MCALISTER, jarred brian

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You’re not going to tell him I told you any of this are you? Because he would put a damned bullet in my head if he knew I’d told you. Hell he’d put a bullet in my head if he knew I knew this stuff about him. You don’t just know all this about a man who makes a life out of being secret you know? Only reason I know about it is from what I’ve heard and from being on the side-lines watching him grow up. I may be in my fifties now but that doesn’t mean I want to go throwing my life out of a window because he found out I know too much you understand? Good.

So “Jay” as people commonly call him; his full name is Jarred Brian McAlister and he was born on the second of August in nineteen ninety one according to any official documentation about him. It makes him twenty two now and he wasn’t born here in the states either, he was born in Ireland. His dad Brian McAlister was not a nice man and from what I’ve heard his mother didn’t live much longer than it took to give birth to him. What I do know is that she is dead and his old man took off for the states when he got into a bit of trouble back in Ireland. He was in the mob back there then came here and hooked up with the one the kid’s still tangled in today.

His dad died, got hit by a car or something when he was about five? Left the kid alone and when he started making his life by picking pockets, stealing, and using skills his dad had already been teaching him he’d gotten nabbed by someone in the group and taken to the leader. Yeah that sounds like a bad line from some sort of fictional story but it’s the truth. I was there when he was brought in, he was scrappy and tough already, seven years old and already a fighter because of the life he’d been living. It isn’t right seeing a kid that young have to fight to survive like he did but it made him tough.

He somehow managed to impress everyone and next thing you know he’s being raised in the family. Not just by someone in the group but by the man himself along with his own kids. I can’t imagine it was easy learning everything the hard way or something that would make a man turn out right in the grand scheme of things but for the life he was part of he turned out good. Leader material that boy; he was strong, tough, determined, able to make the hard choices, cold enough to do what he had to without looking back, human enough still to make it seem like he’s your average joe, and from what I can tell he learned a thing or two about caring for real from somewhere. Not sure where exactly but it happened and he’s better off for it.

The man is loyal, fierce, and protective of the few people he calls family or friends. quick behind the wheel of a car he has a lead foot and his aim with a gun is nothing to be mocked because he learned those skills the hard way. Do or die. He’s not someone you’d want to get on the wrong side of because he’s the sort to act first and consider the consequences later. On that note he’s also good at covering his tracks so the consequences aren’t ever what they would be if he got caught. On the down side he’s controlling and has a touchy temper. He tends to snap when pushed rather than handling a situation rationally and he has a need to be in control of the situation because he doesn’t like feeling like he’s at someone else’s mercy. It’s a lesson he learned in becoming who he is and it’s a hard habit to break.

He used to be under the big man’s wing, doing as told and playing the part of the good little soldier. Lately they’ve been questioning his loyalties because he’s not as connected as he should be. He isn’t with the core group anymore, sent off looking for something though no one is sure what exactly he’s supposed to be finding. Some think it’s the wayward son Danny other’s think it’s a loose end that needs tied up and even a few think it has something to do with a challenger to the group. Either way he’s not local anymore and he’s getting harder to reach the longer he’s gone.

Another rumor I’ve heard is that he found a woman who can handle him. If that’s the case then good for him and I wish him well, I just hope he knows that he can’t just walk away. No one can just walk away from this shit. You either die or you spend your life running while you’re hunted. He didn’t seem the stupid type to me and with as much responsibility as he’s got on his shoulders being one of the closest to the boss? He must know better than to be trying to walk. Least a man can hope so.