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“Yeah, Dante told me they tried to sell some to his crehich is weird since the cartels don’t fuck with black” Mick scratched his beard, his gaze darting between me and Roddick “Think we should take that news to Lazarus?”
Roddick blew out a breath and scrubbed a hand down his beard “You mean some enemy of my enemy type shit?”
He nodded “Exactly It would relieve us of the headache they’re causing by hanging around Brently Plus, if Lazarus finds out on his oe’ll be cleaning bodies up off the streets of Brently, and then we’ll have to worry about Sheriff Darlington”
I nodded “If they’re followingothers, so we need to make sure everyone keeps their heads on a swivel” I was so fucking amped up from that chase, I kneould be hours before I ca one of those crazy bastards could have started shooting with Minx between us made me so da theet out of here,” I grued animal
“Corab some food” Mick clapped me on my back and pushed me toward the exit “You’re too damn wound up, man”
“Minx was on the back offuot a bullet with that motherfucker’s name on it, Mick”
“If you have to, just ht now is to start more shit with the cartel”
I knehat he was saying was right We were still rebuilding our nuain CAOS wasn’t ready for battle, and I’d be da urge to fuck soht about now
“So you and Minx, huh?”
I grinned as alked into Black Betty “She’ll deny it until her dying breath, but yeah” I wanted to ask Mick about her past again because I knew she was hiding so, but for some reason, I wanted her to be the one to tell h”
Mick took the booth near the back, facing theI didn’t like having my back to the door, but I trusted Mick with my life Had done so many times in the past, except those last three years after he’d retired “Yeah, well, she has a good reason to be skittish If you mistreat her, Talon will cut off your balls so…you know”
Yeah, I knew, but still I laughed at the i at hed “But the truth is she’s more likely to mistreat me,” I told him She was scared, and I knew people often struck out when they were too scared to act, whichdoasn’t on onna end up in the shit with Wagman and Rocky?”
Mick nodded, but his answer came slower This hy I respected Mick so ht about shit before he spoke “They’re trying to er, but they knoe operate so they knoork around us Most ie”
Yeah, I kne fucking dangerous that could be “Who would’ve thought we left the middle east behind and still ended up at war?” It’s not exactly how I pictured retirement, but when I left the SEALs I was lost After a decade of structure and order and unattainable goals,up with Mick and CAOS had given iven me a purpose I could be a badass outlaithout actually being a bad guy
“Yeah, but this is the first tiuys need h to come up with a side hustle like the rest of us If I didn’t have the ”