“You’d last two hours in a convent,” Lafayette replied.
“Why?I love God and Jesus is my jam,” Joany retorted.
“I’m not sure nuns are allowed to wear makeup and fakenails,” Fabe shared.
“Okay, I’m out,” Joany decided.
He really liked Archie’s friends.
But he had plans with his woman, his brother, and hisbrother’s woman, and this wasn’t part of them.
So Jag tucked Archie to his side and told the crew, “We gotshit to do and places to go so what’s going on?”
“Who wants to start?”Joany asked.
Lafayette did and Jag knew that because he waded in.
“Well, we’ve learned lots has been going down at Casa de laHarris Family,” he announced.
Fantastic.
Jag looked down at Archie.
“Things to know,” she started.“Both of Aaron and Allan’sparents have recently been incarcerated.Not county lockup.The big house.Andneither of them are coming back anytime soon.Apparently, they’ve been introuble with the law a lot.The mom’s folks gave up on them ages ago.The dad’smom has been posting bail and paying for counsel and such, but she’s recentlygotten fed up and washed her hands of them.So now they’re in the pokey.”
Jag’s lips twitched when his woman used the word “pokey.”
But his mind was on the Harris brothers.
Mal had had no issues with them for some time, for tworeasons.
One, his posse finallyposse’dupand took his back, and Jag had been right.Bullies shied away from bad odds.
Two, having bikers ride to your aid and then give yourgramma an honor guard escort at her funeral carried some weight in themiddle-school world.Mal and the S.I.L.crew had earned reputations asbadasses, or at least were known to be badass-adjacent,which worked.
And on these thoughts, Jag wasn’t sure if he cared what wasup with the Harrises.
Therefore, he shared the honesty.
“This is only mildly interesting to me.”
Archie’s smile got more smug.
She enjoyed being badass-adjacent too.
“Well, Momma Harris took in the boys and she isn’t feelingthe love all around for when they mess up,” Joany pitched in.“And obviously,Aaron broke the record for messing up after he moved in with Granny.Unlike hisfolks, who had no fucks to give about their kids, Granny thinks a stint injuvie might help him see the error of his ways.And according to the kids,Allan is o-v-e-roverhis brother’s damage and getting clipped alongwith him for shit he A, isn’t a fan of doing, and B, half the time doesn’t evendo.So he’s on the straight and narrow at Granny’s house and Aaron is awaitinga judge telling him how long this lesson he’s gonna learn is gonna last.”
And again, Jag was right about how far brotherhood went whenonly one brother was acting like a brother.
Interesting to know.
He still had no idea why they were sharing this info withhim.
“And I’ve been ambushed when I show at the store forthis…why?”
“Mrs.Harris came to S.I.L.We have a rep and it’s a goodone.So she wants Allan back in group,” Fabe shared.
Oh fuck.
