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“Where is he?” she screams at the top of her lungs. I shift on my feet as I watch her come straight toward me. “Where the hell is he?” She slams her fists into my chest, but it doesn’t move me. I stand tall, ready to handle this, as the guys circle us. I shake my head, letting them know they aren’t needed, and they finally back off.
“What the hell are you doin’ here?” I ask as I look down at her. Raven steps to the side, but it looks like she’s about to pounce at any second.
“I want to know where your brother is. He’s just gone, Rob. Gone!”
“He’s a grown-ass man, mom. I’m sure he’s fine.” Lies. It’s all lies, but I can’t stand here and tell her I let Drake kill him. I can’t tell her what he did to Raven.
“He wouldn’t just disappear, Rob. You know something. You and this no good gang of yours!” She screams louder. A few guys chuckle, but mostly, they remain silent.
“I don’t know shit. I couldn’t stand the motherfucker when you had him, and I sure as hell can’t stand him now. I don’t give two fucks where he is. Do you understand that?” I tell her.
“He’s your brother,” she states, calming her tone slightly.
“He’s nothin’ to me. Not a goddamn thing. My brother? No, these are my brothers.”
“How can you act like that toward blood?” she asks.
“It’s easy. I hate him. I hate who he is, what he became. I hate the fact that you love him more than me. I fuckin’ hate him, mom.”
“How can you say that?”
“I told you. It’s easy. Now you need to get the hell outta here before I get pissed.”
“Rob.”
“You have no business bein’ here. Don’t you ever come around here again, or I’ll make you regret it,” I warn her. I see the shock in her eyes, which does nothing for me. We’ve never gotten along, never seen eye to eye.
“You’ll regret that one day. Everything you just said,” she snarls.
“I’ll regret nothin’. I don’t need you. I never have. And I sure as hell don’t need Luke. So take your ass back home and keep callin’ him. Keep babyin’ him. You’re not needed here.” Her eyes flash, and I think I almost see a tear before she blinks it away. She turns on her heel and storms from the building as everyone watches her go.
Raven’s hand slides into mine, but I quickly jerk my hand away from hers. I turn and head for the bar instead. This is fucking with my head. It’s driving me insane. I should have killed him. I should have been the one who took his life.
“You good?” Drake asks as I down my first and then a second shot.
“I will be.”
“That was intense,” he says as I nod my head.
“Wasn’t expectin’ her to show up here.”
“She won’t be let back in, Cross.” I nod, thankful for that.
“Good.”
“Don’t take this out on Raven.” I look up at him now, and our eyes lock. I see the rage in his. I see the anger, and it hits me hard.
“I should have done it, Drake. I should have ended his life.”
“You couldn’t have that on your shoulders,” he says.
“I don’t know, man. I feel like I should have done it.” Drake shrugs his shoulders before grabbing his beer.
“It is what it is now. Can’t go back and change that shit.”
“How do I look at her and know I didn’t fix this?”
“You did fix it. You brought him here. You had it handled,” he argues.
