Chapter 2

 

Jimmy

Somebody is trying to take out our family one by one,” Jimmy said as him and Mike sat in Mike’s apartment. “First they tried to murder pop, then they murdered, Big foot and Stoney.”

I have my ear to the streets so I’m sure we’ll find out who’s behind this sooner than later,” Mike took a sip from his beer.

Whoever is trying to murder our family is probably who’s behind our stash apartment building being robbed,” Jimmy said with an angry look on his face. The thought of somebody stealing something from him pissed him off even further, not to mention all the money they were going to miss out on. “When I find out who’s behind this and it’s off with their head.”

We may have to slow things down a little bit,” Mike said. “My department is really coming down on us they want Derrick to rot in a jail cell and they’re willing to do whatever it takes to get him off the streets.” He knew how dirty his department could get when they really wanted something; the last thing he wanted was for the entire family to have to go down from one mistake.

You know we can’t do that,” Jimmy told him. “We slow down and we could lose our territory. We’ve worked too hard to get to where we are today to just slowdown over a little heat.”

We have to be smart about this,” Mike said. “If this blows up in our face, the entire family is done.”

Jimmy was about to comment when he heard his cell phone ring. “Yo, what up?” he answered.

Hey, Jimmy, Mr. Goldberg here,” the family lawyer said in a dry, worried tone. “A team of hit men just tried to murder your father in his hospital room.”

What? Is he…”

No he’s still alive,” Mr. Goldberg answered. “Your father snuck out of his room and tried to defend himself and wound up shooting a police officer by accident. I may be able to get him off on self-defense, but the DA wants your father so bad that he may have to sit for a little while until I can get this all settled out.”

So where is Derrick now?” Jimmy asked.

They have him in custody with no bail. They’re charging him with murdering a police officer,” Mr. Goldberg said. “I can get him off on self-defense but he may have to sit until the judge gives us a court date and it’s no telling when that could be.”

Mike couldn’t hear what was going on but just from the look on Jimmy’s face, he could tell that it was bad news. Lately it seemed like nothing could go good for the Mason family. It felt as if someone had put a curse on the family.

Keep me posted,” Jimmy ended the call, turned and looked over at Mike. “Derrick is locked up.”