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out in laughter again. “You know he does!” Toby cracked up laughing.
    Nuke flipped everyone off again. “My finger is going to get tired giving you bastards the one-finger salute!” Nuke laughed and so did everyone else.
    Pipe reluctantly spoke up when the laughter died down. “The ESGs have been club friendlies for years. I don’t think they would buy from someone else.”
    “Which is why you and Nuke are going to go get confirmation. Either way, the Disciples of Ares are going to be dealt with. You don’t come into our city and set up shop with our fucking colors!” Mitch quickly replied. “Now what’s going on with your brother and the dead woman?” Mitch gave Nuke a stern look.
    “He claims he doesn’t know who shot at them. He said a man that goes by the name of Nick Kordell thinks he stole money from him. The dead woman was also Kordell’s wife, and Holden did admit to banging her.”
    “Holden is a lot of things; an innocent bystander isn’t one of them,” Mitch replied.
    “I’m checking into Kordell,” Tech spoke up. “So far, I got nothing interesting. He’s just your average middle-aged man. Gracie – that’s the dead woman – is his second wife. He’s been married to her for ten years.  He’s got a stepdaughter named Tori who just turned eighteen. He owns a kiosk at the mall, where they sell jewelry and purses. The kiosk, he apparently really set it up for his stepdaughter. She wants to be an accessory designer. He also owns a car lot. That’s where he spends most of his time.”
    “Does he have money or is he in debt?” Nuke asked.
    “He’s not a millionaire, but he’s not hurting for cash either,” Tech replied. “Most of his debt from what I can see is coming from the deceased wife and step-daughter. They like to shop. His first wife, she’s loaded. The car lot was part of the divorce settlement.”
    “Yeah, that makes sense. Medic said he noticed how expensive her clothes were,” Nuke added.
    “I don’t trust your brother, and I know you don’t, either,” Mitch said. “He’s a snake, always has been.”
    “We also think he drugged the dogs,” Nuke continued. “They were acting odd. Brock told me they didn’t get back to normal until about ten this morning.”
    Mitch nodded. “Watch that motherfucker. I don’t give a damn if he is blood. Holden is not to be trusted. That goes for all of you. Make sure he doesn’t see anything, hear anything or go anyplace unescorted.”
    Nuke and everyone sitting at the table nodded in agreement.
    “We got your back, bro, on whatever drama he’s bringing. We’re family; he’s not,” Toby said as he looked over at Nuke with a nod.
    “Thanks everybody!” Nuke replied.
    “Anyone have anything else?” Mitch asked.
    They all looked around the table, silent.
    “Meeting adjourned.” Mitch cracked the gavel.
     
    ***
     
    Kevin tagged along with Nuke and Pipe when they went to Club Mirror. Ricky was a man who never varied from his routine. One day that would surely get him killed. He was in the VIP section, like the king of the club, as usual. They stepped up to the small-framed Asian man working security.  He had to be in his mid-fifties, and he looked even more out of place than Nuke, Kevin and Pipe.
    As Nuke stared down at him he wondered for a second where Sergio was at. “You know what I’ve learned in life,” Nuke said as he glanced back at Kevin.
    “Nope what have you learned?” Kevin asked as he looked around, inspecting the club.
    “I’ve seen enough martial arts movies to know that if a small Asian man is working security, don’t try to be a bad-ass; shoot his ass because he can probably beat the fuck out of you,” Nuke said, laughing.
    The man working security cracked a smile. He glanced back at Ricky, who nodded. He then let them walk past the velvet rope. They took a seat on the purple leather sofa.
    “I hate this song,” Kevin complained.
    “But have you seen the video? I replay it like porn,”