Daughter of a Gun ➟ Reece Bibby ✔

chapter fourty nine

Blake's POV

I spent the whole night after I got assigned the mission researching and looking through papers that the local police have given us. Me and Mike spent hours and hours looking through crime reports and suspects. They all had a similar appearance but one specifically stood out to me because, unfortunately, I've known him: Adrian Bishop, Lexi's uncle but also the second most valuable of The Bishops. The moment I saw his rat face on that report I knew this task wasn't going to go well.
"Mike, check this out! Looks like The Bishops are involved in this bull crap as well!" I said handing him the report of a crime.
"This happened in 2010, Blake." he said.
"2010? What was the crime though?" I asked him. My parents' accident happened in 2010. A planned car crash caused my The Bishops.
"Murder. Assassination actually. Intended car crash: broken breaks, two victims: a man and a woman." Mike answered.
"This sounds way too familiar. What are the names of the victims?" I asked.
"Soulla Costanda and Nik... Richardson." he said, his voice becoming quieter when he said my father's name.
"Fuck. Those were my fucking parents!" That's why it sounded so familiar." I exclaimed.
"Shit, Blake, I'm sorry." he said.
"No, don't be. At least now I know who's the bastard that fucking murdered my parents." I told him.
"You don't think this has anything to do with our case, right?" Mike asked.
"No, it has nothing to do with it but we should look into Adrian's criminal record to see if there are any recent ones.
"Actually, I have found one. Murder by beating and stabbing. Happened last week. Victim: Daniel McAvory. Wasn't he your task partner or something?" he said.
"Yeah he was. And it makes sense. His family is known for owning loads of land on the outskirts. The All-Owners might have wanted it and hired Adrian to do their dirty work." I said looking at other reports in front of me.
"And it looks like he's not the only Bishop involved." said Mike handing me another report.
"Jacob Bishop, alleged rapist and murderer. It says right here that he has been turned in by the owner of a local line of restaurants and accused of abusing his daughter and murdering his wife. The man refused to sell some of his properties and The All-Owners hired Jacob to take care of him."
"Jesus Christ, they really are fucked yo people. Did you find anything else?"
"Benjamin Cooper. He has the tattoo of The Bishops on his neck as you can see here - he said pointing at the picture on the report - He has been caught beating up the teenage son of a local businessman, also known to own loads of land." he said.
"It makes sense. They are trying to get most of the properties in the area of Manchester no matter what the cost so they hired soulless murderers to do their dirty work: The Bishops." I stated.
"Isn't your girl one of them as well?" Mike asked.
"First of all: she's not my girl and second of all, yes, she is, but she's a Bishop by blood unfortunately. She's literally the daughter of Maddie Bishop, the sister of Adrian Bishop. And if you're thinking, yes, I am into deep shit with them." I told him.
"Take care, brother. We still need you around. No one has their head on their shoulders like you do." he said
"Nice way to say I'm the brain of the operation, mate!" I said jokingly.
"How about we let Reece know what we found out until now and go to sleep? It's nearly 2am. We can continue tomorrow." suggested Mike.
"Yeah, I could use some sleep." I told him well aware that I won't be going to sleep that night, thinking about how fucked up my situation with Lexi has gotten now knowing that her uncle is the reason I am an orphan.