CHAPTER TEN

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I'd Rather Be Crafting

Isabelle walked in the house to see Rio waiting for her

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Isabelle walked in the house to see Rio waiting for her. He had been released.

"Please don't kill anybody." Isabelle said and he laughed.

"I ain't gonna kill nobody. You are." Rio said and slid the gun across the table.

Isabelle went forward and picked it up.

"So what you think? You got what it takes?"

"How do I know it's loaded?" Isabelle asked.

"Oh, you can tell by the weight. A full clip adds a pound." Rio said and stood up walking over to her.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Oh, you thought you could skip this part, huh? See, see, that's... that's your problem right there. You want to get down in the dirt so bad, but you want to keep your hands clean, huh?"

"Sit back down. Sit!" Isabelle shouted and he laughed.

"What are you doing, Isabelle?"

"I'm not sure. I just want things to go back to normal and it be over." Isabelle said.

"Yeah? Okay. Let's end it. For real. It's all right. It's okay." Rio said and slowly took the gun off her. "You did your best." He said and touched her hair and then her chin before he then shot. "Okay. Now we're good, darling."

***

Isabelle and the three were at the park when she spotted Rio's car across the road.

"We should go." Isabelle said.

"No, let the kid eat." Rio said as he sat on the bench. "What's up? You miss me?"

"No." Isabelle said firmly and he smirked.

"So, crazy thing, turns out we got a mutual friend. That's your homie, right?" He asked and showed the picture on his phone.

"No, he's not my homie. I don't know why everybody keeps..." Annie trailed off.

"He's talking to the feds now. Which could be bad for all of us. So, yeah, I'm gonna need you to take care of him." Rio said.

"That's insane." Isabelle replied.

"Is it? Why?" Rio asked.

"Because we don't do that."

"Yeah, that's not what we do." Ruby agreed.

"Besides, don't you have anyone who's a little more experienced in that particular arena?" Annie asked.

"Sure. But it ain't on him. It's on you." Rio told them.

"Daddy." A little boy came running up to him.

"What's up, pup?"

"You said five minutes."

"You're right. No, I did. I did. Hey, what's that thing I always tell you when you make a big old mess?" Rio asked.

"That I gotta clean it up." The boy replied.

"That you gotta clean it up." Rio said and looked at Isabelle. "All right, come on. No more grown up talk. That's for you." He picked his son up and walked off.

Isabelle opened the bag he left on the bench.

"What is it?" Beth asked.

"What is it, Isabelle?" Ruby asked.

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