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Zach flipped his cigar, staring at the tip for a second before he lowered the s stick He leveled Copper with a look that had his sto

“Shit That bad?” There went the tension-reducing effects of one of his favorite activities “What? He not showing up for shifts or so his forearms on the desk

Zach shook his head and leaned back, propping an ankle on his knee Hisof smoke floated into the room Clearly, Zach wasn’t stressed by Rusty’s behavior “Nah, it’s not that bad Well, he missed one shift and o hours late for another, so that shit’s not ideal” He cocked his head “It’s , to be honest He’s short-teressive with my customers To be honest, Cop, and I say this with all due respect, he’s just been a dick since he’s been out”

Well, fuck That wasn’t what Copper wanted to hear He needed to check in more with Rusty Spend some quality time with his brother and help ease the transition back to real life Since the night of the welcoo, Copper had spent nearly all his spare ti fantastic, but didn’t do his blood brother any favors

“I’ll have a chat with hiive Rust a call Shell had the night off from her second job and had scheduled dinner at her o Since she wasn’t , he’d planned to catch up on so with Rusty

“Appreciate it, Prez” Zach’s deh”

“What’s going on?” Copper asked as he puffed on his cigar, watching the tufts of sh, he shifted his focus to his enforcer “Shit Don’t like the sound of that”

“And you shouldn’t” Zach dropped his foot and sat straight in his chair “We got a proble of a problem, maybe”

“Spit it the fuck out, Zach”

With a grunt, Zach pulled so out of his pocket and tossed it onto Copper’s desk The s to a stop directly under Copper’s gaze “Fuck”

“Yep”

Lifting the clear bag, Copper inspected the product that looked exactly like its namesake Small white crystals “Meth,” he said more to himself than to Zach

“Soht there”

“The fuck you get it?”