Carrie felt nervous as she sat in the truck in between Alfredo, who was driving, and Tex. They were on the way to the Sawyer's house and Mae and Monty were behind them with Tinker. Just like Tex had predicted, Hoyt stayed home to sleep after having a busy night with the girl who had cut him. Tommy stayed as well since Mae couldn't find him anywhere. In fact no one had known where Tommy had gone but Tex guessed he was hiding out in the old slaughter house like he usually did. Monty had also wanted to stay home but Mae forced him to come saying how there would be no one around to watch over him. Alfredo was the most excited to go see his cousins only because Vilmer liked to keep his own collection of girls down in their basement like he was running his own little brothel. He and his brothers were always on the lookout for young fresh faces in town and after having some small talk and beers they would round them up with the old, 'I run a motel' story and the rest was pretty self-explanatory. They would keep the girls and either kill the boys or give them up to Tommy.
"I hope Vilmer still got that one bitch that I like," said Al.
"He's probably killed her already. That one was always acting up and it's not like you were paying for her anyways," replied Tex.
"What are you guys talking about?" Carrie asked obliviously.
"Ain't nothing you wanna hear baby sister," said Al.
"Ain't nothing I wanna hear either Al, so shut it." said Tex.
"You need to stop fucking dicks and get back to chicks,"
"There ain't no woman out there that could please me," said Tex.
"Yea and that's why he don't want no woman anymore," Al whispered to Carrie. Tex glared at him and Alfredo smiled showing his yellow teeth and put his arm around Carrie in a hugging motion. "But I bet little darling over here could change your mind. How bout it baby sis you wanna lay with old Tex," he teased. Carrie's eyes widened and she lowered her head as her face turned red and Alfredo laughed so hard he steered the truck to the left and Tex hit him upside the head telling him to pay attention.
"You goddamn fool you gonna kill us all," he said.
"Calm down you damn stiff, I'm just having some fun," his brother said. When he released Carrie she sort of shifted so she was closer to Tex but still kept her eyes down while he sighed and stared at her. "Don't mind Al Carrie he's just being stupid,"
"Just trying to help you out little brother but then I just remembered, Mr. Big & Bad might not like that so much, you remember what he did to me when I messed with baby sis."
"That's right, dropped you right on your ass and I sure don't want him doing any shit to me over something that ain't ever gonna happen so you better drop it Al," said Tex. Alfredo sneered and started going slower as he came up close to the house. The first thing Carrie noticed was the size. The house was just as big and old as the Hewitt's but different when it came to appearance. "Yea you right, you and baby sister shouldn't jump in bed together, that little devil might cut off your face and we'll be eaten you for dinner Tex."
"You done saying stupid shit. Get out the damn truck," said Tex as Al kept on laughing. Tinker pulled up right next to them and looked at Al like he was a crazy person and Mae was saying something to Monty who was practically asleep. Carrie was still embarrassed about Alfredo's comments and it didn't go unnoticed when Mae got out the car and saw her face. Tex was by her side glaring at Alfredo who was still cracking up and Mae immediately went over and smacked him on the head.
"Stop being a fool," she scolded him and then it was Tinker who was laughing.
"Why ma, I didn't even do anything," said Al.
"Yea right," said Tinker getting Uncle Monty's wheelchair from the trunk.
"Well well well if it ain't the Hewitt's," said a man coming down the steps of the house. Alfredo shoved him when the man tried to hug him and when Tex reached him he grabbed him in a head lock.
"Hey Vilmer you stupid bastard," he said. Carrie stopped in front of them just waiting to be introduced then a woman who looked to be around her age came out and when Alfredo passed her he looked back and smacked her ass. She hit him hard yelling with a mighty voice but Al just laughed. "Still feisty as ever Darla," he said as she still continued to fight him.
"Quit touching me woman and say hi to baby sis," he said. That's when Vilmer turned around.
"Baby sis?" he said and then looked over at Carrie. She waved shyly and Tex started telling him the whole story of how Carrie joined the family. Darla's angry expression immediately changed and she left Al's side and scurried over to Carrie hugging her reassuringly while saying "poor thing" over and over. Tinker and Mae finally headed towards them after taking time to help Monty in his wheelchair. Tinker looked at Darla first and sneered and she made the same face back at him. "Yea Tinker I'm still with Vilmer," she said, before he could get a word out.
"Yep and I feel sorry for ya little cousin," he replied putting his good hand on Vilmer's shoulder. All the boys laughed but Darla ignored them and led Carrie into the house after Mae and Monty. Inside there was four other boys coming down the steps and in the living room there was an old man sitting on the couch immobile. There was also someone talking to Mae in the kitchen. Carrie was so caught up wondering who was in the kitchen she hadn't even noticed one of the boys talking to her until Darla called out her name and put her arm around her. "Oh sorry," she said.
"No need to be sorry Carrie, feel free to ignore these jerks at any time especially this one, his name's Bobby, and that's W.E., Drayton, and Nubbins. They're Vilmer's idiot brothers,"
"The name is Hitch," said Nubbins pushing away Darla. "and don't listen to this bitch Carrie she don't know what she's talking about,"
"An my name is Chop top but you darling can call me Bobby," said the one besides her as he caressed her arm.
"Hi," she said politely.
W.E. came up on her other side and gently took her hand and kissed it as he started reciting some literature that sounded like something off Romeo and Juliet. Carrie blushed and everyone laughed and Vilmer suddenly appeared and put his arm around her and his brother. "Don't mind this lit quoting redneck Carrie, and young Drayton here is harmless," he said. Drayton simply smiled at her. Carrie smiled back and Darla pulled her away from her husband once she managed to get out of Hitch's grasp. It was then that Carrie noticed something was off with Vilmer's leg and when Darla saw her looking she leaned in close and whispered how it was animatronic. She led her into the living room where the old man was sitting and Tex and Bobby followed behind them. "That's Grandpa Sawyer," Bobby told her. "He's 124 years old and if he ain't sitting on that damn couch he's up in bed. He never talks but he'll move around from time to time." To Carrie he looked like a dead corpse since he barely had any fat on him and looked like old skin and bones. But rather than say anything she simply smiled and oddly enough it looked like the old corpse nodded at her. She immediately decided to change the subject.
"So how you all related?"
"Well," Tex started, "Basically the family tree goes like this. Grandpa and Grandma Sawyer had ma, uncle Monty, and another named Charlie. Ma married this guy named Elijah Hewitt was she was very young and afterwards she had uncle Hoyt. Years later Charlie married Aunt Faye, who's over there in the kitchen, and had Vilmer, W.E., Bobby, Drayton, and Hitch. Me, Al, and Tinker, are Elijah's sisters kids and she was a whore according to him so we ain't got the same pa. As for Tommy, well ma found him in a dumpster and just decided to bring him home," he explained.
"And then Darla here is Vilmer's whore," added Bobby.
"You ass, I'm not his whore," Darla screamed and threw a pillow at him. All the guys laughed.
"Well you ain't no wife. A wife's supposed to be obedient and all you do is complain and take shit that don't belong to you,"
"Shut up Bobby,"
"I told you not to call me that. It's Chop Top,"
"I ain't calling you that stupid nickname of yours that makes no sense at all,"
"Can you two go two minutes without fighting? God dammit I'm trying to educate Carrie about our family and you're here just nagging up a storm." Said Tex. Darla crossed her arms and looked away angrily and Bobby scratched his head an his angry look turned apologetic as his eyes connected with Carrie.
"Sorry cuz," he said. "Go on ahead Tex,"
"So what happened to Charlie and Elijah," Carrie suddenly asked.
This time Bobby answered. "Elijah got so drunk he shot himself in the mouth on accident and blew his brains out and Charlie got killed by some bitch that ran him over then chopped off his head."
"Yea and that same bitch cut off my leg," said Vilmer who appeared with a woman who Carrie assumed was Aunt Faye. Vilmer pulled up his pant leg and showed off his fake leg with a grin like it was a prize but no one looked amused. "Tommy then caught her and I tore that girl up real good."
"Stop scaring the poor girl Vilmer," said Faye.
"Oh she ain't scared ma, right Carrie." She shook her head. Yes she was nervous but she wasn't scared and everyone around her seemed like they liked her so that made her worry even less.
A while later all the boys went downstairs to the basement with two boxes of beer while Carrie followed Darla into the kitchen. Monty wheeled himself into the living room and watched TV with old Grandpa Sawyer. "I told you to stop watching this crap show pa," he muttered and grabbed the remote to change the channel. Grandpa Sawyer didn't move or reply but Monty gave him an annoyed look as if he had. Downstairs the boys were drinking beer and laughing while over in the corner some girls were caged up half naked. Tex was repeating the story of Tommy and Carrie again an they were all laughing madly. "Damn why the hell didn't that big piece of shit come over here anyway," said Hitch.
"He was hiding out like always, you know how Tommy is," said Al.
"Still shy as hell when it comes to girls. Remember when we tried to get him to let one of our girls fuck him. That scared the shit outta him and he ran outta here so fast I swear I nearly pissed myself laughing at his little crying face," said Bobby.
"He ain't so shy when it comes to baby sis. They was sleeping in his bed just the other night," said Al.
"Well I'll be damned," said Drayton.
"Oh I see, so Tommy likes the innocent inexperienced girls," said Vilmer.
"Who cares what the hell Tommy likes. I can't imagine that boy loving anything much less anyone. All he knows how to do is kill and make a mess of things, its only cause that little darling up there is so sweet to him and that's what makes it seems like he likes her," spoke W.E.
"Shut up W.E., you don't know what you're talking about," replied Tinker. "You gotta be there to know. Me, Al, and Tex know, that boy may only know how to kill but he's got something for little Carrie and it ain't no little crush."
"Damn, straight. He'll kick your ass if you touch baby sis," laughed Al.
"Yea like he did with you," said Tex, and everyone else roared with laughter. Alfredo just sneered and stood up with his beer in hand.
"Quit talking about that you damn dick," he said an drank down the rest of his beer. "Give me a girl Vilmer, I'm ready for some action,"
"Well then let's get to it," said his cousin.