyes. I looked at my car which was in the middle of the gunfire.
"I'm dying, Jen." he said. I shook my head, trying to hold back tears that have already fallen. I look over, and Bobby is punching one of the shooters. Angel wasn't far behind, defending his brother. I hear tire screeching, and I see a van coming towards Bobby.
"Bobby!" I screamed. I cover Jack's body, and Jerry's car hits the van. My heart is just going, and I can't help it. They run to me and Jack. "Get him to your car, Bobby. There's no way the ambulance is going to make it here in time."
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I followed them as the brought the gurney to the emergency room in the children's hospital.
"We can't let you go back there, Jen." I looked up and I see Destiny.
"Destiny, I can surely go back there. He's my baby brother, and you know that. I have to go back there to save him." I said, as my voice is breaking.
"Alright come on." They prepared me to go into the surgery room, and he's all hooked up to the machine.
After spending a half hour in surgery, He's stable and is in his room. I sat next to his bed, crying with tears of joy.
"Don't cry." He groaned. I shot up from my seat, and went to his eye.
"Jack Mercer don't you ever give me that kind of scare again." I said, causing him to laugh. He wipes my tears from my cheek, and smiled.
"Thank you for saving my life." He said.
"You're my baby brother, I couldn't let you die." I said. "Who's laundry was I gonna wash with mine."
"Cracker Jack?" I turn and looked at Bobby with Jerry and Angel.
"I'll let you boys have your moment. I have to go to my office to grab something." I said, leaving them alone.