Blood and Water

Chapter 110: Crawling King Snake

Crawling King Snake - The Doors

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Chibs sat at the kitchen table drinking a cup of coffee, waiting for Mina to get back from the store. Her house was almost completely packed up to move into the new house a month later. He heard his burner phone go off in the bedroom and walked back. 

Navigating through the trial of boxes, he finally got to the bedroom and picked up the phone. "Aye?"

Tig said, "Hey, brother, we got a problem."

"More than we normally do?" Chibs asked. 

"ATF is back in town. Not sure why but I'm sure it's not good."

He rubbed his forehead and groaned, "God d*mn it. Charlie?"

"Yeah, she's back. Alone."

Chibs asked, "Alone? How is she here alone?"

"I don't know, man. It's strange," Tig said. "I'll see if I can find out."

"Thanks, brother," Chibs sighed. 

Charlie had been gone for six weeks. The case fell apart, they couldn't get anything on anyone. As Chibs tried to figure out why she was back alone, he walked back into the kitchen. 

Jumping back a little, he saw Charlie sitting at the table drinking his coffee. 

"We need to talk, Prez," she sighed. "Sit down."

Chibs scoffed, "Ya gonna arrest me if I say no?"

"No," she laughed. "Just want to have a conversation," she smiled, throwing her hands up as she leaned back in her chair. Chibs laughed shaking his head. "What's your problem?"

"Ya know what the problem is, Charlie?" She shook her head, watching him as he sat down. "Ya come into this house without bein' let in. Some call that breakin' and enterin', but ya just waltz inside like ya know me."

Charlie scoffed, "I do know you. You're f*cking my best friend."

Chibs leaned forward, trying to control his temper. "She's not your friend. She hates ya for what ya did."

"And what did I do?" Chibs shook his head in disbelief. "Okay, even if she hates me, I still know you."

"Nah, ya don't. Ya know my name, that I'm the president, but the sh*t that goes on in here," he said, pointing at his temple, "My thoughts, my next move, my next step, my intervention," he stood up, taking a step towards her. "my patience, ya don't know that." Charlie stood up and took a step back. "Ya know as much about me as a hair on the back of my hand. I was servin' behind Clay, I was quiet next to Jax. But now I'm at the head of the table." Charlie's back hit the wall as she stared up at him. "Do ya know what happens in that president's chair? Nah, ya don't. It makes ya go crazy. But, it also lets you see things more clearly. Lets the threats look more visible. It lets ya do things for your family that you didn't think you were capable of. Decisions that no one knows about. You really think you can put me in jail? You princesses in those offices are more delusional than ya realize." He pulled out one of his knives and held it in front of her face. "You'll only get rid of me..." He held the knife against his neck. "When ya kill me."

Charlie scoffed, squinting her eyes, "Are you threatening me, Telford?"

"I don't need to threaten ya. The history, my history, doesn't lie. It's all there in front of you."

"You're right," she smiled sinisterly. "History doesn't lie. Like you and Althea. What about Fiona? Does she know it?"

Chibs said, "She knows everythin'."