Whenthe man turned, Beau met Jimmy’s gaze from across the bar.
“Whatabout you? You’re Ethan’s new little girlfriend, ain’t ya? He turned anotherone into a faggot, didn’t he? How many is that now?”
Beautook a step forward only to be stopped by a firm hand on his shoulder. Heglanced over and saw Curtis on one side of him. He felt a hand clamp down onhis other shoulder and looked over to see Sawyer coming to stand beside him.
Theywere obviously prepared.
“Aww,look. Your little fuckin’ girlfriends are gonna hold you back? Don’t worry, ladies,you can have him back after I beat his ass. Just like I gave that one back whenI was done.” Jimmy smirked, nodding toward Ethan.
Thistime, Beau wasn’t the only one being held back. Curtis was too. Beau had tomove in front of the older man in order to keep him from tearing across theroom. When Sawyer growled, Beau knew it was all over.
“That’sright, ladies. Let’s do this.”
“Outside.”
Beau’shead snapped toward Ethan, startled at his instruction.
“Outside?You’re tellingmeto go outside? Lookin’ for a repeat?” Jimmy’s voicelowered, and a murderous growl took its place. “This time, I won’t go easy onyou. I’ll take your life the same way you took my brother’s.”
“Out-fucking-side,”Ethan repeated, breaking the words down as though Jimmy was too stupid to understand.Maybe he was.
WhenEthan took a step forward, Beau pulled away from the hands still holding onto him.“What are you doing?” he asked.
“I’mdone,” he answered harshly. “He wants to settle this once and for all, I’m allin.”
“Bullshit,”Braydon argued, moving in close. “They aren’t here to play fair.”
That’swhen Travis stepped up. “Neither are we.”
Beaufound himself in the middle of the group, making their way to the door,following behind Jimmy and the others he brought with him.
Rightthere was where the organization stopped, and all fucking hell broke loose.
Ethanhad just stepped outside, moving ahead of the crowd when Jimmy lunged, slamminghim back against the wall of bodies. Before Beau even had a chance to think,Ethan retaliated, and from the looks of it, every single ounce of anger andhatred he’d built up over the years escaped in a blur of motion.
Jimmywent down, but got right back up, the two of them grappling as they fought forpurchase on the gravel that lined the parking lot.
Whenit was clear Ethan was definitely not backing down, two others moved in, butSawyer was quicker than anyone else, going after them both. From that momenton, fists were flying. Grunts and groans sounded from the bodies colliding, noone backing down. Beau had to beat off two, and he took a brutal blow to thehead when he looked over to see Ethan on the ground, Jimmy on top of him.
Hesaw stars flash behind his eyelids, but he never stopped moving. His fistsconnected with flesh and bone as he refused to be taken down by the biggestbastard in their bunch. No longer capable of watching Ethan, Beau had to defendhimself but the shouting and arguing continued around him.
“Youson of a bitch!” Jimmy yelled at Ethan. “I should’ve killed you when I had thechance.”
“Toolate now,” Ethan spat, shoving Jimmy off of him.
Beauhad no idea how long the fight lasted, but the next thing he knew, there werered and blue lights flashing around them.
“Getthe fuck inside,” Curtis barked, his deep baritone echoing in the still nightair, effectively halting the fighting.
Beausearched for Ethan, unwilling to move until he had him right there beside him.He wasn’t the only one who didn’t move. There were two guys on the ground, oneholding his face, the other looked like he was out cold. Beau didn’t recognizeeither one of them, so that was a good thing.
Hefinally spotted Ethan, leaning up against one of the posts, rubbing his jaw.Beau moved with purpose, closing the gap between the two of them.
“Whatthe fuck is going on here, Walker?” Sheriff Endsley asked.
Beauhad no idea exactly whom he was talking to since there were more than half adozen of them there.
Notsurprising, but none of the Walkers responded.
