The Beckett Boys- The Complete Series Box Set by Olivia Chase

Author:Olivia Chase [Chase, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Favor Ford Publishing
Published: 2019-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

Epilogue

Zack

I sit down at the rickety table in the visitor’s area and wait for my father to show up. This wasn’t a planned meeting, but when I told him we needed to talk, he asked me to come as soon as I could.

The room around me is filled with orange-clothed inmates talking to family and friends. Some are bouncing kids on their knees. Others are having tense conversations across the table, their anger hushed but evident.

I admit, I hate it here. I hate that I can’t see my dad whenever I want. That I have to schedule short visits. Over ten years now we’ve been carrying on like this.

Thank God he’s up for parole soon. We hope.

The door opens, and my father comes strolling in, escorted by a guard. He’s looking more tired than usual, his brow furrowed, his hair a little grayer. But he’s still got those muscular arms with the faded tattoos, the battle scars, and he’s still got an expression on his face that let’s you know not to fuck with him unless you want to get it back twice as bad as you gave it.

Dear old Dad, he really is a piece of work. I can’t help but want to smile a little.

But then when he sees me, he gives a halfhearted nod and then comes over and takes a seat across from me.

I fight back the small wave of disappointment at his lackluster greeting. “Hey, Dad.”

“Zack.” His eyes scan the room around us, taking in everything. “So, you said we needed to talk. What’s going on?”

I talked to my brothers a few days ago, and we agreed that I should be the one to full Butch in on the news about Jamison. My dad has a horrendous temper, but I can usually get him to shake it off through a joke or two. Always been my role in our family, and I took it seriously, as weird as that sounds. An angry Butch meant that we’d end up getting a taste of that fury, as well. So if I could make him laugh, get him to ease off us, then I’d usually get a smile in reward, sometimes a tousle of my hair.

I choose my words carefully. “Jamison decided to leave the family business.”

Dad goes still. “What?” To anyone who doesn’t know him, the question probably sounds calm. But I can see the storm brewing in his eyes, in the set of his face.

I continue delivering the bad news. “He moved out to his own apartment, got a job at a construction company, and I heard through the grapevine that he got married to some legal chick.”

Dad stares at me for a minute, then starts to laugh. “You’re fucking with me. Very funny.” He stops laughing when he sees I’m not joining in. “Tell me this is a joke.”

“It’s not. And there’s one more thing. He told us we had to back off Outlaws, that we were going to let Smith and his brothers continue to own and run it.

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