“No,bullshit. Sit your fucking ass down,” one of the other guys at the tablemumbled when Ricky started to rise to his feet.
“Wedon’t want no trouble, man. Fucking sit down, Reardon.”
“Looksto me like you should choose your friends more wisely if you’re not lookin’ fortrouble,” Sawyer mouthed, never moving a muscle as he faced off with Jimmy.
Itwas clear to Beau that Sawyer was itching for a fight. Never mind the fact thatno one else seemed to know whom Jimmy was mouthing off to. No one except Ethan.And Beau only knew because Ethan had told him that Ricky had spouted the samebullshit before. Coincidence? Definitely not.
Thenagain, Zane had mentioned Ethan’s name, calling him out in the middle of thebar. Would people put two and two together?
“Fuckingcocksucker,” Ricky murmured, probably thinking no one could hear and presumablyhoping he’d have Jimmy to stand behind. Since the bar was eerily quiet, thewords lingered in the still air.
Thatwas until Sawyer broke free, sidestepping Jimmy. The man moved like a fuckingcat. Before Beau knew what the hell had happened, Sawyer had ripped Ricky rightout of his chair, sort of in the same manner Beau had picked him up off theground the other day when his mouth had gotten the better of him.
“I’mnot going to say this again, you better find your manners, kid. Go home to mommyand daddy and ask for a fucking lesson because if I hear anything even remotelyclose to that out of your mouth again, I’m going to rearrange your ugly fuckingface.”
Beautook a step closer, as did the rest of the group. When Jimmy moved, Travis tooka single step forward, successfully inserting himself between Jimmy and Sawyer.
“Comeon, man,” Zane said, gripping Sawyer’s arm. “It ain’t worth it.” Zane’s eyesmoved across the group before he followed up with, “And no matter how hard youtry, you can’t fix stupid.”
“True,but I can help adjust their way of thinking,” Sawyer growled.
Beauwas anxious to get in the middle of it, to carry Ricky’s sorry ass outside andleave Jimmy to Sawyer or Travis, but he knew better than to draw attention toEthan.
ConsideringEthan was the one who brought the tow truck to Dillinger’s, Beau knew Rickywould immediately start spouting more nonsense. And that would be hitting tooclose to home. So much so, Beau was certain Ethan would back off even more thanhe had before.
Atthis point, the last thing Beau cared to deal with was Ethan running from him.If this was what they were going to be up against, Beau was prepared to fightfor what he wanted. He damn sure wasn’t going to sit back and let Ethan getbullied this way.
Anotherguy at the table pushed to his feet, but before he could move, Gage came fromnowhere and had him pinned between the wall and his towering frame.
Therest of the brothers and Jared closed in.
“Sorry,man,” Ricky muttered to Sawyer, sounding not sorry at all.
But,apparently it worked because Sawyer dropped him, releasing his t-shirt andoffering a not-so-gentle shove that sent him stumbling backward into the chair.
Travisdidn’t move, his angry gaze locked with Jimmy’s. “Be careful, Reardon.”
Sawyerbacked away from the table slowly so as not to be caught unaware, but no oneseemed to move from where they were riveted to the floor in the middle of thebar.
“Iplan to be. And the next time I teach that little faggot a lesson, I’ll makehim suffer everything he’s made my family suffer.”
Beauheard the threat, but had no idea what Jimmy was talking about, but when heglanced over at Ethan, he noticed the same embanked fury on his handsome faceas Sawyer had. He didn’t have a moment to try and figure out how it all linkedtogether before all hell broke loose.
Sawyertook a step closer, and before anyone could stop him, he cold-cocked Jimmy. Theguy stumbled, but before he could hit the floor, Sawyer grabbed him again. An uncivilizedroar erupted from Ethan’s older brother, one that shook the thin walls of thebar before he began wailing on Jimmy’s lax form.
Beaumoved in when Zane did, keeping the others at the table back while Travis andGage reached for Sawyer, finally managing to pull him off of Jimmy. Beauwatched as the two brawny men used all of their strength to hold Sawyer back,barely able to maintain a grip on him.
“Youson of a bitch! Keep in mind, I know what you did. You even fucking think aboutthreatening him again, and I’ll rip you apart. Understand me?”
Sawyertried to lunge out of Travis’ hold, but failed. The twins moved suddenly,coming to stand between them. While Braydon kept his eyes on Jimmy, Brendonturned to face Sawyer.
“Comeon, it’s time to head out,” Brendon said, grabbing Sawyer’s shoulder andpulling him out of Travis’ grasp and closer to the door.
Beaumoved in alongside Jared, Ethan and Zane, the three of them now forming a linethat separated Brendon and Travis who were escorting Sawyer outside. Zoey,Kylie, Jessie, and V followed Kaleb toward the door, but all four of the womenlooked fit to be tied. If Beau had to guess, they weren’t as angry at their menas they were at the situation. It was just a damn good thing they’d stayed outof it. Lord knew what kind of hell would’ve rained down if something hadhappened to one of them. A mated Walker was a beast better left unprovoked.
WhenJimmy dropped down into his seat, the rest of the guys at his table followedsuit. Only then did some of the tension dissipate.
Braydonturned to the bartender, his voice loud and clear. “Yo, Mack, when you close uptonight, you might want to take the trash out. It’s beginning to fucking stinkin here.”
