He circled the room several times before he found himself staring at the door he’d opened himself with Peaches in front of him.
That’s when he looked at his shoulder and found fresh blood oozing from his wound.Then he looked down at his hand and saw it was swollen up.He tried to move his fingers and found they didn’t work the way they usually did.He shook his head and then he groaned as his whole body was aching in one way or another.They put the hurt on him for sure.He paused to think about how old he was and realized he wasn’t a young man anymore.He’d lost ten years sitting in a prison cell for something he didn’t do.Then he gritted his teeth and wished Robbie was still alive so he could kill him himself.He would have had his brothers here with him and they all would be...He couldn’t think like that.
It could never be.
He turned around to find another chair.He hobbled over to it and sat down heavily.The chair held and Banger was thankful that something went right at least.He finally groaned and felt every muscle in his body protest.He found the pain was so bad that couldn’t sit so he got up to pace again, back and forth across the room.He could barely walk but he hobbled the best he could.
“You need your boots, Virgil,” Richy spoke again.
“I know that Richy.But they stole them!”
“They are outside,” Deven said.
Banger paused to look at the back door that was right in front of him.This time he reached for the door handle and pulled it open.The yard was surrounded by darkness still but there were hints of the oncoming dawn.Banger had never been afraid of the dark.Even now when he had ghosts literally climbing on his back.
He stepped out through the doorway to head out into the back area.
Then he stood perfectly still and listened to silence around him.He turned in full circle and stared out into the dark.Then the sunlight crawled through the area as the sun began to rise.Something caught his eye and he moved toward it.When he got close enough he saw the item was his own boots.He actually grinned as if this was the world’s highest achievement and he picked them up.He sat down on the ground and pushed his foot into one.He laced up the boot then reached for the second one.He pushed his foot in then hissed.His glass cut toes hurt but he felt like he had no choice.He winced hard as he placed his foot inside his boot carefully and laced it up.
Finally, Banger stood to his feet to walk away but his foot wasn’t happy and he again was hobbling instead.He glared in the direction of the Sin’s Bastards clubhouse three miles away and growled, “We will meet again you fuckers and I won’t be the one laying on the fucking floor.”
Then he hobbled into the warehouse and sat down again to wait for Finn to come for him.
Chapter Seven
Three miles away, Cassiesat at her kitchen table and sipped on a cup of green tea.
On the other side of the table, Peaches leaned against Iceman’s shoulder.
Deke and Iceman along with Sam and Gator all shared a beer.Despite it being early in the morning, they all wanted beer, not coffee on this day.
Peaches stared at Sam and whispered, “Thank you again, Bones.”
Sam took a swig from his beer and nodded at her.
Gator looked up and asked, “What did you do, Bones?”
