I’d give my left nut to get back the past five years of my life. I wouldn’t have pushed Ashley away. I would have held her close and told her how much I loved her every fuckin’ day. You might think that’s a pussy thing to do but I didn’t ask for your opinion. I’m a real man. I might be possessive and alpha but there are certain things a woman brings out in you. My softer side is because of Ashley and it’s what keeps me grounded to the here and now. I wouldn’t trade that in for anythin’.
That’s why standin’ here watchin’ Ashley dance with one of her brothers, I know I’d do anythin’ for her. She’s swingin’ around smilin’ like it’s the happiest fuckin’ day of her life. I think it’s Van she’s with but I’m not sure. He and that other one, the one with the girl name, look alike. I guess it don’t matter anyway, all three of them are tools. It’s hard to believe the girl I know came from the same people as them.
I nod at Ryan who’s sittin’ at the bar drinkin’ beer and watchin’ his girl play the drums. His eyes are never far from her if she’s in the same room with him. He’s been doin’ that far longer than they’ve been together. I think he thinks someone is gonna come out of the shadows and kill her. He still can’t wrap it around his head that she can take care of herself. That’s where they differ in their relationship. Lola has proved herself capable of bein’ a badass. Don’t know anyone who questions that shit but for Ryan’s dumbass. But you can’t tell that stubborn shit anythin’.
Ryan and I head to the stairs that lead to the catacombs. We don’t speak to anyone as we walk. Pop already gave his go ahead to get this done. I know the rest of the brothers aren’t gonna agree with this but it’s not up to them. We have rules to follow and people we can’t piss off.
The Governor wanted Talon tied up down here for four days. We’ve reached the end of those four days. Pop and the Governor are pretty tight considering they both want to clean up this city. Talon was gainin’ too much attention so his dad decided he needed to be punished. So he sent him to us and we locked him up in the basement. It’s just a bonus to beat the shit outta him. Plus, lettin’ Ashley see him like that, well, I’ll just say that had to hurt his pride. I don’t know what Ashley’s told you, but it’s not the truth. Probably because we didn’t tell her the truth to begin with. Well, not the whole truth.
Victor, Talon and Bastard were the ones to fuck up that whorehouse. Talon is a strange creature but he’d give the shirt off his back to a homeless man. Ashley doesn’t have a very good impression of him but that’s because Talon didn’t want her to.
That goes into a lot of other bullshit. You see, he had a thing for Ashley, but I can’t blame him for that. She’s a girl who loves with her whole heart. Talon wouldn’t step on Victor’s toes so he made Ashley not like him. Which I guess makes him a good person. Victor on the other hand turned Ashley’s love for him against himself. Victor knew that Talon didn’t have the best home life. Not that the Governor and his wife are bad people, more like Maggie, the little sister, was causing a lot of tension.
Talon asked Victor to keep what they were doin’ all those nights to himself. Victor agreed because Ashley shouldn’t have been involved anyway.
So yeah, it turns out Talon and Victor have been doin’ this for years. Goin’ to the whorehouses whether they were owned by the mob or the gang. The club, we just transport. We don’t deal and that, thankfully, got us left alone. No one wants the son of the most powerful man in Texas to come huntin’ for you. The Governor doesn’t deliver death easily or fast. You’d suffer for weeks and he proved that when he took out the gang that got his daughter addicted to drugs.
Where does Bastard come into all this? Yeah, you guessed it, Bastard is Talon’s brother. Seems the Governor used to step out on his wife, but most of them politicians do.
Ashley thinks Bastard is gay but he wants people to think that. I know he’s not because I’ve walked in on him fuckin’ a female. A female that was all female if you know what I mean.
I think he doesn’t want to get too close to the wrong person. If it got out about his paternity, bad things could happen to a lot of people. That’s why he’s with us. He can hide his real name and be whomever he wants. That’s why a lot of the brothers are with us.
But to sum it all up, Bastard, Talon and Victor were jumped by the mob. They got the shit beat out of them and since Victor belonged to no one, he was taken. Before this, the mob blew up Chutney’s old limo and tried to make it look like Talon and Victor did it. Little did the mob know Bastard was in on that shit.