Lora took his hand again and smiled at him.
“Wweall know this feeling, Uncle.”Seamus nodded.
Shay broke the silence, “Colin, I want you to know I’ve sent for someone to watch this room.”He held up his hand at the protest starting from the men.“No, you need to understand something here.Shanon White took a shot at your brother.This feud goes deeper than you might realize.I wasn’t going to say anything but some of the crates we found in Ria’s warehouse came from this area.Maybe not Shanon’s stuff but someone in this city might be looking for revenge.By now everyone knows that Ria is in jail and everyone knows who put her there.They might even know you guys are working with me and my department.I’m not willing to risk anyone’s life here.Until we wrap this mission up, I’m protecting everyone involved.”
Finn stared at him for a moment then he said, “This is all kinds of fecked up if you know what I mean.This is our fight, lad.”
Shay nodded.“It might have started out that way but it’s so much more now.We stumbled into something much bigger than just your fight.This mission has uncovered something deeper and darker than was first suspected back in Boston with Dean and all that mess.And no one totally understood what trouble was really going on right under their feet.Not even me.Right now, we have an opportunity to stop it and we’re going to do what we have to do to make this world a better place.And stopping Shanon might just be the tip of the iceberg.”
Seamus just shook his head.“Damn, what kinda hornet’s nest did we throw a punch at?”
Colin stared at Shay and then he turned his head to glare at Finn and Liam.“He’s spot on.I’ve been hearing whispers and rumors that there’s an evil brewing and it is getting stronger every day.I haven’t been paying too much attention to the whispers but they are getting louder.We got our own problems with Shanon as these bullets I received are a testament of that.So let’s help take her down like we should.Da would have done it, Patrick would have done it too.”
“We are on it.”Finn gave him a nod.“You just get well, lil brother.You got some nasty wounds there.And we’ll do what we have to do on our end.”
Liam nodded and all three clasped hands in abrother’s against the worldmove.
Seamus and Aiden stepped over to place their hands over their uncles’ hands.
Then as a whole, they all quoted the O’Malley’s mantra, “We honor family and our faith in almighty God.Loyal to cousin and kin, we are the Sons of Ireland.”
Shay, Arthur and Lora just stood there smiling while feeling the family bonding.
“I got tears, by glory.The only thing missing is that wonderful amber joy...Our whiskey,” Finn joked.
Liam nodded and stepped back to reach into his vest pocket.He pulled out a silver flask with the words SOI engraved on it.“It has never carried any other liquid in it.Just the Son’s Whiskey.”
They all chuckled as the flask got passed around.
Chapter Eight
Arriving at the FloridaSons Of Ireland Brewery, the whole group made their way to the warehouse and the small hotel behind it.
Siobhan was back from the hospital by then.She started handing keys out and getting everyone settled for the night.It seemed she was very organized and up to date on the hospitality part.They all had coffee makers and microwaves in the rooms along with a small fridge that had been fully stocked.
A couple of hours later, vehicles were pulling into the lot.
