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“Don’t we get to join in?” asked Max.
“We promised the wives we wouldn’t hurt ourselves. Let’s let the young bucks get their licks in.”
“Our friends have the helicopter and its pilot,” said Noah. “They have informed the sheriff, and they are on their way to both locations.”
“Please!” yelled Rawlston. “Please, make them stop!”
“Where are all the toys?” asked Ghost. “Where did you put them?”
“They’re in a warehouse on Beauregard. I swear. It’s all there,” he panted, spitting blood on the floor.
“Comms? You hear that?”
“On our way,” said Hiro.
They sat Rawlston and his friend up against the wall, not bothering to zip tie their hands. They weren’t going anywhere. The man with the alarm company had already pissed his pants and was crying for his mother. Twenty minutes later, they heard what they needed to hear.
“Nine? Gaspar? We have it. This thing is huge, and there’s shit in here that definitely isn’t for the holidays. I’ve got cars, motorcycles, televisions. Shit, there’s even building materials. We need to see if Grant is missing anything.”
“Thanks, Hiro. Get some trucks over there to get out what’s ours. We’ll have the sheriff send a crew as well.”
“Please, I told you where it was. Let me go,” said Rawlston.
“Let you go? Asshole, you created more problems than your pathetic ass is worth. What were you doing with Tolbert?” His one eye that could still open went wide, and he stared up at the big man. “That’s right, you bastard. We know.”
“Tolbert wanted fast money and was willing to take some of the shit into Mexico. He lived on that ratty-ass boat but had a friend that ran barges down there. He didn’t question what was put on his barge.”
“And did you kill him?” He looked from one man to the next, realizing he wasn’t getting out of this.
“I didn’t, but I knew a convict on the inside that owed me a favor. I jacked with the evidence for his murder trial, and he got off. Dumb ass got put in for a possession charge.”
“I think I’ve heard enough,” smiled the sheriff. “Your Chief is gonna be real happy to be done with your stupid mug.”
“Shit,” he muttered. “Look! Look what they’ve done to me!”
“Ghost? Nine? Y’all see anything?”
“Nothing. We heard some noises as we were helping these fine young Marines. Didn’t see anything.” He turned to the Marine.
“Anything from you, Marine?” asked the sheriff.
“No, sir. We were too busy eating crayons.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
They’d done it. They’d found all of the merchandise, returned it to the appropriate charities, and were able to get their things stored out on Halo Island. Christmas was officially back on, and the children would get exactly what they all deserved. A night to remember.
But getting all those gifts back to their rightful owners was going to be tougher than they thought. It took all of them and five big trucks, plus the biker club and the Marines. On Christmas Eve, they finally woke at a decent hour and had breakfast with everyone.
“Merry Christmas Eve,” smiled Erin, kissing Nine.
“Merry Christmas Eve, baby.”
“I’ll be helping with the wedding today, but do you want to exchange gifts today or tomorrow?” Nine swallowed.
“Tomorrow. Tomorrow, for sure.” Erin kissed him again and left him at the table with the other men.
“Fuck us,” said Ghost. “I didn’t think about gifts for my own family. What kind of asshole does that make me?”
