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September

It's only the ninth of the month and we are already in hell. You would think things would be calm with a restraining order, ten days in jail, sixty days on a mental hold. Trina would back off and not want a lifetime in prison, however this is real shit, and she wasn't even slowing down with the hits against us. We came home last weekend to Ring of Fire in our yard. Today we came home after a ten- hour shifts to a house break in and when I say trash the whole place was torn apart from top to bottom graffiti everywhere, broken windows and the furniture cut to pieces. I'm off tomorrow but Mitchell has to be up by six and at the job by seven. There's only eight people who stay here now and all of us work. Zen left August twenty-first to head to college for fall classes. Anglin and Xander got their own place for them right after all the kids left for college or whatever they chose to do after graduation. Tyson and Brady are still here but in school last year for them. They are driving so they get home fast in the afternoons especially when Katie and I are home alone on our days off. Katie and I do the cooking and cleaning most days unless it's raining, and the guys do it. My days off are spent alone, grocery shopping, cleaning, washing clothes, cooking and reading which is a hobby I picked up since the house only takes an hour or two to clean now. I dont shop till someone gets home and goes with me for Protection. Oh, and how the boys have got a big head now that they are called the bodyguards. If Katie or I leave they are on our heels. We all put in for a week off later this month, we will be spending time in Texas for business, and I can't wait for everyone to meet the other three men in my life. Donte my second dad and his two sons Laken and Dayton. They have up security around their place and it is as much of A fortress as our place is, so I know we'll be safe for the most part. There's still the ninjas that can get in anywhere.

Hey Avery. How was your day? Tyson asked as he walked into the house.

Not too bad period only one ash hat came in today. How was your day, did you ask Millie to the dance? I asked.

Yes did and today was a good day. Hey told me.

And! Damn boy what'd she say? I said.

She said... I'll tell you after we clean this shit up. He told me.

Youre a little shit you know that? I replied.

Yep sure do, but you love me. He said.

Yes I do. I told him and off to the bedroom he went. Minutes later Brady walked in with a backpack full of homework and not a word from him just straight up to his room. I walked into the kitchen to start cleaning all the dishes off the floor, wash the dirty ones and throw away the broken stuff. Brady came hauling ass behind me, grabbed a broom and started sweeping the floor and all the glass. Something definitely happened today he never voluntarily cleans. I laughed out loud, and he looked at me with his head cocked a little sideways.

What was that for? He asked.

What happened at school? You're acting weird. I replied.

Yeah so I asked this girl to be my girlfriend and she said no but she wants to go to the dance with me. He told me.

Maybe you can work your way into dating slowly. I said.

I'm just happy I have a date to the dance. He replied.

Congrats kid. I told him.

This was completely put back together in a few hours so the few of us that were here decided to prefix dinner together and take a nap before everyone else got home. Most of them don't get home till after six and it's only four. I left a note on the table after the boys went to their rooms.

Taking a nap. I'll explain later please wake the boys up and ask them to put dinner in the oven for me. Don't be hard on them today. They did a lot to help me after school, the house was trashed. We didn't check the outside.