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Chapter 10

A week later

Brax's point of view

After finally cleaning up the restaurant we were back open for business and Heath was up to his old tricks. "Yo Bro…me and the boys are thinking about harvesting the crop in the national park tonight…you in?" Heath walked into my empty restaurant and asked me.

"You really gunna blurt that out here?" I questioned his stupidity. "The cops are all over this joint at the moment, so shut your mouth ay"

"Ok, clam down sweetheart…you in or you out for tonight?" He asked again a bit more quietly.

"Yeah, I'll come down after I finish closing this place up" I leant against the bar and nodded. "Now get out of here" I shooed him off as the one and only Sergeant Buckton came walking in. "Ah Charlie…what can I do for you?" I asked with a smile, looking her uniform clad body up and down.

"We've had a few cases of liquor stolen from Yabbie Creek…just wondering if you knew anything about it?" She asked, with that seriously, solemn look on her face.

"Of course you assume that it was one of my boys and come here straight away…well I can tell you now I've got no idea about that stolen liquor…I only buy my liquor from legal suppliers. I can show you the books if you like?" I replied defensively.

"That won't be necessary" She took a quick look around the bar before heading on her way. "Thank for your time" She yelled as she walked out.

"Yeah and thanks for wasting ours!" Heath yelled out after her.

"We've gotta watch our backs now that she's around" I warned Heath. And we really did. I knew what Charlie was up to and I knew she wouldn't stop until she had it.

Charlie's Point of View

After visiting Angelo's to make an enquiry I headed back to the station before heading home to rest up for the night shift. Before leaving to go back to work I had dinner with Ruby at the diner. I could tell she really didn't like it here but it was for the best. We had to get away from the city, it only reminded me of Dad and all the bad things that had happened during my teenage life. I didn't want to live the rest of my life living in a place that only gave me bad memories. Of course Ruby didn't remember anything but that was for the best. "So have you made any new friends at school?" I asked my little sister as she tucked into her quiche and salad.

"Not really…just April, Dexter and Xavier. Casey still hates me…and I'm pretty sure he hates me even more seeing as it was my older sister that arrested his older brothers" Ruby shrugged.

"I'm sorry Ruby, but you should have seen them…I had no choice" I shook my head and apologised.

"I don't think Casey is like his brother's, Charlie. I think he's different" Ruby shrugged before finishing off her plate and looking at her watch. "Um, don't you start work at 6.30?" She asked. I looked at my watched realising I had 10 minutes to get to the station.

"Crap…yes I do! Are you alright to walk home?" I asked her, standing up. She smiled and nodded before I kissed her forehead and ran off. I got to the station just in time for Watson to get a call in for a domestic. "Let me guess…Mangrove River?" I asked knowingly.

"Yep" She nodded before I grabbed the car keys and we headed on over. We pulled up in front of a familiar address. Getting out of the car I could hear yelling and screaming coming from inside before a teenager came storming out the door and ran off.

"YEAH THAT'S RIGHT! YOU GET OUT OF HERE YOU HOPELESS GOOD FOR NOTHING!" Cheryl Braxton followed him out. "Oh who called the pigs!" She commented on Watson and I walking up to her.

"Mum will you calm down…he didn't deserve that!" Brax pushed past his mother only to run into me. "Great…following me now are you?" he asked me seriously.

"No, we got a call in for a domestic issue. Care to explain what happened?" I asked him.

"Well my stupid sod of a son thought it would be good to voice his opinion on my mothering…apparently its not up to his standards" Cheryl butted in.

"Mum, you deserved that…what he didn't deserve was you throwing plates and vases at him!" Brax stormed off.

"Look there is nothing you can do, so why don't you piss off!" Cheryl walked inside before slamming the door shut. Watson and I walked back to the car only to get a call over the radio, informing us of several utes and motorbikes in the national park. Heading over there straight away we could hear the motorbikes speeding off into the distance, knowing we'd just missed them. What we hadn't missed was the half harvested crop of illegal marijuana. "Call forensics straight away" I informed the station over the radio, before trying to figure out who was behind this.

Ruby's Point of View

I decided to sit on the beach and watch the sunset before heading home. I had to admit, the beach and the sunset were beautiful and most of the people were nice, but I did miss my old friends. As I looked out towards the horizon I watched a figure run past me. Recognising the boy I yelled out. "Casey?" He stopped and looked at me before rolling his eyes and continued running. "Casey…stop!" I ran after him and pulled his arm. He violently jerked his arm away from me, causing me to fall straight on my arse.

"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" He yelled at me frustrated. "Please" he whispered.

"I just want to be your friend…but you know what, fine!" I got up and stormed off.

"Wait Ruby…I'm sorry" He ran back and grabbed my hand. I'm sorry. I've been a huge jerk lately and…"

"You've got a cut on your forehead" I reached up and pushed his hair out of the way. "What happened to you?" I asked shocked.

"My mum…she's just…mum" He sighed before pushing my hand away and sitting on the sand.

"You want to talk about it?" I asked, sitting down also.

"Oi Casey! She didn't mean it…just come home" A voice tore Casey's attention away as we both looked to the other man running down the beach. I assumed this was one of Casey's older brothers. "You look familiar…" He stared at me for a while. "Are you Charlie's sister?" He asked.

"Yeah…I'm assuming you're Brax?" I questioned.

"Yeah…look Case just come home and we'll sort this all out" Brax continued talking to Casey.

"No, I'm not going back there! I can't stand it there" Casey yelled at his older brother.

"Ok how about I make you a deal. You, me and Heath find a place to rent and we can move out…move here, to Summer Bay? Closer to my work, closer to school…closer to your friends" He nodded at me.

"Oh we're not friends" I shook my head before Casey looked at me. "Well not yet anyway" I smiled. Casey chuckled before looking at his brother.

"You're on" Casey stood up and shook his brother's hand. It was good Casey was finally getting out of Mangrove River. Maybe he would be a good friend after all.

Brax's Point of view

After getting Casey and I a van at the caravan for the night I headed back to the restaurant only for Heath to be standing there waiting for me. He looked furious. "Where the fuck were you?" He asked as soon as I walked into the closed restaurant.

"I had better things to so than help you harvest weed. Mum nearly killed Case tonight….lucky I was there!" I replied.

"Well we only got half of it done before the cops rocked up…someone leaked!" He gritted his teeth before pouring himself a drink. "We can't even go fucking back for the rest cause the pigs will be all over the joint!"

"So there is half our intake gone…shit!" I groaned, pouring myself a drink before sculling it and trying to think.

"Look I'll figure something out! Just as long as you were careful and didn't leave anything behind that could prove you were there. Keep your head down and go check how mum is doing. Case and I are gunna stay in a caravan for the next couple of days before we can find a place to rent. The kid will never get any school work done in that house, its like a fucking warzone ay" I sighed before Heath nodded and walked out the door. I punch my fist against the counter before taking another drink. With half our crop now gone we were screwed, and to add to that Casey and mum were just on each others nerves non stop! I could hear foot steps coming up the stairs before looking at my watch. "Its quarter to 12, we're closed!" I yelled out before watching Charlie walk in. She was wearing a skirt and a singlet top, so she was obviously not on duty. "Don't you think you've done enough today?" I shook my head at her.

"Actually I just wanted to see how Casey was…Ruby told me all about it. I'm sorry. I was just doing my job. We got a call from a neighbour and we had to answer it" She explained.

"Yeah I know…Casey's doing alright. I got us a van at the caravan park for the time being…just until I can find a place for us to rent. I just can't have him in that house…I want him to make something for himself rather than turn out like Heath or I…or our Dad for that fact!" I sighed. I couldn't believe I was practically pouring my heart out to this girl. "But what would you care…I'm sure you had the perfect childhood and was the popular girl in high school" I chuckled.

"You'd be surprised" She muttered, walking closer to me. "Its nice to see that you are trying to get your little brother out of Mangrove River...I wouldn't expect that from you" She looked at me seriously. Her eyes were amazing and I couldn't look away.

"And I wouldn't expect a gorgeous woman like you to be a cop" I smirked.

"And you had to ruin it…we were doing so well" She laughed. I chuckled back before leaning on the bar.

"Look Charlie…why are you really here?" I asked, wanting to close up and go to bed.

"I just wanted to know if you knew where your other brother, Heath, was tonight?" Her beautiful smile faded as she got seriously.

"No I have no idea….why?" I asked, knowing where this was going.

"Its just that a car matching the description of his car was seen in an area of a crime scene at the national park tonight" She replied.

"Oh ok…we'll when I see him next I have a talk to him" I nodded. She just looked at me before shaking her head and walking off.

"Wait…what was that?" I chuckled, running out from behind the bar and pulling her back.

"Nothing" She smiled one last time before walking down the stairs. If she wasn't a cop I would be there so fast, but the kiss I gave her last week was probably the furthest I would get, no matter how hard I tried.