Page 47 of Restless
“’Law, please.Momtold me that one time when you were away on a run, so take the win, dude. Your woman loves you.”
Smiling, Dad nodded, his eyes suspiciously moist.
CJ leaned closer. “If you start crying in this motherfucker, I will, too, ‘Law, so pull yourself together, man, before we end up as blubbering pussies.”
“Whatcha wanna talk to me ‘bout?” Dad asked after a swallow, slipping back into the way of talking he was most comfortable with, but he’d worked hard at correcting his speech.
When Diesel first went to college, their father enrolled in night school and obtained his GED. Sometimes, though, CJ missed the old version of his dad. It seemed as if he’d lost something of himself in trying to live up to…Uncle Johnnie’sstandards.
CJ snorted. “Has Uncle Johnnie always been a motherfucker?” he blurted, forgetting his father’s cardinal rule of always respecting adults.
Bishop snickered, while Dad drew himself up and looked at CJ, his gaze touching on every inch of CJ’s face. His eyes widened.
“Johnnie hit you?”
“He also shot the fucking mirror in his dining room and mangled the drywall. If someone had been walking in the hallway, they would’ve been fucked up.”
Dad nodded. “Why?”
Because the motherfucker was insane.
However…
Dad still wasn’t ‘Law.Outlaw. Outlaw wouldn’t have such a muted response to the news. CJ tested his theory. “Do you know Bash?”
“Where you heard that name from?”
CJ asked again, “Do you know him, Dad?”
“Motherfucker your uncle. He head the Scorpions.” Dad shrugged. “What the fuck left of them.”
“Aren’t the Scorpions enemies of the Dwellers?”
“Dead fuckin’ enemies.”
“Orders areon sight,” Bishop added.
Meaning either side were to fuck each other upon sight.
“Why Johnnie tellin’ you ‘bout…aboutone of Cee Cee’s fuckhead sons?” Dad asked.
Because that motherfucker was a traitor and so was Ryan. Goddamn, that would mean death for both of them. Jesus. This was so fucking bad.
“Bishop, I need more coffee and bring a mug for CJ.”
“You got it, Prez.”
“Brooks called me last night and told me him and Johnnie workin’ out a deal with motherfuckin’ Bash on behalf of the Scorched Devils,” Dad revealed once Bishop left them alone.
That motherfucker was covering his fucking tracks. If Bash’s appearance was connected to the Scorched Devils, why stalk them? Why did Johnnie and Ryan know that motherfucker? Since CJ had no proof of any wrongdoing, he asked, “You’re okay with that?”
“I ain’t givin’ a fuck right now, CJ.”
“Have you lost your mind? I walked up on Bash at fucking Turn Creek Bridge, spouting shit about Mom and Uncle Johnnie. He told us Momkilleda motherfucker.” Fuck, he hadn’t had a chance to talk to Ryder, Ransom, and Axel and tell them to keep that shit to themselves. “I think he followed Harley.”
“You told Mort?” Dad cocked his head to the side. “Wait, Harley was cuttin’ class?”
“Fuck, stop Uncle Johnnieing my ass, Dad!”
