Jag was alert and I smirked. “Then what the fuck are you doing on my doorstep?” I took a step up and sized up each of those motherfuckers, looking for weaknesses. They were both strapped on the right side but the white one wore his watch on his right hand. Big muscles, but they weren’t smart. Fucking amateurs.
“We’re looking for a friend, Big Boy. Know where we can find him?”
“Big ass black dude with a huge smile? Nope, haven’t seen him.” Jag snickered, and the guy lunged but caught my fist in his throat. “I don’t think so, motherfucker.”
“I’m. Gonna. Kill. You.” He was doubled over with his hands at his neck. I just laughed.
“Calm down, Wheezy,” I said. “Tell us what the fuck you want!”
The other one lunged again but Jag was ready for his ass with a knee to the gut so when the asshole bent forward, Jag wrapped his arm around his throat and squeezed.
“My brother asked you a question. Answer and you get to keep breathing.” When he needed to be, Jag was a stone-cold asshole. People never saw it coming but it was always a fucking treat to watch. He squeezed tighter to prove his point and the gasping began.
I drew back my fist and let it go straight at the dude’s nose. It was hard enough to hurt like hell, but it wasn’t broken and when he went down my foot went to his throat.
“Okay, you assholes want to do this the hard way? I’m game. It’s been awhile, hasn’t it Jag?”
“Too damn long.” His eyes were as wide as his smile, making Jag look crazy as fuck. “So.”
Wheezy said, “Just give us the fucking girl, man. She ain’t worth all this.” He tapped my boot and I eased up. A bit.
“Tell that to your crazy ass friend Genesis, because Rocky is mine and I ain’t giving her up.” I pressed again until he choked and groaned, smacking at my leg. “Got me?”
“Then this is gonna get messy,” the other one said, gasping for air under Jag’s arm.
“It’s a good thing we like it messy.” Then before I took another breath I screamed, “Fuck!”
That asshole punched me in the dick and I bent over before I could stop myself, catching his fist on the way down. “Goddammit!”
The fucker lunged at me and I moved, landing a blow to the side
of his head, then again with both hands as he took me down.
“Or,” he grunted, “I could just kill you right now, kill your friend and go get that bitch before any of my boys get hurt.”
“Too late for that, dick breath.” I hated assholes like him who talked too much. But it gave me plenty of time to grab the blade from my pocket and stick it in his gut, deep enough to hurt but not do real damage.
“Call her a bitch again so I can twist this fucker in your fat gut. Go on, do it.” He gasped and clenched my wrist to stop me from making good on my promise, but I held on tight. “Tell your boss he won’t survive this.”
“He won’t care,” he gasped.
I let go and rolled away before he fell on top of me. “Next time I see you, I’ll kill you.”
Jag squeezed the guy’s neck until he was on the verge of passing out, then he let go. “That goes double for me. Now get the fuck outta here!”
They struggled to help each other to their feet and ran off while Jag and I watched with shit-eating grins. And a hint of a grimace on my part. How in the fuck they planned to ride bikes with those injuries I didn’t know. Then again, I didn’t really give a shit either. “Damn that was fun.”
Jag looked at me and grinned. “Come on, Lasso. You are one crazy motherfucker.” We went back inside, and I grabbed a few things for me and Rocky. The rest of it would have to wait until this shit with Genesis was over, when I could get a cleaning crew in here without risking their safety.
“That’s it for now,” I told him and we both headed for the front door just as my land line began to ring.
Jag gave me a look like I was a dumb shit. “Dude, you still have a fucking land line? What are you, fifty?”
“Asshole,” I grumbled and picked up the phone. “What?”
“Let’s be reasonable, man. I have the power to destroy your little club, and I will if Rochelle doesn’t come back and help me.”
I barked out a laugh. “Power? You? I have a deal for you Genesis, forget about Rocky, go the fuck away and I won’t have to kill you.”