that.
Quinn’s stupid ass grin told me I was missing something. “What?”
“He’s afraid of the little hottie that works at the diner.” I rolled my eyes when the fuckery started. It never ceased to amaze me how grown men who’d served together in some of the most dangerous situations known to man could degenerate into high school pedantic assholes when it came to females.
“Fuck you I’m not afraid of anyone.”
“Are you blushing Ty, what the fuck?”
“Give me the damn list Lo; asshole.” That last was thrown at Quinn along with a left hook, which he ducked. “Never a dull fucking moment, and on that note.” I turned to Zak who looked like he was deep in thought about something. “Zak, Vanessa will be here sometime tomorrow or the day after, we cool?”
He didn’t look too sure there for a second and I wondered again just what the fuck had gone down between those two. From what I could remember, the two of them had been hot and heavy there for a while, which had been surprising considering the deal we’d made with each other as a team. I guess it had been acceptable because Vanessa was one of us, maybe not the same branch, but we were fighting for the same cause.
Unlike a civilian female she would understand the rigors and the ins and outs of the life.
Then one day it was like world war fucking four and the only reason things hadn’t escalated was because the shit went down while we were on a mission and both of them had to be mindful of their rank and where the fuck they were. After that, nothing! I don’t think he even mentioned her name after that last day. As mush as I like Vanessa, if there were any other way to do this, I would’ve gone with it.
“I’m cool Lo don’t start worrying about me I’m a big boy. Just let’s get to the bottom of this shit once and for all. I feel like there’s too much bullshit going on around us just lately, and we came here hoping to get away from that shit.”
He composed himself very well but he wasn’t fooling me. Hopefully whatever was going on between those two could be resolved this time. For now, I tabled it and focused on the issue at hand.
“I’m with you brother. The rest of you keep your eyes and ears open. Shit, I shoulda sent someone else with Ty.” I wasn’t thinking, didn’t think that anyone would go after one of us, especially not in broad daylight, but still. “From now on we do everything in twos until we’ve resolved this shit.”
Our talk with Robert last night only made me more uneasy. When there was that much secrecy involved and for so long, that left some serious implications. The only ones I know that could keep an operation like this under the radar for so long were governments and big time corporations.
Dealing with either is always a pain in the ass, and sometimes the only way to dismantle the shit was to cut off the snake’s head, literally.
“You think the commander found anything? If he was on the case you know he’d never give up.” We all had an opinion on that, and were pretty much in agreement.
The old man would never have left any stone unturned if he thought there was something illegal going on, especially in his little town. “He got sick though remember, so that could’ve brought his little PI game to an end. Whatever he found though it’s a safe bet that we’re gonna find it in the ledger or somewhere else in the house. I think it’s time we went through the place, maybe give Candy a few days off with pay. Dev can handle the books for that long at least, can’t you Dev?”
“Of course Cap, I say we table everything else and get to the bottom of this shit. The job here’s almost done, not much more to it but the superficial stuff anyway and we have the right people for that.” The guys all nodded their agreement and I guess that was that.
Ty came back with the grub and he didn’t look any worse for wear so I guess the hot little number that’s been giving him fits for a while hadn’t
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