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Swapping out
ETA 30
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While I wait for his reply. I call in the calvary. I pull money out of my wallet and stand up. Without a word Cobra follows suit. The door jingles. Three of five back up members stroll in.
My phone pings as we walk out the door.
CHURCH NOW
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Devil’s phone pings a second later and we hurry to his cage. We’re all driving them tonight. Devil’s is a royal blue and white 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca.
As we’re leaving the diner Havoc, Hurl, and Honda had come in to replace us. They would wait with Charlie until she finished her shift a couple hours from now. Mayhem, and Hustle were somewhere in the parking lot.
“How fast can you drive this thing?” I ask.
Cobra smiles.
“Buckle up, let’s find out.”
Cobra peels out of the parking lot like a shot and races down the street. I activate my scanner app and connect my phone into the car’s Bluetooth.
“This will let us know if there are police nearby.”
“I fucking love your big ass brain, bro.”
I laugh. “Thanks, brother.”
He floors it when we come to an open expanse of road.
“I love being a King, man. Doing what I love, making bank, booze, women. It’s the fucking life, man.”
Cobra is only two years younger than me, but he’s more of a wild child, whereas I’ve always been a geek. My old room back home still has action figures on the shelves. A few are probably worth a mint.
I’m saving them until I have kids, then I’ll sell a few and start college funds. The rest they can play with should they like that kind of thing. Of course, I have everyStar TrekandStar Warsmovie, TV special, and book. I still grab new action figures I think will have value. I buy two, one to keep and one for my future children.
I wonder if I can convert the triplets to the dark side. I open my notes app and make a quick reminder to do a search correlation for their age group. I’ll also do a general age group search to find more things in common with the girls. Valentina is having a hard time with me dating their mom. The other girls are thrilled. As are Regina and Pops.
Chapter 28
Wizard
Gambit bangs the skull on the table. “Church motherfuckers!”
Phones are off or on silent and face down.
“About ninety minutes ago, Wizard and Cobra were at the River Road Rest Stop. Charlie is on shift tonight. She’s still gathering information on Lola’s case. I’ll let Wizard tell you more.”
I push a few buttons and pull up the first of the four diner losers. I introduce each one, starting with Caleb Reynard, giving them basic information. I wrap up with Marcus Brooks.
“While the four of them chatted, I found out a few things. Brooks has the hots for Charlie. The only thing holding him back is Petrov’s interest in her. We’ll circle back around to that. The most urgent information I gleaned tonight is that the Bratva is expecting a shipment tomorrow night around ten.
“I believe the shipment is people. Bug and I have been working on tying Petrov and Barnes together. They have a large network, and I think we should involve US Marshals. Let them take down Barnes and the local Bratva.
“Bug knows a US Marshal. His friend can send us a couple handpicked agents. We’ll get sworn in with authorization to use lethal force.