“Let’s call him and find out.”
“I hate you.”
“Feeling is mutual, but I’m serious, Faye.You need to pack your shit and go back home.You’re no longer welcome in Devil’s Creek.And you even think of pulling some shit behind my back again.I’ll dig your grave myself.”
“You’d like that, wouldn’t you?”
“Would make this divorce go a lot smoother.”
“Pay me my share and I’m gone.”
“Your share of what?”
She laughs, bitterly.“Everything you own.”
“Bitch.”I grab her by the throat.“You’ll see a dollar out of me the day you sprout wings and fuckin’ fly.”I walk her toward the front door as she sputters.
“I need my keys,” she squeaks.
“Your car is club property.Maybe if you ask your fuck buddy, he’ll give you a lift to the nearest bus station and buy you a one-way ticket to hell.”
“I didn’t mean no harm, Woods.I was just messing around.Is her baby okay?It’s not yours, is it?”
“Don’t act like you give a shit.You wanted to hurt me and used her to do it.”
“I’m sorry, okay.Dirty, tell him the truth.That we’re together.That I’ve been coming to visit you in prison.You said when you got out, you were going to be Prez and we’d be together.”
Dirty zips his pants.“Only told you that shit to show Woods that you’re a fuckin’ slut.”He lights up a cigarette, and she goes after him, arms outstretched, clawing her nails at his throat.
Dirty probably made her a lot of promises.Stupid cunt fell for his bullshit lies.It’s what he does.Lies and fucks people over.
I laugh to myself.I’ve got the perfect punishment for both of them.
They deserve each other.
That’s why he’s going to marry the bitch as soon as I’m free of her.
I grab Faye around the waist.“Calm down,” I grit in her ear.“Tell you what.House is yours for the weekend.Pack your shit up and come Monday, I’ll grab one of the trucks and move you to one of the apartments in town.”
“Why are you being nice?What’s the catch?”
“I may not like you very much right now, but you’re still my wife.And soon you’ll be my sister-in-law.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
“Dirty made you a promise.That’s what you said.He’s not going to be Prez.I’m not dead and even then, he’s not worthy of my patch.”
“Come on, bro.I was fucking around.She’s a lying whore.”
“You’ve always been jealous of me and wanted everything I’ve had.You can have Faye.Hell, the two of you want this house.You can have it.But you can’t have this.”I jab my finger at my president’s patch.“I ought to strip you of your fucking colors and hand the two of you over to the cartel.”
“We’re brothers.We share.”
“Should save myself the fuckin’ trouble and put a bullet between your eyes.You never learn, so Faye’s your problem now.Your punishment.She’s your property.”
“Come on, man.”
“It’s that or you’re out.”
