Page 109 of Moonshine Lullabies

“He’s got a point, Boss. Something happens to one of them, you ain’t gonna be so keen on staying your hand,” Saint said. I found myself nodding.

“As a man with serious skin in this game bein’ as these fuckers are hellbent on hurting my woman and a kid who might as well be my son by now… I don’t like waiting around until something happens, either.”

“As the man whose sister and nephew are in the line of fire and have been twice, I’m with Collier on this one. I’d rather be proactive than reactive at this point,” Cy said.

La Croix was nodding.

“I see your point, boys, and I feel the same but I did just give my word.”

Hex harrumphed and said, “An’ they spit right on it as far as I’m concerned.”

“We go lax on these fuckers it’s liable to blow up in our faces in a big way, bro. I say we stop playing. Our connections in the city catch wind, they might start getting ideas and fuck if we ain’t outnumbered,” Axe said.

“Get outta my head, bro,” Hex said and eyed Axe down the table.

La Croix nodded.

“Let’s put it to a vote,” he said.

It was a quick vote. We were unanimous in that the Bayou Brethren had fucked around and needed to find the fuck out that we were all done playing.

“Man, I think we all need a fuckin’ vacation,” Bennie said, sighing after the decision. It was a good change of subject.

“Shit, when was the last time we rode anywhere?” Hex asked.

“Florida, like summer before last,” Chainsaw said, staring off into space.

“I’d really like to go back to East Tennessee, do the Tail of the Dragon,” I said.

“What’s that?” Axeman asked.

“Three hundred and eighteen curves in eleven miles on a stretch of highway between East Tennessee and North Carolina,” Hex said.

“That sounds fucking awesome!” Louie declared.

“Hell yeah, it does,” Chainsaw said, grinning.

“It’s a dangerous stretch,” I mentioned. “A lot of deaths.”

“Even better,” Axe declared, but he was definitely a danger junkie so he would say that.

“Road Captain, oh Captain,” Chainsaw called, his hand up to his mouth like he was trying to make the call go the distance.

Cypress nodded. “I don’t know nothing about it, but I can do my homework.”

“Shit, I know everything about it. I’ve got you, brother.”

“So we need to take another vote on this for making it our next club vacation or whatever?” Louie asked.

We all looked at each other and got loud, fist pumping and cheering and La Croix cracked a smile.

“Looks like that’s unanimous, too, boys.”

Another loud cheer went up and we finally got to settling down.

“Well, boys – we all got day jobs to get to tomorrow. I say we call it a night,” Hex declared.

“Pfft!” Saint blew him off.

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