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The three siblings get to their house and go in, the twins sticking behind JJ. They don't find Luke inside so they go to the back porch. JJ has to fight to open the back door, it blocked by a couple of coolers. He gets it open just enough so they can get through.

Izzy walks out, standing a bit away from her father and Randy moves to be next to her.

"We've been staying at John B's and Sam's." JJ informs.

"I didn't ask you where you were stayin'. I don't care." Luke says. "I knew you'd get hungry."

"That's not why we came back, dad." JJ says.

"Mm-hmm." Luke hums.

"I got the money." JJ says.

"Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it." Luke says. JJ drops the bag onto the table and Luke opens it.

"It's all there. 50K." JJ says with a small smile and Luke slightly chuckles.

"I don't know how you got this. I-- I don't even wanna know." Luke says. JJ takes his hat off, tossing it in his hand. "You did it." He says and JJ grins. "I'll grant you that. You did it." Izzy relaxes slightly at her dad's reaction. "There's beer in the cooler."

JJ gets a beer out of the cooler.

"I think that sale's still on at Guffy's of Makos. They're practically given' 'em away." Luke says, walking across the porch and picking a magazine up. The twins look at JJ.

"Dad, that's for the restitution and the fine." JJ says, but Luke ignores him and keeps talking to himself. "Dad." JJ puts his beer down, walking a bit closer. "Can you please just do the right thing for once, okay?"

"You know how much you cost me, you little shit? You two little shits?" Luke asks, pointing at Izzy. "This nut?" He shakes the stash of money. "It ain't going to the cops." Luke puts the money in a canister.

"No. I'm gonna take it south. I'm gonna triple--"

"Dad!"

"You got something to say?! After everything you done?" Luke yells. "You wanna get into it?" He pushes JJ back a little. JJ looks down, avoiding eye contact.

"You two wanna try something?" He turns to the twins who both cower back. "I didn't think so."

Luke walks back to the table where he was working on something.

"Man, people keep wastin' my time." Luke grumbles. "I gotta fix this motor."

"We can just go. We'll figure it out." Randy whispers, tugging on JJ's arm. "Please, we can just leave." He gives JJ a pleading look, but JJ's only staring at the canister. "Jayje."

"He'll get up. You two go, I'll hold him back." JJ whispers.

Randy frowns, but moves back. He grabs onto Izzy's wrist, the girl nervously looking between JJ and Luke.

JJ looks over at their dad before he darts for the canister and grabs it. He dashes for the door, but Luke charges at him, slamming him against the wall.

Luke punches JJ a few times, knocking him to the floor. JJ spits blood out.

"Boy, you stay down there." Luke demands. Izzy runs at him, hitting him, but Luke easily shoves her making her crash into the wall. Randy punches Luke, the man immediately punching him back. Luke hits Randy a few more times, letting him fall to the ground after the last punch. Luke kicks him in the stomach.

JJ gets up and punches Luke. Luke punches JJ and knocks him back to the ground and gets on top of him, wrapping his hands around his neck.

JJ's face starts to go red as he struggles to his dad off. Izzy runs over and grabs her dad's wrench. She runs back over and hits Luke in the back with it.

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