she's mine.

69

Jonny's POV

Eli met me in the garage as I stood alone. The three boys had scurried off as soon as I came in like a wrecking ball ready to destroy each one of them. I couldn't tell if it was the fact that I was looking at the as if I wanted to eat them, or that I had punch a hole in the wall right next to their heads, that made them decide to stay away, but they knew it was in their best interest to leave.

Neither of us said a word. I could tell he could feel how much I hated him with everything in me, and figured it'd be best not to start a brawl here. We both just walked to his car and got in. He drove us out of the garage and the lot in silence.

It wasn't until we were on I-70 headed east that he finally spoke.

"I'm sorry man," he sounded genuine, and yet I still hated him. I hated him with every fiber, and some, and mainly because I knew he was right.

No matter how badly I wanted the men who killed my father dead, how badly I wanted vengeance for his death, I was no murderer.

I had been carrying a gun on me for protection, not to play the offensive field, and Eli reminded me of that. Part of me wanted to knock him out, and yet every bit of me was thankful for the sorry sucker.

I knew Rai, though she hated the way my father had died as well, would never have looked at me the same if I were to kill somebody- anybody.

I couldn't risk leaving her or mom unprotected- Eli was right.

I wasn't ready to have that conversation just yet though.

"What did you say to him?" my voice was more level than I expected it to be.

"I told him if he touched anyone I cared about again I would let the wrath of Heaven rain down on him," Eli said with his eyes on the road. I glanced at the dark circles, not only from the bruises but from exhaustion too, under his eyes. His hair was a mess and he had dirt all over him. He looked like crap.

I figured I looked the same.

I felt my mouth twitch at his words.

"And you think he'll listen?" I asked.

I watched Eli's face contort into a wicked grin, and it was then that I was realized why I had decided to trust him. I saw it in him, the same loyalty I had, and Rai as well, to our family. He wasn't a murderer either, but he would fulfill a promise.

I watched him shove a hand into his pocket and pull out a small hard drive, similar to the one we had used to pull the information from the Doctors computer.

"Oh boy," Eli said in the most excited voice I had ever heard from him. I smiled and shook my head as he readjusted in his seat to be able to talk while driving. "While we were at my house, I had Levi make a copy of the information we stole. Then," again, I smiled at the excitement in his voice. I had never, and knew for a fact would never, hear this again. "I got him to confess everything in there." He tossed me his phone which he had opened to a black video. I listened to Rock confirm that he had blackmailed us into everything.

I nodded- thoroughly impressed.

"How many episodes of CSI did you have to watch to plan this out?"

He looked at me and rolled his eyes taking back his phone.

"Tomorrow," not letting me put a damper on his attitude. "We go to the police. We show them everything and let him take him down. That is.. If they haven't already caught him."

I nodded again thinking back to the old man who had come out of nowhere at the Doc's house. In the process of wrestling of the ground, the fat old dude ended up on top of me at one point asking who I was working for. I had thought through all my ideas, and instantly went for honest truth. Who was I doing this for? Rock.