Chapter Eight
Thrasher handed Snakea piece of paper.
Snake growled and he looked pissed as he read it.
Della grabbed the paper from his hand.
Snake tried to grab it back.“Della, you don’t need to...”
Della’s face went grey as she read the paper aloud, “Property of Jazz.Wanted returned alive.She left rather than oblige a contract made in good faith.Ten-thousand-dollar reward.”The paper shook in her grip then it slipped from her fingers to drift to the floor.
Snake scooped her up and held her in his arms.He moved away while speaking softly to her.Trying to bring her back from whatever hell she was visiting at the moment.
Saint looked around at the men and shook his head.“What kind of brother would do that to his own family?”he muttered under his breath.
Lucifer scoffed in disgust.“He’s not her brother.He’s her jailer and its finally time to break that chain.He doesn’t deserve to be her brother and he’s about to learn that fact the hard way.I hope he does come after her.I can’t wait to meet him with my fist into his fucking face.”He looked over at Snake and Della.
Bucky was right there with them and the dog was whining at Della almost as if to ask if she was okay.
Lucifer shook his head and then looked over at Thrasher.“What else did you find out about these maggots?”
Thrasher picked up a small stack of papers and handed them to him.
For the next few minutes, Lucifer read every one of them, then passed them around to his men.
Snake finally brought Della back over and sat down in her chair with her on his lap.
Saint studied her for a moment then asked, “What else can you tell us about your brother?”
Della sighed heavily then replied, “He began using drugs from the first day I think.When Jack left there was no one around to stop him and he became an addict right away.Then he started on steroids.He thought he had to buff up quick and instead of working toward a goal, he used heavy steroids to get there faster.The real Jesse I used to know got lost while being on the dope and steroids.I think he fried his tiny mind and he turned into a monster.I wasn’t his sister anymore.Instead, I was someone who walked away from his promises and his threats.”
“Men just don’t sell off family members, what the hell?”Dax griped.
“He had to find me and make good on his offer to Jazz,” Della said.“Well, even as a teen, I wasn’t a person that bows to pressure or does anything I don’t want to do.And I sure as hell don’t want anything to do with whoever he is now.I mean he didn’t even act like he cared about our mom.She had been murdered because of him and he just acted like nothing had happened.Then he gave me up to a filthy pig of a man.So, for the last eleven years, I’ve been playing hide and seek with the Devils.”
Snake shook his head.“Now that game is over.Jesse and Jazz are on their way here to claim what isn’t theirs to claim.”
“They will end up hurt or dead for their trouble,” Thrasher added.
“I just don’t want any of you to get hurt,” Della repeated her sentiment of earlier.
“We have faced much worse,” Saint told her.“These guys wouldn’t last a second in the hell we survived.We know war and we know battle.Theywilllose.”
Lucifer smiled but the glee never met his eyes.“Snake was right to bring you here.And don’t worry, we’ll take care of anyone who comes looking for you.It will be our extreme pleasure.”
Della shivered at the promise in his words.
Snake wrapped his arms around her.
Bucky laid his head on her lap and Della let her fingers dig into his fur.“Jazz always carries a blade and he likes to use it against everyone and anyone.And as far as I know, Jesse is still on the drugs and steroids, but he picked up a nasty habit over the last few years.He’s got a particular knife he likes to carry.He’s also got a brass set of knuckles but instead of a whole set he’s only got two and on one side you can see two rings around his knuckles but on the other side there’s a very sharp blade he likes to use against anyone he’s in battle with.He carries this thing in his pocket and he likes to catch his prey by surprise.Just don’t get too close to him.Cause he’ll surprise you with this contraption and watch you die up close and personal like.”
“Where did you find out about this little surprise blade?”Lucifer asked as he narrowed his eyes at her.
Della swallowed hard and explained what she saw, “I was in LaDonna a few weeks ago shopping and I almost stumbled into him.I heard him talking to a friend of his and they were talking about where I could be and the other guys said something Jesse didn’t like.So he slipped his hand into his pocket and the next thing I knew, the other guy was falling to the ground and the blood stain was growing on his chest.Jesse just slipped his hand back into his pocket and walked away as casually as he could.”She shook her head.“He just killed a man and walked away like nothing happened.How could he do something like that?”
