Chapter 103

Sunday morning at eight Jenny called her mom to find out what kind of night Joey had. It must not have been too bad because she had already had breakfast. Jenny was going to pick her up at 930 to go get her things. Jenny had been on the phone and computer for more than a hour. Jenny was calling in ever favor she was owed from the sound of the conversations. She had been checking all kinds of things about the North side gang. Then she spent time checking out Joey's sister and her boyfriend. The boyfriend had a long sheet and the sister was no angel. How they managed to appointed guardians of anybody was a mystery.

Then she checked out Joey's story about her Mom's death and the insurance policy and restrictions on it and how it turned into the college trust fund. There were some unusual clauses but nothing that couldn't be changed with a compassionate judge.

She then got a protective order to keep both the sister and boyfriend away from Joey. Jenny also arranged for two MSP officers to meet them at 2102 Hammond Street, Annapolis at 1030. They didn't need a search warrant with Joey having a key and inviting them in to help her collect her things.

The plan was that Joey and Jenny were going in her state car and Ching Lee, Vicky, Misty and Belinda were going to take the suburban to help pack and bring her things to the Coles house. They took a box of trash bags and all the boxes they could find. Joey also wore Ching Lee's body padding to protect her ribs that we used for training just in case something unplanned happened.

I had already been over at the gym for three hours and was going to stay there in case any trouble showed up. Lorrie, Marcy, and Wendy were with me. Even though it was Sunday morning we started out busy and stayed busy. That didn't keep me from worrying about the group going across the bridge. I wasn't the only one worried either.

Mom 2 came in at 10:30 and sat in the refreshment area. I could tell she was nervous. She kept looking at her watch then the wall clock. Finally I went over and sat with her.

"Mom they are just getting there everything will be fine," I said.

"I know but that does not stop me from worrying. I helped with her bath this morning, she couldn't wash her back. I saw her sides and her arms. I'm still crying on the inside. How could anyone do that to her?" she said. "I have never been so mad at anyone. If could have gotten my hands on them it would not be pretty or lady like."

"You know that Jenny would not want you to do anything that is not lady like. You have to leave things like that to us young wild girls. We can still shrug it off as a learning experience," I said. She gave a strange look and then a little smile and a nod of her head.

I knew in my heart we would get to meet them face to face if they followed their normal routine of harassment of the South Side Girls. It may be in a day or it might take a couple of weeks but it would happen. Tonight at closing I was going to call a meeting of all the girls and employees including Shelia and her 2 boxers to run through what if scenarios. We needed to be ready not surprised. I was glad that I had made the decision to teach them offensive fighting several months ago. There would also be a refresher tonight. Yes the one that had thrown the punches and the one who had held her would get some special treatment if I had anything to do with it.