"So let me get this straight, you want me to walk in, spray paint Damon was here on the lockers while I'm dressed like me and still look like me? Shouldn't I have a disguise or something? The place is crawling with cameras!" Shouted Damon.

"No, I told you I turned the cameras off." Dominic said, as he showed Damon his phone.

"Yeah and what's stopping you from turning them back on as soon as I get in?" He shot back.

"See, look it's off. Now I'm shutting my phone off and giving it to you, so unless you turn it on they are going to stay off."

"Well what about the fact that I'm writing Damon is here. I think your mother will piece it together."

"There are two other Damon's that go to high school here." Jeff added helpfully.

"And if anyone asks you didn't have a car and we aren't going to admit to driving you here." I added.

"Fine." With that Damon grabbed the black spray paint and reluctantly went inside. Jeremy walked up behind me and smacked my butt, taking my phone with him when he retreated. Chuckling he walked over to the car and unlocked my phone. It was going to be really funny tomorrow when Lillian called to tell him that they had video footage of him vandalizing the school. Another benefit of being a friend of the Holts was access to the schools security cameras. This is going to be hilarious!

"I almost feel bad for the kid." Jeremy said when he came back.

"Well he was the one who made that bet." Countered Dominic, Nico nodded in agreement.

After about five minutes Damon came out.

"Done. Happy?" Everyone nodded. Grumbling, Damon stopped to the car.

"Guess it's time to go." I said while laughing at  tantrum. Laughing we all piled into Dominic's car as well as mine. Nico, Jeff, and Dominic were in his car, will me, Jeremy, and Damon were in mine.

"Hey, Lee. Can you drop me off at my house? The babysitter has to leave early her sister just died". Asked Jeremy.

"Yeah I can."

"Great, thanks. This is crappy timing, I'm assuming that she will want to be off tomorrow and I have to work."

"I would help with the kids but I have a thing tomorrow morning then at like 4:00 I have another thing."

"Yeah but wouldn't it work mine is at like 3:30." Looking down I saw that my phone was ringing, I answered and put it on speaker.

"Hey Dom, what's up?"

"Hey we are going to swing by Brooks pizza. What do you guys want? We decided on just pepperoni."

"Yeah that works. I have stuff at the house people can add if they want."

"Okay sounds good."

"Hey, why don't you pull over and take Damon with you, I have to drop Jeremy off at his place and I don't know if I can handle much more of Damon today." Looking in the mirror I saw Damon roll his eyes.

"Will do." With that he hung up. I turned on my four ways and pulled off to the side of the road, Dominic did the same. Without saying a word Damon got out and walked over to Dominick's car, then I pulled away and continued to Jeremy's house.

"Can't you tell Dom that you can't do it. He would let you."

"No he wouldn't, but even if he did I need the money for rent and it's due tomorrow."

"Jeremy I have so much money, I don't know what to do with it. Borrow some or just take some I really don't care. Cancel the job Jeremy."

"No you keep your money, it's yours."

"Oh my God jeremy, take what you need, I have a job I need a partner for. It's a hard job but it pays $100,000, 50% goes to the agency. I'll split the money with you and you can pay me back out of the money from the job."

"Partners only get 10% of what the main assassin gets."

"Fine. Take only 10% then, but cancel the job tomorrow and let me give you the money."

"Fine." After a minute of silence I asked,

"If you want the kids can come over for pizza, and they can also stay the night, we can put on a movie and give them some popcorn or something."

"You sure Lee? That are handful."

"Yeah, I'm sure. Samantha is the only one who needs a car seat right?"

"Yep, the other two are fine."

"Cool, I told Dominic to pick up another one just in case. He pulled into the driveway and saw the babysitter was sitting on the porch of the kids. As we got out all the kids ran over to give me a hug, while Jeremy went to talk to the babysitter (who was more like an nanny).

"Do you guys want to come over and have a sleepover at my house?" I asked. All three of them started jumping up and down and shouting,

"Hooray!"

"Okay okay. You guys have to go get your pajamas, your toothbrushes, toothpaste, and only one toy. Olivia can you manage or do you need help getting your stuff?"

"I got it!" The eight year old said happily.

"Okay, Samantha and Leo go get one toy while I get your clothes. They both nodded then ran inside. God they're so cute! Olivia grabbed my hand then dragged me inside, when we were in the house, she let go and ran to her room. As I passed the kitchen I noticed several packs of ramen noodles and frozen dinners on the counter. So being the snoopy, clean freak person that I was, I had to clean the counter. Once it was all cleaned up I went through the cabinets, sure enough it was all boxed Macaroni, Ramen, Ravioli, Spaghetti'os, a couple boxes of stale opened cereal, and unopened bottles of pop, that were ranging in variety. Shaking my head I moved to the fridge and freezer. They were full of frozen pizzas, pop, all sorts of alcohol, frozen burritos, TV dinners, corn dogs, chicken nuggets, and a spoiled gallon of milk. Wow and I thought I ate crap.

"Bailey, I got my clothes!" Olivia shouted from across the house.

"Good job!" I hollered back, then I headed to the bedroom to pack the younger kids' stuff. The room was worse in the kitchen there were toys covering the floor, along with pop bottles and half eaten food from what looked like months ago. Leo and Samantha shared a small room while Olivia had her own even some other room, it was a two bedroom house so that meant Jeremy only had the couch available for himself.

"Guys go buckle in the car, ask Jeremy to put in Sam's seat." They're not in their heads and walked out to go get buckled in. Sign, I grabbed some of their clothes and shoved them into a plastic grocery bag I had found laying around, then I went to the bathroom to get their toothbrushes. The toothbrushes were caked with toothpaste and looked like they hadn't been used in years. As I picked one up to throw it in the trash I realized there wasn't one, just a pile lying on the floor. Saying I put the toothbrush back down and saw that they all had mold on them. Letting out a grown a frustration I threw the bag in my hand down and walked out to the car empty-handed. I'm just going to get them some new stuff at the store tomorrow.

"Where are the clothes for Leo and Samantha?" Asked Olivia, when I sat down in the car empty-handed.

"We are going to stop at the store and get new ones tomorrow."

"Yay!" Shouted olivia, while the other kids clapped loudly.

"Sorry that took so long." Jeremy apologized when he was finally done talking to Katrice the babysitter.

"It's fine. Here Olivia you can play on my phone, but you have to use headphones." She nodded then quickly put them in.

"Jeremy! They can't live there, not until it's cleaned."

"I know it's messy but it's not that bad."

"Yes it is. When was the last time they brushed their teeth? When was the land laundry last washed? Should I keep going?"

"No, I see your point."

"Good, then it settled, you are staying at my house while it gets clean and until you get groceries."

"We have food Lee."

"Jeremy what you have a heart attack waiting to happen!"

"It's not that-"

"Yeah, it is. You can be mad at me all you want but you know it's true. What happens when the kids miss a day of school they decide to call CPS for some reason, you not only get your siblings but your daughter taken away. Then you couldn't work because you would be monitored way too much."

"I know. I'll get it fixed." Jeremy said as if he had realized what could happen.

"Good. I'm going to call the boss and update him." Jeremy nodded. I tapped a few buttons on my car and it called Dominic for me.

"Hey Bay. Where are you?" Answered Dominic on the second ring.

"About to be pulling into the driveway. Are you off speaker and away from Damon and Jeff?"

"I am now. What's going on?" He said after a second.

"Jeremy's kids are going to be staying with me until he cleans his house. I have that mother and son to do tomorrow, and Jeremy doesn't have a babysitter so he has to cancel his job tomorrow, so I need you to find someone else to do it."

"Bae I can't cancel it for him, then the other agents will want to do that and we just can't allow that."

"We'll figure something out, how about you do it and just don't say anything to anybody else."

"But he already said he was going-"

"Find someone else."

"God Bailey I don't know why I let you dictate everything."

"Whatever Dom. Find someone else to do his job."

"Fine. Is that all?"

"No, I need you to clean up the alcohol we left in the living room."

"Okay."

"That's it, I'll see you in a minute." And with that he hung up.

"Man, you got some nerve. If I said that I would have zero cases and if I did they when I pay worth anything. Or he would just flat out put a bullet hole or four in my chest."Jeremy said shocked by what I had said to our monster of a boss.

"You did the same thing but in a different way."

"I do not."

"Yeah-huh."

"I do not! Give me one example!"

"Okay. You don't talk to anyone but me, and if you do it is snappy and you are super standoffish and don't even get me started with a snarky comments!"

"I do not do that!"

"Bull."

"He's in love with you." Jeremy said suddenly, after a few seconds of silence.

"No way."

"Yeah-huh," he replied mockingly.

"Nope."

"Think about it, first he give you special treatment. Second he listens to you and doesn't do anyone else. Third he is always finding some excuse to come over and see you, and before you say it's just to sleep with you, you're wrong."

"I wasn't going to say that."

"Yeah you were."

"Prove it."

"Wow! You're so smart, you got me there."

"See! See what I mean about the comments!" He was just about to say something when Olivia shouted,

"We're here!"

"We're here!" Echoed Leo and Samantha.

"Okay guys, remember that Sniper is not a  horse so you cannot sit on him." I reminded them as they unbuckled.

"I won't!" Shouted Leo as he hopped out of the car. Laughing I went over and unbuckled Samantha from her five point harness.

"He is totally going to sit on the dog." Jeremy said from behind me.

"Yup."

"I sit on the doggie too!" Samantha said while wiggling down for my arms.

"No, you cannot sit on a dog." I said sternly while putting her down.

"She is totally going to sit on the dog." I said as I walked in after her.

"Yup." Jeremy said is he followed us in. We walked into all the kids fighting to see who would give Nico the first hug. Leo won.

"Who are they?" Damon asked snarkily.

"This is olivia, she's 8 years old. And this is Leo he is five. They are Jeremy's brother and sister." I told Damon as I pointed to each one.

"And this is Samantha she is thr-"

"I'm three!" Samantha interrupted.

"Yup you're three."

"Uh huh and he is my Daddy." She said while pointing at Jeremy.

"Me? No I'm not!" Chimed Jeremy with a huge grin on his face.

"You're a liar! You are my Daddy!" She yelled while trying to smack him.

"Okay okay, I was lying. I'm your Daddy!" He replied frantically while trying to run away from her.

"Pizza time?" She asked.

"Yup, where did Olivia and Leo go?" I asked Jeremy.

"Guess?" Dominic says sarcastically, I flipped him off.

"Come Sniper." I hollered, he barked then came running as if my life depended on it, because sometimes it did. Just as I saw a Sniper I heard Olivia and Leo running and giggling after him.

"Time to eat." Jeremy said when his brother and sister came into the kitchen.

"Okay," Olivia replied. Laughing I walked to the kitchen and got them food. Once I had finished getting them food I grabbed some carrots out of the fridge and gave them to the kids, then set them by the pizza in case others wanted them. Grabbing my food I joined everyone at the table. We had a huge dining room table so everyone fit just fine.

"So Jeremy, are you going to keep this babysitter?" I asked. Usually he only kept it the babysitter for a week before switching them out, but Katrise had been with them for almost a month now.

"Yeah, if she doesn't quit."

"Did she say she's going to quit?" Nico asked.

"No, but I mean her sister just died. When our parents died the two younger ones didn't want to do anything for 3 months. I mean Katrise was a lot closer with her sister than we were with both our parents combined."

"True. I mean when my mom died I was 13 and I didn't want to do anything for like two years until I got in the boxing." Dominic smirked knowingly at me, while Jeremy mouth he loves you, and Nico rolled his eyes at the code speaking and at the other guys faces.

"Do you have a job?"Nico asked Damon while trying to change the conversation and include him.

"Nope," he replied, not bothering to look up.

"O-kay. What about you Jeff?" Nico asked as he popped the "O".

"Yeah, I work for my parents at our animal clinic, but that's only in the summer. They want me to focus on school now though because apparently I can't do both." He replied, Nico nodded.

"Well, I have to go Bailey." Dominic said when everyone had finished. The kids had ran into the living room, while Damon had went upstairs to start unpacking or something, I didn't really know or care.

"Okay, I'll walk you out." I said when he stood up.

"Bye nico, jeff. Dominic said if he grabbed his keys for the kitchen table and made his way to the door, with me following behind him.

"Okay, what's the problem with you and Jeremy and why are you giving him crappy jobs?" I asked once we got outside.

"Because."

"Because why?"

"I'm don't have a pro-"

"That's BS and you know it!"

"Fine. A few weeks ago, he came to my house and forced himself onto chelsea. I walked in before he can do anything but still. I want to kill the bastard but you'd be pissed at me so I can't. So now I'm just making his life miserable instead."

"I'm going to kill him!" I said as I turned around to go inside but Dominic grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"Let go."

"No. Can't let you do that."

"And why the hel-"

"You can't for many reasons. First of all there are a lot of witnesses. Second Chelsea doesn't want people to know that she was almost raped and that she wasn't strong enough to defend herself. I wasn't even supposed to tell you. And third you would be mad at me for letting you kill him."

"Okay. I won't say anything to anyone. So that was the job that went wrong?" I asked referring to a month ago when Jeremy was almost beat into death on a job that supposedly went sideways.

"Yeah that was me. Then my mom found out she went over and did a number on him as well."

"Yeah that makes sense. How about he does his job tomorrow and then you can come and help me. I originally wanted you to do his job because he didn't have a babysitter, but I will find one."

"I like that idea a lot better! My mom can watch come to your house after school and watch them. She was just saying how she needed to stop by and check on them." I nodded then grabbed the collar of his jacket and smashed his lips onto mine. He smoked then grabbed under my butt, and set me down on the hood of his car. Reaching down, I grabbed his belt with one of my hands and brought his body against mine.

"I have to go." Dominic breathed when we came up for air.

"Okay- then- leave" I said in between each case I planted on his neck. Moaning, he grabbed a fistful of my hair and brought his lips to mine. After another minute he reluctantly pulled away groaning.

"Okay, now I really really need to go." He said ss he pecked me on the lips quickly before opening his car door.

"See you tomorrow." I hollered, then went inside. Inside was unusually quiet, I couldn't even hear the TV going. Suddenly Nico Jeff and Jeremy and the kids all jumped out from behind the couch and yelled,

"Boo!" They didn't scare me, but I pretended to be frightened for the kids.

"Oh! You guys scared me!" Leo fell to the floor laughing and clutching his belly while Olivia and Samantha high-fived Nico, Jeremy, and Jeff.

"Jeremy can I talk to you for a sec?" He nodded, then followed me into my dad's office. When he came in I slammed the door shut behind him.

"What's go-" he started to say something but I didn't let him finish, instead I need him in the growing. He bent down due to the blow, then I kneed him in the stomach, then I elbowed him in the kidneys.

"If you ever touch her again I will kill you." I said evenly, but seriously, then I turned and stormed out, leaving him gasping for air on the floor.

"Where's Jeremy?" Nico asked when I returned without him.

"He's in the office he'll be out in a second. He's a little... Preoccupied at the moment."Nico gave me a confused look but just strived. Laughing, I walked to the kitchen and put the pizza away. Jeff saw me, then came over to help only go continue playing with the kids.

"Thanks."I told Jeff once everything was put away.

"Don't mention it." He said, while waving me off. Looking over, I saw that Jeremy was coming out of the office, you could tell that he was in pain still. He's lucky that's all I did.

"What's wrong? Nico asked. Apparently he had noticed his face as well.

"Oh, the pizza isn't agreeing with me right now." Nico made an o shape with his mouth then went back to playing with the children who were hanging on him. After a few seconds Nico's phone started to ring, he pulled it out of his pocket and answered it.

"Yeah?" He snapped into the phone as he went outside.

"Bailey can you bring me over to the school so I can get my car. I need to get to the hospital." He asked when he came in, he looked panicked.

"Yeah of course. Is your mom okay?"

"Yep she is right now, but our insurance only covers her care and not the treatment that she's doing so the doctors are refusing to give her any medical treatment until we pay for it." Nico's mother had a condition called lupus, this particular flare up was pretty bad, she constantly had to be on oxygen and would often have seizures. She had been in and out of the hospital for 2 years now, his father started drinking when his wife was first diagnosed, so as a result of practically lived at our house.

"How much?"

"Too much." He replied sullenly.

"Nico, how much?"

"Ten grand."they started to try and experimental drug, and it seemed to be helping her symptoms. The only problem was that their insurance didn't cover it.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner Nico." I said rhetorically as I ran upstairs before he could protest. Sighing, I went to over to my closet and punched in the ten digit code into the keypad to open the wall, So I could get to my weapons and my money, which were hidden in it. I grab my gun from The holster on my back and put it away, then I punched six more digits into a different keypad which opened up the safe, the head thousands of dollars in it, and pulled out 10,000. I had money in different envelopes, which each had 5,000, so it didn't take me very long to grab. I shut the safe with the money, then hit the clothes button and the weapons disappeared back into the wall. Then I pulled my shirts together so you couldn't see the keypad that was showing.
Perfect!

"Here you go Nico." I handed him the money as I walked into the kitchen.

"Bailey I can't-"

"Take it Nico." I replied sternly.

"Thanks Bailey. I'll pay you back." He said finally, when he realized that I wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"Don't worry about it. Consider it your early birthday present."

"I fight at the gym Dom owns, they had a championship last year and the grand prize is 15,000. Don't tell anyone though, my Dad would kill me if he found out. And definitely don't tell Damon, he would definitely blackmail me." I told Jeff when I noticed his face. I think that was believable enough. I mean I did do that competition, and I did win in the female section, but the money was a long spent and my Dad knew about it, he was in the competition too.

"My lips are sealed."

"Good." I said as I laughed.

"Oh Bailey, Jeff said he will take me. Nico said when I reach for my keys.

"Okay, you sure? I really don't mind," I said as I turned to Jeff.

"Yeah I will. I have to go home soon anyways and it's right next to the school."

"Okay. Thanks for coming, sorry it was so crazy."

"It was fun, thanks for having me. I just smiled. Nico came up and gave me a hug, which I quickly returned.

"Love you Bailey."

"Love you too." I hollered back at Nico as they walked out the door. Sighing I turned around and went to go pick out a movie for the kids to watch, but Jeremy was already a step ahead of me. He had laid out all the  blankets and they were all laying quietly on them. That was fast. Samantha was already asleep and the other two weren't far behind.

"Good night guys. Jimmy whispered as he join me in the kitchen. I walked over and grabbed a bottle of vodka from the fridge and grab two shot glasses. Next I felt them and pushed one towards Jeremy.

"I don't drink anymore." I shrugged then drank his as well as mine.

"I'm sorry about what happened with Chelsea." He whispered quietly, then he turned and went outside. Sighing, I poured myself one more drink, drink it, checked on the kids, and followed him outside. Jeremy was leaning against the railing of the porch, with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

"Mind if I join you?" He shook his head. Sighing, I grabbed his cigarette and took a blow, then put it back in between his fingers.

"Just don't let it happen again, okay?"

"It won't." I nodded, then turned on my heel to go inside, but he grabbed my arm.

"Don't go."

"Okay, I won't." And with that he smiled and pulled me into him for a hug.

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