Chapter 81

Bobby and me made a bee line for the hospital cafeteria as soon as we got there.

I bought several cups of coffee to go, and a couple of sandwiches.

I split the load with Bobby as we went up the elevator to Carol's floor. I greeted the nurses again and gave them each a cup of coffee.

"Oh thanks, Billy. We could use a cup right about now." I purposely lingered and talked with them about my sister.

I also mentioned that we just had dinner downstairs at the cafeteria. Our family was taking shifts to eat.

Part 1 of alibi done.

We left the nurses to see Carol now.

Mom and dad were still there, and mom's sister Patti.

I gave them a hug, as Bobby held the rest of the coffee cups.

Carol was resting, and they had changed her gown and dressings.

I looked at her chopped, once beautifully long blond hair.

It was chopped in a hurry, but to my mind it reminded me of the usual butch lezzie style.

I hoped that it would grow back quickly.

I leaned and kissed her on the cheek. Her eyes opened and she once again tried to smile. It was evident that smiling caused her a lot of pain, still.

I looked over at dad now. I eased my way past Patti, kissing mom on the cheek. Dad was near the corner of the room.

Look, mom, We'll be right up. Bobby wants to see Jimmy right now.

OK, honey.

We went back to the elevators and down to Jimmy's floor.

We did the same with the nurses there. More coffee to them, and showing exasperation of going from floor to floor visiting both Carol and Jimmy.

Part 2 of alibi underway.

Lisa and her parents were still there. I kissed her and looked at Jimmy. They now had him propped up and he at least looked somewhat better.

The bandages were changed and now smaller than the original ones.

There were still large bruises all over his chest with several nasty looking cuts.

I thought immediately what we did to the BASTARDS' chests in full payment.

I looked at Jimmy's jaw. One side was still swollen badly.

I thought of the BASTARD'S jaw that I kicked and split open.

I thought of the other BASTARD'S jaw that Bobby split in two also.

Suddenly, I was tired. It all seemed to be hitting me at once.

I sat in a chair and felt dizzy now.

Lisa came to my side with her hand on my head.

"I have to go home and lay down hon."

"I've had it. I just have to get some rest right now."

"Well, we were going to leave anyway Billy."

"Its getting late. They let us stay longer that we really should anyway."

I stood and smiled at Annette.

Bobby was talking with Jack.

"We'll drop Bobby off on our way," Jack said.

"He lives closer to us anyway."

"I'll talk to you in the morning Jack,"

"OK. Sure Billy."

"You look beat. Go home and sleep."

"We'll see all of you tommorrow," I said as Lisa and I left.

I knew Bobby was smart enough to not say anything.

We started out of the parking lot.

Lisa looked over in silence.

The events of the night were racing through my head.

Suddenly, a second thought occurred to me. I quickly stopped at a pay phone and called Kenny.

I got him just as he was going to bed.

"Kenny, stay dressed. Get Phil or some of the guys.

Get back to the hot dog place and grab that's asshole's van."

"It will probably still be parked there, from when you picked them up."

"Hide the fucking thing some place right away."

"Some place where the cops won't find it, or anyone in the fuck's family."

"Please, do it right away Kenny."

"Yeah, Billy, sure."

"We can hide it in Donny's barn. Excellent. Hurry."

"Done deal Billy. Talk to you in the morning."

I hung up and went back to the car.

Part 3 of the plan now in operation.

Lisa also looked worn out herself, as we undressed and got in bed.

She didn't ask any more questions, thankfully.

I just held her close and put my hand over her tit, as we both drifted off to sleep.

As usual, I arose early. I let Lisa sleep.

I looked at her beautiful body and face as I was dressing. How much I loved her. How lucky I felt at having her in my life.

I turned on the monitor and saw mom and dad laying on their backs still sleeping. Mom now wearing a nightgown.

I went down in the kitchen and made a pot of coffee.

Mom came out on the pool deck as I sat there thinking. She also had a cup of coffee with her.

I looked at her and got up to hug her.

Mom, I love you so much. I caressed her head and hair as I stood over her on her chair.

I saw dad now coming through the yard.

The detective just called he said, as he neared the deck.

My hands still caressing mom's head against my stomach.

"He said the DNA was back from their samples at the hospital from Carol."

"They isolated at least three of the guys with proof so far."

I looked at dad now. I saw him with a look of sadness.

"Billy, will you give me a hand with that big box in the back of the garage? I want to put it up on one of the shelves."

"Sure, dad."

It was an excuse to get me away from mom.

"What happened last night Billy?"

"Where were you half the night?"

"The guys from school were all over at Bobby's."

"They needed to hear what happened to Carol and Jimmy."

He seemed nervous, and somehow relieved now, at the same time.

Lisa was walking into the yard with a bathrobe on.

Her and mom were talking as the phone rang.

It was Bobby, he was on his way over.

Dad and me walked back up to the deck. He knew that I wouldn't go any further with his questions.

I also knew damn well he suspected something.

Mom said, "They were going to do the exams on Carol's female organs this morning."

"Oh, I hope she'll be OK." Mom holding her hands in her face.

"What if she can't have a baby because of this?"

"Oh mom, you're thinking the worst," I said.

"Sure her stomach and chest are bruised, but that doesn't mean that it ruined her insides."

"Billy, that bleeding was from her uterus honey."

"It's always bad when that happens..."

Lisa brought out the whole pot of fresh coffee now.

I noticed dad staring at me without realizing it.

I knew he was wondering just we might have done last night.

Bobby's car pulled in the drive now. He had Kenny with him.

"Hi, Jim, Hi Jean," he said as they came in the yard.

I engineered an excuse for all three of us to go to the garage.

"We have the fucker's van in Donny's barn, right now."

Kenny said.

"The other car and truck from those fucks are still at the hot dog stand. We passed them on the way here."

"I want to go to the lake again. I want to double check in the fucking daylight." I said.

"Yeah, good thinking Billy."

"I'll call the guys on my cell." Kenny added.

"Get your girlfriends too. We have to all act normal."

"Yeah, OK."

"Throw one of those cases of beer in your truck, Bobby."

"Oh, we still have a lot left over from last night."

"We'll talk down there. Too much going on here right now." "Dad and mom know we did something, but they don't know how far we went."

"OK, I'll round up the guys and we'll meet you down there." Bobby said.

"Remember, just act like nothing's out of order."

I went back to the deck as Bobby pulled out of the drive.

"We're going down to the lake for a few hours," I told mom.

"Feel like putting some sandwiches in a bag honey?" I asked Lisa.

"Sure Billy."

"We won't stay long today. Just need to take a drive and get the hell out for a little while."

"OK honey."

"We'll stop at the hospital and meet you there on the way back, OK mom?"

"By then they should know more about how Carol's insides are."

"Yeah, OK honey."

Mom seeming to be staring out in space. Her life completely fucked up. Through no fault of her own.

I leaned down and hugged her again.

Damn, how terrible I felt inside seeing her hurt so deeply.

I almost hoped we could kill the BASTARDS all over again.

I saw the deep sadness in dad's eyes as he was looking toward the pool.

His life turned upside down also.

"Well," mom said, "Its time to get dressed and go to the hospital. I want to be there when she comes out of the exam."

"OK, mom. We'll be up later."

I gave her a kiss. Lisa and I took off for the lake.

I could sense the missing happiness between us right now.

It was almost like a cloud over both of us as I drove.

I reached over and pulled Lisa close to me.

My hand up and down her arm.

The gang was gathered near the water as we neared the "Spot."

Bobby came up to the car right away.

Lisa was now busy talking with some of the girls now.

Bobby and me took a casual walk to where we buried the BASTARDS.

It looked good. We could still smell faint traces of ammonia.

"A fucking guy on a horse will go right by it Bobby." I said.

"Fuck, I don't believe we killed all five of those fucks, Billy."

Kenny came up to us as he also looked around.

"What do we do with the fucker's van?"

"Let's go to Donny's later tonight, when I come back from the hospital," I said.

I mentioned that it was Part 4 of the plan.

Now, I reminded the guys to spread the rumor that they heard the BASTARDS were going to jump bail and skip town. Some of their families had a whole lot of dough.

"The cops would be thinking they all piled into the fuck's van. They would be looking for that.

Especially when they find all the other cars and trucks at the hot dog stand, still sitting there." I said.

Lisa walked over to us and gave Bobby and me a sandwich and beer.

"Going in the water honey?"

"Yeah, maybe for a little while babe."

Just then a woman was walking down the path toward us. She had a Black Lab on the end of a long leash. I looked right at Bobby and Kenny. They both knew exactly what I was thinking.

I watched the dog as they walked. He was sniffing as usual, and then pissed on a tree.

Now, he was right near THE SPOT. We were holding our breath.

We all watched now. The dog did usual sniffing of bushes and just kept walking. He was sneeezing a lot when he got back on the path.

I knew it was caused by the hot pepper we spread all over.