Page 12 of Guy (House of Frazier #4)

Guy stood next to his brother as they knocked on the door to the Bates home.

It was much nicer than he thought it should have been for a man who said retiring was going to cost him more than he had.

The house looked like it had several wings off the back, no doubt where his two sons and their families were living.

Belinda had found out that the wives were about as clueless about the way things were being run as a newborn would have knowledge of where his bottle was coming from.

Wilma Bates, however, was right there with her husband in making sure that things were run just like they’d been when her husband had been Alpha.

Playing at being retired had offered Lincoln the opportunity to be more behind the scenes. He could spend his money the way that he wanted, and no one was the wiser. Living in the big house on a lot of property, too, gave him the illusion of being out of things that he was stealing from the pack.

But they had a list, and according to pack law, he had to be read what he was doing wrong before anyone could kill him.

Guy would have said fuck the bylaws, but he wasn’t one to follow rules when it came to making things work out the way that he wanted.

He was going to have the pleasure of reading him the things that they had on the list, which included about twenty-five things that were involved in other things around the pack.

Like the missing food from the pantry. Money from the bank, as well as having his hand in the school projects that had been deemed wrong by the pack, without them knowing it.

“Lica? What do we owe this unplanned visit to? My wife and I were just headed out to the Amish country.” He started reading the list that they had after demanding that the entire household come to the living room.

“You’re making me very nervous. And with my bad heart, that’s not a good thing to be doing. ”

Guy continued reading the list of things and telling what his part in the plots was.

After about four of them being read, Bates asked what the meaning of this was.

Guy was happy to tell him, but it was Lica who needed to say that part.

They were following the book in this crap so that nothing came back to bite them in the butts.

“You’ve been given a list, Lincoln, and the penalty for each.

Now I will sentence you. Death by alpha.

Because I am the alpha.” Whatever Bates was going to say was cut off by the swipe of the hand of the most powerful man he knew.

Bates’ wife suffered the same death, and so did their two sons and wives.

At the last minute, Belinda found that the women had been shopping with the ill-gotten gains just the day before.

After the cleanup, it was just a simple thing to have their bodies on display outside their home.

Lica met with the crowd that had gathered.

Word had spread fast that Bates and his entire family had been killed, and the list of crimes was there for all to read.

It was a grisly way to end a life, but it had the effects that were needed to get the pack behind him once again.

“Starting today, anyone who was working with Bates and his entire family will be treated to the same death unless you come to me and tell me why you thought it was a good idea to rob from the very pack that supplies you with sustainable life gifts.” That was his part in his speech, and it seemed to go over as well as he thought it should.

Lica told him that if there were any more deaths from this, it would be on him and Amber to do them.

He was fine with that, as was Amber when she heard what had been going on behind their backs in the pack.

She might well have killed the other had she been allowed to do it. She was fired up.

After telling the people what was going to happen from now on, there was a general nervousness that was expected.

People didn’t look around at their fellow pack members, and he thought that was very telling.

They weren’t going to be giving away if they knew someone else was going to have to die today.

The meeting and the questions afterwards took up most of the morning.

The elderly were happy to find out that they could get their checks cashed without having to pay for it.

They were also excited to know that they weren’t going to be charged double the prices at the grocery store.

Brandy was going to be bringing in another store that would start right away with things that were needed. They were running it from the pantry.

Since the grocery store owner wasn’t pack, then he’d have to be dealt with by someone else.

It was Summer who made a few calls to the Feds to get him taken care of for not claiming the real money he made off the pack members.

They were also able to find the book of names for the pack that he would use to charge more to them.

“The post office has been notified, and as soon as checks start to come in, they’ll notify my office, and I’ll make sure that they’re cashed and brought to you.

If you need anything from town, call my office.

If you simply need someone to talk to after all this, call my office.

I’m going to be more hands-on than I’ve been so far, so expect to see a great deal more of my wife and me, plus my family.

We’re going to take a deep interest in what is going on around here.

So if you’re screwing up or making trouble, you can bet that I’m going to be finding out. I have eyes everywhere.”

One man in the back stood up from the hastily brought in chairs.

He looked around the room, then right at Lica.

He was proud of his brother for not shifting around on his feet, but he could tell that he was nervous.

He was, too. Mr. March had a way about him that made you think that he was a man who got answers.

“I have me a list of things that need to be done at my house. I’m about the oldest man in this pack and would like for you to assign some younger pups to help me around the place.

” Lica told him that it was in the works, and he had a signup sheet for those who needed help.

“Will we be paying out the ass for this help? I don’t have me nothing but my pension, and it don’t go as far as I’d like for it to. ”

“The help for the elderly will be given to them so long as they’re in good standing.

And right now, there is a clean slate for those who need help.

” Mr. March started to sit down, but stopped himself with a look to his brother again.

He told him that he could use someone around to help him sort his pills and such.

“Whatever you need, Mr. March. We’ll be there for you and the rest of the pack.

So long, as I said, you were in good standing. ”

“Mr. March, I’ll be over first thing in the morning to help you with your pills.

Do you need them picked up for you, or do you have that?

” Summer looked at Lica and smiled. “With two little girls, I have to be good at organizing things. I’ll gladly help out whoever needs it when it comes to helping with medications. ”

There were a few show of hands of people who needed that sort of help. The signup sheet was sent around, and people were happy to put their names on the list to work. There was a lot of interest in things that needed to be taken care of, too. Then Mr. March stood up again.

“I mean you no disrespect, young man, but I’m glad to see you got your head out of your ass and did this to Bates.

He was nearly killing off the elderly in this pack by thinking that we don’t have anything to offer and we’re too stupid to have an opinion about shit going on.

But we’ve been around a while and know things that would boggle the young people’s minds if we were allowed to have a say once in a while.

” Lica asked him if he wanted to head up the elderly help sheet to get things done.

“I can do that. I don’t suppose there will be any pay for this help I’m giving? ”

“Everyone will be paid who works for the pack.” Again, he said so long as they were in good standing.

It was something that he suggested that he’d have people sign up for things, thinking that they’d be able to pull the wool over their eyes.

With Belinda’s help, they were getting a few people taken care of who, while not as bad as Bates but they needed to be arrested for the crimes they’d been committing.