The voicemail made Katrina nervous around Devlin.

"What did he mean by take care of us? He wouldn't possibly do anything to hurt us?" She heard the guys laughing downstairs and she covered up. Devlin still had the phone clutched to his ear, she closed the door and called the number that Hunter called her from.

"Katrina are you there?" He murmured, she was silent, and looked around the bathroom. "What do you want?" She whispered. "I take it your with Devlin..." He slowly said. "I have to explain everything to you Katrina... They are going to kill you, open your eyes." He growled, she quickly hung up the phone and placed her head in her hands. She couldn't trust him, she listened in through the door, Devlin spoke softly but he was loud enough to hear, she leaned her head against the door, and shook. That secret they were keeping from her needed to come out now.

Hunter looked down at his phone.

He stared at it for a long time, after spending the night in jail he needed to lure Katrina to him, and fast. He didn't know how, but sooner or later he was going to have her for himself. Devlin is a warm target, Hunter didn't know that they would actually shoot Katrina and Jared, this was a scary situation, he thought Devlin was being insecure about her dissing him, that was the word that got around his new job, Katrina being pregnant, she dissed him for Jared. He knew it wasn't true, but he loved hearing the juicy gossip, even if it was a lie. He thought he heard Devlin wrong, when he was on the managing floor, he instantly heard Devlin on the phone with someone, and it was a rough conversation.

"Wot abot Katrina and Jared! Give me time..." Devlin was silent, Hunter could hear him grinding his teeth. "I'll take care of them." He shut off the phone and threw it against the wall, pushing his hair back. Devlin turned around, noticing that his door was open.

He slammed it.

Hunter went and told Hershell everything, he needed something to make Katrina believe that it was Devlin. Hershell, went over the plan for everyone, shoot them, so they could get to Devlin. He thought it would be easy, he thought it would be quick, he thought they were just going to shoot them on the arm, or somewhere non life threatening. Until he heard that they were shot at, and her friend landed in the hospital with a bullet in his chest.

"That's right Jonathon... Those crazy sons of bitches actually shot them, and it's all my fault." He looked in awe at the television in his hotel room.

"This is such an odd story, a man by the name of Jared Morichatto went in to Willow Green Hospital after being shot at in a small town... We don't know how he ended up here in Catalina, but after his surgery he mysteriously vanished, when the nurse came in to check on him." A news anchor reported.

A tiny girl with glasses appeared on the screen next to the anchor.

"He was gone... Just like that. I went to finish up my charts and he was gone... I think it had something to do with Bonnie and Clyde." She exclaimed.

"Excuse me what did you say?" The anchor asked the girl.

"I call them Bonnie and Clyde because it's weird how he gets shot and all of a sudden these two show up being over protective of him." She said low.

The anchor gave the girl an awkward look.

"I just spoke with a doctor here and she say's that Jared and the person you are saying, I believe is getting married, am I correct?"

The girl looked at the anchor annoyed.

"It was clear to me that those two were NOT a couple, more like that girl and her friend was, and Jared looked scared to be around them." She exclaimed.

Hunter stared at the television realizing he fucked up big time, now the men officially knew that they are still alive, they were going to be coming after him next. He thought he was doing the right thing, they tried hard to get Devlin back in prison so that they could take over his company. He laid on the bed, and felt sick to his stomach, this was real life and he realized he actually hurt Katrina and Jared, he realized all those men hurt people in Minerva... People he liked, and he turned his back on them. All he could see was Katrina.

And how kind she was to him.

He regret joining the crew in the first place. But he signed up, and couldn't stop now.

After speaking with his father, Devlin was happy when Ian called him, he needed to hear this man's fear, he answered with glee. "D little shit has d balls to fuckin call me." Devlin growled, Ian quickly spoke. "Devlin please hear me out." Devlin cracked his knuckles and seen Katrina shut the door. "Wot..." He gritted, snarling at the floor. "I think Hunter joined that racist group of yours..." Ian rushed, Devlin laughed hard.

"Tell me something I don't know already." Devlin spat. "I don't know why Devlin! He stopped calling me.. He stopping being around me... I don't even know where he is anymore." Ian tried to explain.

"He's here!" Devlin screamed into the phone.

He was trying to be silent but he couldn't take it anymore. "He's here trying to kill MY GIRL, AND MY DOLPHIN!" He heard someone running up the stairs. "And I'm not going to let that happen! Do you hear me!" He yelled.

"Yes patrastvum yem spanel yerkusin"
I am going to kill both of you.

"Devlin I can't understand you, what?" Ian rushed, his heart was pounding, he realized he officially lost his job all because of Hunter. Hunter did a one eighty on him and he didn't even notice.

"I won't let that happen!" Devlin yelled, heavily breathing, there was a knock on the door. "Devlin!" Jude yelled from the other side. "Please sir, you know me Devlin... I had nothing to do with this."

Katrina heard Ian's voice and calmed down.

She was scared when she heard Devlin yelling. She stood up, and grabbed a towel before going into her room fully naked to get her clothes, someone was knocking on the door. "Devlin what's wrong?" She heard Jude say, Devlin eyed her, she quickly ran to her dresser and flung out shorts and a tank top, and put them on, she shook her curls and looked in her mirror, and back at Devlin. He stood there with a towel wrapped around him, and no shirt. "It's Ian..." Devlin growled, she heard Ian talking on the phone, there was a silence on the other side of the door. Katrina, boldly ran to Devlin and grabbed his phone.

"You need to come get your friend." She gritted, Devlin put on his sweats and opened the door for Jude to come in, wide eyed, he gave Devlin a serious look. "Come watch the news right now..." Jude said low.

"I know..." Devlin growled.

"How do you know though?" Jude quietly asked.

"Becos me and Tevan already discussed this... It'll blow over." He growled.

"Blow over? Devlin... Maybe it's a bad thing.. Then again, maybe this is a good thing bro, now I think that those guys won't mess with you anymore." Jude exclaimed.

"I'm on T.V!" They heard Jared yell from downstairs.

"I'm going to call you as soon as I hear from him, and who is Dolphin?" Ian asked her, Katrina had placed him on speaker. "Go fuck yourself!" Devlin growled. "You're fired!"

"But Devlin I-."

"I don't want to hear it... Why don't you tell your boy it's done.. He wants war he's got it; You fuck with me and you'll see who will come out on the other side, and by d way, you might want to check up on Hershell.. I hear, he's not looking too good dees days." Devlin grabbed the phone and hung up before Ian had the chance to say anything else. Devlin slicked his hair back, then noticed Jude was staring at him confused.

Jude stood there; A chill ran down his back.

"What did you do to Hershell?" He asked him, his face shown fear. "We beat his ass." Devlin growled.

"We?" Jude softly said.

"Ya... Go downstairs, I have to talk to Katrina."

The new information side tracked Jude, as he watched in horror at Devlin. He wanted to be away from Devlin once he told him that, he joined the group downstairs, still having what Devlin said on his mind.

"Please tell me what's going on Devlin?" She softly spoke, he walked over to her blow up mattress and sat down, patting the bed for her to join him.

"Jared's going to have surgery in Armenia..."

Katrina couldn't comprehend what he was telling her. "Does his father know this?" Devlin nodded his head and continued. "Tevan's going to place a shunt near his heart... You're right; He is going to need a lot of therapy, which is why he is going to be in Armenia, with my family doctor, so that he gets d proper care." Katrina looked down at her hands, she couldn't handle Jared having another surgery, especially without her being near him. "We live in a small town Katrina; Our hospitals there cannot handle a surgery this big, and obviously, he can't have surgery here... Those doctors thought that he had PTSD, how stupid... Plus..." He paused, and angrily looked around the room. "Jared remembers being awake during his surgery, he remembered everything, Dat is very bad, I don't trust people here." He grumbled.

Katrina felt powerless.

Devlin always knew too much before her.

"When is he leaving?" She asked him.

"Tonight... As soon as possible, Tevan doesn't like to be kept waiting either. He did my father's surgery when I wos in high school, It was a good thing back then, he's kept him alive for this long."

She went over everything in her head until Devlin's last word chilled her, she looked up at him with agony. He grabbed her hands and squeezed tightly. "Jared is extremely ill, we have to do this, otherwise he dies... And it's all my fault." He murmured.

She swallowed, and remembered what Hunter told her over the phone. "When I was in the bathroom.. Hunter told me that... He over heard you say you would take care of us before Jared got shot..." She uttered.

Devlin sat in silence.

And it scared her.

"I did say dat." He said, shocked.

Katrina breathed in, and bit her lip.

"Why?"

He smiled at her and looked down at her hands.

"Mayry wos pissed when she found out I placed you on leave... And dat she found out from one of her friends dat you and Jared kept leaving to come here.. She does not want you to go I guess.. She loves you so much Chutik." She calmed down after that, she missed Tigranui, this whole time she thought that his family was against her. "You know how she gets with me... Ever since Jasmine moved in, she's had it out for me, she even called me a dead beat dad, are you happy now?" He smiled, Katrina giggled. "You were kinda being a dead beat; You never reached out to me not once, it took for Jared to get shot.." She realized what she said was wrong, and took it back.

"It's okay Bebek, I know, I am wrong, dat is why I'm fixing it." He kissed her hand and checked his phone, Tevan let him know he was outside. "Okay... I know dis is hard, but... You have to say goodbye to Jared right now." Katrina's stomach dropped and she stood up and fixed her shorts, she didn't want too, and she wanted to know more. "Who's going to be there with him? He needs someone there." Devlin smiled down at her.

"Haven't you noticed why his dad isn't here, he's already in Armenia." Silence filled the room, and she scoffed. She hated the secrets they kept from her, it was painful. She rushed down the stairs to say goodbye to Jared, who had his bags already packed, and he looked sicker. "I'm leaving Katrina..." He softly said, looking down at the floor.

"Can't I go with him! I'm his boyfriend!" Anthony yelled. "Fuck this I'm going with him." He grumbled to himself, clutching his bag. "You just told us you didn't have any money." Ivan yelled back annoyed, Anthony glared at Devlin, Katrina hadn't noticed he was behind her on the stairs. Devlin huffed. "Fine!" He pulled out large cash from his jacket in the living room and handed it to Anthony, it didn't look American. "T'wos posed to be for Katrina, whenever she wanted to visit him." He calmly said, throwing it out there. Katrina lowered her eyes at Anthony, and he gave her a testy look back, but then dropped his gaze. "Go ahead... She told him, giving him a warm smile." Jared grinned, and held his arms out for a hug. "I love you Katrina... But I need some dick in my life." He said in a raspy voice, Jude and Ivan both groaned at Jared, Devlin just tsk'd, and scratched at his eye brows.

"Ugh." Jude growled, grabbing the remote from Jared's hands. "Bye bro..." He gave Jared a hug, and quickly stepped away from him, like he had a disease. "Yeah, goodbye." Ivan mumbled, and gave Jared a light hug. "Bye.." Jared screeched, giving Katrina a worried look, she stepped up, and gave him a long hug, whispering in his ear. "You better not get married out there with out me." Jared grinned, and whispered back. "Trust me.. I am..." Katrina wanted to pinch him, but he was in no shape or form to get pinched, so she pulled on his hair and gave him space. Devlin looked down at his phone, and went to the front door to open it.

Tevan stood tall, with his arms folded waiting.

"You ready to go..." He asked Jared, who furrowed his brow at Tevan. "Who's he?" He asked Devlin, narrowing his eyes at the tall, luscious man before him, Devlin knew he was interested and let out a hearty laugh. "Goodbye my friend, see you soon." Jared squeezed Devlin's hand and swayed over to Tevan, Anthony; Who had both of their bags gritted his teeth, as Jared and Tevan were out of sight. "So you find some random hot guy to take care of my man huh?" Jude bursted with laughter. "I've known Tevan for a long time, he's not random." Devlin mumbled, heading towards the kitchen, he didn't feel like hugging anymore, and wanted to make sure Anthony got the hint. He didn't take sides either, but when it came to Jared, he would pick him over Anthony any day. "Bye guys." Anthony murmured, clutching their bags, Katrina was the only one to say goodbye, and she gave him a long hug. "Please take care of him." She whispered, he nodded and left.

Once the men were gone, Jude and Ivan both plopped down on the couch. "Dude, just watching them kiss made me almost loose my eye sight." Ivan mumbled, Katrina giggled. "Shut up.." She laughed, Ivan smiled at her, but Jude stared at Devlin with questions as he was texting. "What's been going on with you man?" He asked him in a stern voice, Devlin lazily looked up at him. "Wot do you mean?" He mumbled, Ivan sighed. "Not now... Can we just relax already?" Jude puckered his lips. "No... Not until Devlin tells us ALL what's going on... He just told me, him and some other people beat the shit out of Hershell..."

The awkward silence in the room caused Katrina to have a seat next to Ivan, she was curious, but like Ivan she wanted to at least calm down before having to worry about Jared again. "Okay..." He sighed and sat down at Katrina's kitchen table. "My dad found out that Hershell and his friends are trying to kill me, so.. I called Tevan and d boys to come out here and help me handle them, and if you want to know why I have been away from you all, it's because I knew they were going to hurt one of you..."

"So it is the crew then..." Jude mumbled, cutting him off.

"Ya... And they also have some shitty spies as well, Hunter and Ian.. Hunter came here, and tried to attack Katrina." Devlin growled.

Jude scratched his head. "Fuck.. What the hell dude? dumb and dumber is in on it too?"

"What do we do?" Ivan growled clenching his fist.

"Wot I've always wanted you to do.. Join my dad's business with me..." The room grew silent, and Jude began to chuckle. "You, being my boss... Hah, that's a good one bro."

"How about I make you both managers; Doubling your salary, giving you three off days of your choice." Devlin inquired, Ivan looked at Jude, wide eyed. "I like my job now..." Jude cut him off. "I do too; I like throwing papers at the neighbors dogs!" The men all laughed and that conversation was over, Katrina chiefly sat amused at the men, they could be away from each other, and then bounce back like nothing happened. Her phone vibrated and she glanced down at it, it was her sister asking her if she wanted to join them for dinner, she bit her lip. "Do you guys want to have dinner with my family?" She nervously asked, Ivan thought for a moment, and then realized how beat he was, he shook his head. "Your family is great and all, but I need some sleep."

"I want to go get weed..." Jude mumbled.

Devlin smiled at her. "Whatever you want to do Bebek." She texted back, and let them know she would think about it. When she finished, she bolted to the kitchen to find something to eat. "Woah... Pregnant lady over there.. You almost fell." Ivan yelled, pulling his arm over his head.

"Did I? I didn't realize." She thought to herself, looking around the room embarrassed. "Now that I think about it, your balance has been off lately, what's wrong?" Jude uttered, she nervously gave the men an awkward look and peered down at the floor. "I don't know... I don't feel good is all, I haven't for awhile." The room was silent until Devlin spoke. "But I've seen you eat a lot, is it stress doll?" Katrina gave Devlin a hopeful look, she didn't want them to start questioning her next. Even though she didn't feel good, she wanted to embrace the time that she had with them, it was peaceful. "I'm okay." She stated, and went back to find something to eat.

Devlin decided now was the time to tell the men what happened to Hershell, It was now or never.
"Hershell and some old dude wos sitting in the car outside d hospital..." For some reason this was a conversation she did not want to be a part of, Devlin, happily realized this and continued their conversation, ushering the men to go out on the porch with him, he had extra goodies to share.

The men followed him, she could hear them getting comfortable outside. She forgot she had a case of beer in the fridge, she pulled it out, and from the drawer, took out a bottle opener. She lifted the twelve case on to the counter, and realized just how heavy it was, she didn't want to be a weakling, so she lifted the case, and placed it on her arm, with her other arm, she opened the screen door. The men gave her a confused look at first, and then their eyes widened when they seen the beer. "I didn't want to be rude and grab some, I seen it earlier." Ivan cheered, grabbing the case and opener from her arm.

She went back inside, nervously shutting the screen door. Something felt wrong after that, she walked over to the counter, and from the cabinet, tried to search for her favorite tea that Jared bought for her, she made her way to the couch and reached for the remote and wrapped herself with her throw.

"Does Katrina know?" Jude asked Devlin, he had no idea he went through all of that without them, he felt terrible for antagonizing him earlier. "No... I want to keep it that way, she'll find out sooner or later." Devlin swallowed, and looked back to see a sleepy Katrina on the couch, with tea in her hands. "Did your dad tell you to do all of this?" Jude anxiously asked him. "No... It's all me." Devlin growled, looking down at the time. "Now please... Take Katrina, I'll be there after you." Ivan began to say something, when Devlin's phone rang, he excused himself from the men, and went back inside to answer it. Katrina watched as Devlin made his way up the stairs. "I can't believe I gave myself up that quick..." She had no regrets though, she did miss him, and having him around calmed her down. "Katrina.." Ivan mumbled, as he opened her screen door. "Yes?"