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“Has anybody talked to Judah?” Black asked, and his question was met with silence.
“I’ll take care of that,” Rain said.
“No. I need to talk to him myself,” Black said.
“I’ll go with you,” Bobby said.
He wasn’t taking it well either. With him and Doc’s kids being so close in age, their families spent a lot of time together, especially when the kids were young.
“Somebody planting a bomb at the wedding …”
“I know,” Rain said. “That’s a big step up in tech for a couple of corner boys trying to come up in the game.”
“Any idea when the bomb was planted?” Carter asked.
“No, there are no cameras in the bathrooms,” Black said and thought that since this is the second time a bomb had been placed in one of their clubs that maybe it was time to reconsider that policy.
“There’s really no way of knowing exactly when it was planted,” Jackie said. “Anybody that went in that bathroom last night could have planted it.”
“That means a lot of suspects,” Shy said. “How many people knew the wedding was moved to Cuisine?”
“I’m sure just about everybody in The Family knew, plus April’s family and friends,” Rain said.
“And that doesn’t necessarily mean that the bomb was planted there for Nick’s wedding,” Black speculated. “It may have been originally planted there for The Regulators show. The timer could have been adjusted remotely when the wedding was moved.”
“You think the two are related?” Rain asked.
“I don’t know,” Black said.
“It would make sense,” Wanda said. “They detonate the bomb first …”
“And then come in blasting,” Bobby said. “I can see that. But right now, somebody needs to tell me what the fuck happened last night.”
Something told him that with all that was going on, that it was a mistake to let Barbara stay at the reception and as it turned out, he was proven right. But at Pam’s urging, he gave in because like most father’s, it was hard to say no to his baby girl when she said, Please, daddy, in that sugary sweet voice and she gave Bobby that look. Although he was glad that RJ and Barbara were alright, he wanted this to end.
“It all happened fast, Bobby,” Jackie began. “One minute everything was cool. Regulators were on stage and then I heard the shooting over the music.”
“Next thing I know, guys with AR’s were blasting away at the stage,” Carter added.
“How is Cristal?” Shy asked.
“Once she regained consciousness her condition was downgraded to serious but stable,” Wanda said.
“What does that mean, Wanda?” Bobby asked.
“It means that she’s conscious and that her vital signs are stable and within normal limits.”
“Is she gonna be all right?” Rain asked.
“Indicators are favorable is what I got from the nurse when I asked that same question,” Wanda said and then she laughed a little. “Somebody already posted a video of P shooting while he was running off stage with Scarlet.”
“But no video of Monte saving Cristal’s life,” Shy said and shook her head.
“I talked to Scarlet this morning. She’s still at the hospital with her. She said that Cristal is awake, and despite being shot, she’s in a good mood. Talkin’ about it was either getting shot or going to jail, but she’s a Regulator for real now,” Black said, and everybody laughed, but it was nervous laughter.
“So, who was it that hit the reception? Barnes, Mobley or El Decreto de Guerra?” Bobby asked looking at Carter.
“I don’t think it was El Decreto de Guerra,” Jackie said, and Carter nodded in recognition of her having his back. “I been checkin’ with my police contacts and the shooters were black, so I’m gonna assume that it was Barnes or Mobley. But they’re keeping quiet about identification of the bodies.”