Cassie set her cup down on the table and informed him, “Sam took a bead on Banger and shot him before he could shoot Peaches in the head.”
Deke and Iceman both nodded.
Sam shrugged.“Someone had to.But I wasn’t the only one holding a gun on that asshole.Everyone else had a gun in their hand too.”
Deke nodded and so did Iceman.
“I was the only one that had a bead on him from behind though and I took it.”He shrugged again.“It might not have killed him but it got his attention anyway.”
“Do you think this is finally over?”Peaches asked the room.
Cassie shook her head.
Deke got his words in ahead of her, “It had better be over, we told him if he comes around again he won’t leave here alive or words to that effect.”
“It won’t be over until he finds the gold Robbie stole from him,” Cassie voiced her opinion.
“But you told him where it was, didn’t you?”Iceman asked.
Cassie nodded.“Yeah, but like I said earlier, Robbie watched his mother hide her wealth in plain sight.But Banger might not know what to look for.”She shrugged.“I can’t help him there.”
Deke shook his head.“She was very helpful to him.Yes.”His voice dripped with sarcasm.He looked over at Iceman and said, “Ole Banger might come back and this time I don’t want our women taken.”
“You really think that loser will actually dare to come back here?”Iceman asked in disbelief.
Deke nodded.“I think the man has lost his fucking marbles and our beating probably scrambled what little he had left of a brain.So, yes it is possible.The gold may be in that old house but he won’t find it unless someone points out exactly where to look and Cassie is the only one that knows where.”
Cassie looked around.“I agree with Dr.Deke here about his mental capacity.There was an odd glint in that man’s eyes.I’ve seen it a few times in my life.”
“Yeah, me too.He is insane,” Peaches stated firmly.
Cassie nodded.“We’d seen it in men’s eyes when we lived on the streets and the odd thing was they would say that they spoke to the dead.Like the soldiers they served with or spouses that had died.It was always sad as they usually would kill themselves.Like step out in front of a bus or even the subway tracks.”
Sam scoffed.“Well, this man won’t kill himself.He is too fucking arrogant and ornery for that.No, the only way that he will rest is one of two ways...When he is dead or he finds that gold.”
No one argued that point.
A few hours later....
Banger heard the sound of an engine coming toward the warehouse.He got up and hobbled to the door.He watched as the vehicle drove closer and Finn stopped the truck right at the door.
Banger hobbled over toward the passenger door and wrenched it open.
Finn turned his head and stared at him while looking stunned.“The fuck, Virgil?What the hell happened to you?You look like you went to war and lost.”
Banger grunted and hoisted himself up into the cab.“Yeah well, it feels like it too.They double crossed me.But I found out what I wanted to know.I found out where Robbie put the gold.”
Finn shook his head.“She just came out and told you?Why would she do that?”
Banger gritted his teeth.“Maybe because I was holding her sister with a gun to her head.”
Finn shook his head as if he could not believe Banger actually took a Vincinti then lived to tell him about it.He looked the other man over carefully.“What happened after that, you look pretty rough, man.”
Banger growled, “I didn’t know that the Cassie-bitch brought the whole MC with her, I told her to come alone.Once she told me what I wanted to know I was gonna shoot them both then go find the god damn gold.But some coward shot me in the back.Iceman and the bitch’s old man then beat the hell out of me.They left me zip tied to a brace and it took a while to get free.”He looked out the window and growled again, “As soon as I get the gold, I’ll settle with them.”
Finn sighed heavily.“Man, you need to leave those rattlesnakes alone.You will get bit and die.We all got lucky that they let us go when they did.”
Grumbling to himself, Banger didn’t reply.
