Commit To Violence

"He don’t need to see us," Bobby said, and he and Nick stood by the car.

The argument raged on.

"You are stupid. Too stupid to know who your real friends are!" Blue shouted.

"Real friends like Jay Easy," Rain said and Blue went silent. "Yeah, that’s right, Jay Easy. That nigga told me everything right before I put a bullet in his brain. All I wanna know is why?"

"Because the shit you been doin’ just ain’t right!" Blue yelled and got in Rain’s face.

"What is you talking about?"

"You givin’ up everything Jeff Ritchie and your daddy built to Nick. And turnin’ your back on Jay Easy for that nigga was wrong."

"So you backed Jay Easy’s play?"

Blue laughed at Rain. "You are a fool, Rain. A fuckin’ fool who don’t know shit ’bout what’s really happening."

"What you talkin’ about?"

"One of Nick’s people was behind Jay Easy."

"Who?"

"Bo Freeman was backin’ Jay Easy."

"You know what, fuck this." Rain started to pull out her gun, but Blue was faster with his and shot Rain in the chest.

"Police—freeze!" Richards yelled with his gun drawn.

"Drop the gun!" Kirk yelled.

Blue turned and pointed his gun in the direction of the two detectives and fired. Kirk returned fire and hit Blue with several shots.

Nick saw Rain lying on the grou

nd and started to go to her, but Bobby held him back. "Let her die."

Nick jerked away from Bobby and turned away.

"Come on, lets get outta here before Kirk sees us," Bobby said, and he and Nick got in the car.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

It was quiet at Clay’s garage. The only people there were Bo and Hank. The phone rang and Bo answered it. While Hank looked on, Bo listened and nodded his head. Then a smile came across his face. Bo hung up the phone and pulled a bottle of Glenlivet 12 Year Single Malt Scotch Whisky out of the desk drawer and two paper cups.

"What’s the occasion?" Hank asked as Bo poured the liquor.

"We celebratin’."

"What we celebratin’?"

"That was Bull Harris on the phone. He just heard that the cops found Stark and Moon dead at Fat Larry’s. I’m bettin’ that it was Nick who killed them."

"It’s begun," Hank said and turned up his drink.

"Damn right, it’s begun. It’s better than that. He said that Blue Claxton shot Rain outside of JR’s."

"Where’s Blue now?"