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He nodded, “I was an hour away, fighting someone else’s fight while you and Blaine, both needed me. It tore me to fucking shreds. I had just gotten back to the club when you called me.” He clenched his jaw again and his hands tightened into fists on the countertop. “I raced right over to you, but it was too late. Blaine was gone.”
“What happened between then and the cliff?” I shook my head, remembering the pain in my heart that day.
“I found out who really killed Blaine.”
“Jason Harter.” I replied and he looked over at me. He turned on his stool and put his hands on my thighs, leaning forward to look directly at me.
“Do you know who Jason Harter was?”
I shook my head, “No.”
“JJ.” He said firmly as my blood ran cold inside of my veins. “Jason Harter Jr.”
JJ was the low life neighbor that constantly made my life a living hell.
“No.” I whispered in shock, backing up a bit as a haunted feeling came over me. “JJ killed Blaine?”
Fox nodded solemnly, “We beat him up that first night I slept in your room. When Blaine found out that he had been harassing you, we went looking for him and beat him until he pissed himself and left him there with the warning that if he ever even looked your way again, we’d kill him.”
“But he didn’t listen,” I said, putting my hands on top of his on my legs. “He never stopped.”
“I didn’t know that; neither did Blaine because you kept it to yourself. But JJ knew he was living on borrowed time. That night Blaine found out about us, he was at the Corner Stop fueling up when JJ and his crew caught him there. Alone.”
“Oh my god.” I closed my eyes and sagged on the stool. Fox reached forward and put his hand around the back of my neck to keep me from toppling over. “JJ knew the Hawks were across county lines and took the opportunity to strike. They fought with fists and then out of nowhere JJ pulled a knife and stabbed him.”
“And left him there.” I cried, and Fox nodded sadly.
“I should have ignored the order to ride out to the fight. I should have been there for him and you to make it work.”
“You didn’t know.” I whispered, grabbing his arm, and clinging to him. “You couldn’t have known some low life like JJ was going to act like a big man and do that. Up until that point it had all been amateur shit he pulled. Murder was out of his scope. Even I know that Fox.”
“Either way, your brother died alone, and I wasn’t with you when you found out about it. I’ll never forgive myself for either of those events.”
“What happened after that? Why did you admit to killing him?”
“One of JJ’s guys recorded the whole thing. He came to the clubhouse a couple of days after it all, trying to barter the video and information for a spot with the Hawks.”
“Jesus fuck.” I cursed, hating that there were people out there like that.
“By time we got the video, JJ had already gotten himself locked up for aggravated armed robbery; he was locked down facing hard time in state prison. He was a three-strike idiot already, he wasn’t going to see daylight for a long time. Apparently, the night of Blaine’s murder, he went on a whole adrenaline high power trip and fucked with more people he didn’t have any business facing off against. But that meant he was untouchable to us.”
“Untouchable?”
“To retaliate against. To get real fucking justice for Blaine.”
“An eye for an eye.” I whispered as pieces clicked into place. “You went to jail to get to him.” My sister’s words whirled through my head.
“He was killed in prison, babe. He went to jail on a robbery charge after he killed Blaine. And he was… murdered behind bars. The file said it was a gang retaliation or something.”
“Delilah, look at me.” Fox said firmly as horrors played out in my head.
“You killed him, didn’t you?” I asked, sliding off my stool to pace around his kitchen, “You killed JJ to get justice for Blaine.” I pinched my temple as my head started to hurt from the mind fuck of it all. “You lied to me and pushed me away because you knew you were going to go to jail to murder that son of a bitch. And you didn’t tell me!” I yelled. “Why didn’t you tell me the truth the whole time?”
“I didn’t want that darkness on your soul, D, not until I had justice for Blaine.” He tried to reason. “I thought keeping it to myself would make life easier on you.”
“Easier!” I screamed through my clenched teeth. “You have no idea how fucking hard my life has been since that moment, Fox! I thought you were gone forever! I left California with a chip on my shoulder and the weight of the world pushing me down into the fucking dirt!”
“I’m sorry.” He hissed and scrubbed his hand over his face. “I promise you; I thought I was doing what was best. I didn’t want the cops to get the truth out of you before I had a chance to make good on my promise to Blaine. I needed time to get close to JJ behind bars. He was a snitch and a little cry baby, so he was in protective custody. I had to work the guards and the system to get to him.” He grabbed me as I paced by him and pulled me to a stop between his spread thighs. “But I promise you, I made him fucking suffer for what he did to Blaine. I left him to die alone the same way he did your brother. I thought you’d take the money I left for you, and you’d be fine for the time I was locked down. I didn’t think you’d bolt and take off to fight life on your own. Or that I wouldn’t be able to find you after. I knocked six teeth out of Colt’s head when I got out and found out you were gone and that he didn’t have a fucking clue where you went, baby.”
