'Money'

Chapter 46 - to get a rat, part two

The gangs and our children leave and got out to the cars. They put trackers in both cars so we can follow them.

Money is nervous and fidgets with anything he can get his hands on.
- Money, relax, i say. All will be fine, the kids will be fine, they have the gangs guarding them.
- But what if something happens to my baby girl? Money says, clearly distressed, pacing the kitchen.
- Ana will be fine, Money, i say, hiding the fact that Im also scared shitless that something should happen to my girl. Wait, now something happend...the car with the kids have stopped...and now the truck has stopped too, a block away just like Danny said.

A block away from the location of the meeting, the car with Ana and her brothers stop and the two dots that are our daughter and firstborn son, get out of the car while the dot that is our youngest son, moves over so he's at the wheel.

The Cash dot checks his gun and the Ana dot checks herself over before they leave and go to the spot that on the digital map in front of me and Money, is marked with an x.

Ana is the first one to spot Anthony and signals to Cash. He silently makes his gun ready and lets his sister walk a couple paces ahead on her own.
- Ana...how nice to see you, you look well, Shotgun says when he sees her.
- Cut the shit, Anthony, why did you want to meet me here? Ana asks him, calm, but with irritation in her tone.
- Baby, i'm sorry i was an asshole to you, Shotgun says. Have a walk with me.

Ana complies and as the guys see her dot move on the digital map, towards the x that is Shotgun, they move too, they are not gonna let him get away this time.

Ana clears her throat, the sign to the guys that they better stay close to her and Shotgun. They walk some more and then sit down on a bench, as Shotgun tries to put an arm around her, Ana moves away from him.
- Nothing has changed, Anthony, Ana says.
- I might have...Shotgun says.
- How? Ana asks.
- I love you still, you know...Shotgun says.
- You tried to put my brother in jail, and you tried to frame my father for something he hadnt done, Ana says.
- I know and Im sorry for that, Shotgun says.
- Sorry? That doesnt even begin to cover what you should feel, you knew my father was innocent and you still did it, Ana says, disgusted. Why did you do it?

The question is a cue for the guys to move in closer, but still hide.
- Okey...i admit it, i tried to frame your father, cause i was jealous...Shotgun says.
- Jealous? Ana asks.
- Yeah, i have been jealous of your father for years, because he was the one who got your mother and not me, Shotgun says.
- But why did you frame Cash? Ana asks.
- Because i should be the one who's second in command after your father, Shotgun says.
- Cash is his son, the firstborn son of Money Harlon and therefore his crown prince and second in command, you are just a fellow ex inmate of Money's, Ana says.

Shotgun goes blood red at her words, he knows she is right, he will never be more than Money's son in-law, although he sees Money like the father he never had, and the reasons why he wants Jackie are far to primitive for him to tell her daughter about them.

Jackie has a wildness in her that he knows only Money can tame, but he would have liked try, even if it would kill him.
- What was it that made you want my mother? Ana asks.
- Where should i begin...she's beautiful and tough, she can control Money like no one else, the way she is dominant yet at the same time submissive with him is sexy, Shotgun says.
- They have also been together for ages, and they stay together, no matter what he does to her, Ana says. Because they love each other.
- Is it true they fuck in every room of the house? Shotgun asks.
- Well, they did when me and my brothers lived at home with them and i doubt anything has changed, Ana says.

Changed, being the keyword for the guys to move in for the kill. Cash discretely helps Ana to get away while the other guys pounce on Shotgun.
- Derek! he hisses to one of the members in his gang. Get Ana outta here.
- Where to? Derek asks. And should i come back?
- Take her home, and yeah, you should come back, Cash says.
- Alright, brother, c'mon Ana, Derek says and leads Ana to his car, a black A3, helps her get in, jumps in behind the wheel and floors it.
- Cash, Ana says.
- Yeah, sis, he says.
- Be careful, Ana says before the A3 rolls away.
- Dont worry about your brother, Derek says. He's tough as nails, the only man i know who is more badass is your dad.