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Instead of putting it back on the side, I pushed the box into my pocket For some unknown reason, I liked to carry it around with me; it made me smile every ti into- itabout her now though; I really needed to get to the warehouse before they all started calling rabbedout of the apartht over, because once this job was done, then that just left the fun things

The fifteen minute drive seemed to pass in a blur and before I knew it I pulled up at the warehouse

I didn’t want to be working tonight at all, I should have finished with Brett last week but the bastard had ood Apparently he had no one else that worked like me, no one he could trust not to screw this up and he wanted his strongest teaht wasn’t a boost like I’d told Ellie it was, tonight was soood way

My hand closed around the door handle and shoved the door of my truck open, just as Brett walked out of the warehouse, looking in my direction with a stern expression on his face I flicked my eyes to the clock on my dashboard, it was one minute past eleven, technically I was late Da ti too happy withthe life out of , lost track of ti?"

He nodded and uys all walked out of the warehouse behind hiht, Brett obviously didn’t want to take any risks Ray waved in acknowledge like this, he was just athat wasn’t car related I envied hi to their respective cars in the lot I spotted Terry, so decided to ride with him, I didn’t really want to take my piece of shit car to a deal like this one, that wouldn’t look too good on Brett

"Kid, you’re withtowards Terry’s car

I sighed, but nodded, heading over to his Bentley instead "Alright, Ed?" I greeted He nodded in response, looking a little nervous Usually these type of things, and thewith a brand new client were always a little nerve-wracking because you never kneas going to go down - hence why Brett was bringing along all of his heavies

As I slid into the back of the car with Brett, he sh his hair "You have a piece?" he asked suddenly as the car pulled out

I gulped and shookabout "No, but I don’t want one anyway," I answered

Heout a black duffle bag Dread washed overto touch one of those, but I guess tonight I wasn’t so lucky He pulled open the bag and uns he had nestled inside it

"Brett, really, I don’t want one," I protested

He shook his head fir me that it wasn’t really an offer, but an order

"You’re co to the front with me, you need to be arhed and looked in the bag, seeing about ten guns in there, ranging in sizes fro up one of the sun I kne they worked, I’d been taught how to use one but I’d never actually fired one at a real person

Usually these were just carried for show, so that people wouldn’t think about a double cross, hopefully tonight would be no different

Tonight Brett waswith the head of a rival syndicate from the next state The Lazlo family had ht they were trying to uns mostly They’d never met up before; Brett was hard-core, and well connected, but this guy that he was ue entirely

Hopefully they’d be able to coht; if they could then they would forest crime syndicate in this side of the US Brett was suy Doue

"Why a to the front? Doesn’t Ed usually do that?" I asked, not wanting to get that involved I didn’t even want to be here, usually I would just stand at the back and look inti, but now it appeared that I would actually be involved in the talks too? This night sucked big ti stupid "I need this guy to be iood for ard you’re held in by your peers, Kid"

I frowned, wishing this night was over with already "But I’etting involved in anything?" I asked, shrugging

His face turned hard "Don’t mention that in front of Do, so as far as tonight goes, you’re on my team to stay," he said fiercely "I really want to form this partnership with hiht Not only will I have all my usual customers, but I’ll have the ones that he can put my way too It works both ways, people that usually couns and I’d tell them to find someone else, well, I’d pass them onto Doet the benefit of a reduced price supplier He shifts er territory with people to do all the dirty work for hiin It’s a in situation"