Chapter 15

“So.., You are telling me that you betrayed us because she promised that if you helped her out she would sleep with you. Something so little…” 

My eyes sharpened. 

“It was not my intention to do such a thing to you Boss! I was not thinking!” His word’s annoy me, But with how much work Troy put into his ‘stay here’ I do not wish to end him so quickly.

“You where not thinking clearly….” My right hand cradled my face, As I continued my thought.

“Troy.., How much thinking does it take to ‘watch’ one hostage?” Tory smirks at my words. 

“Last I checked, There was nothing hard than siting.., Unless you have a hard time not thinking with your dick!” Troy’s laugh fills the room, As Quarrie replacement quivered. 

“Troy you can finish with him later, For now let’s focus no retrieving that stupid woman.” 

If she is found by the feds before us…, I don’t even want to think of the consequences because of that fool!

“Don’t you think I would be better to finish with him now that allowing him to live only a little longer?”

Troy dose have a good point but I don’t care., I just don’t want to have to kill my bargaining chip.

“As I said leave him for now.” I throw a scowl at Rick before leaving the room, There are only a few in my inner circle. “Troy Get Emily on the phone, We will need the clean up crew as soon as possible!”

Worry scrapes across Troys face, He know’s when I’m past the point of no return. 

When my mind is made up to fully brake some one…, There is not much anyone can do to stop me even those of my inner circle. “Also Troy., Ready the car. I want to leave as soon as possible!” Troy nods.

As he leaved the room I took one more look at Rick, He had been begging Tory to give him more to do. 

And yet he could not do even one of our simplest jobs! As I leave I feel my scowl growing even deeper as I walk, Why now!

“The car is ready, Is there a problem?” Tory is always right on when reading me, A thing I worry about if he were to ever betray me. 

“No.., Let’s head out.” But knowing Troy, He would retire before even thinking betrayal was an option.

A good quality few have, A few wondering thoughts have me diving away from my goals… 

How unlike me! 

After getting in the car I looked over the footage from the hidden cameras, Tory had hidden for me thought the area earlier to watch that reached woman. That’s when I released that Rick and Quarrie where not the only rat’s in that warehouse, As luck would have it on the day’s that Luke and Les where off there was someone sneaking in.

At lest they where smart enough to clover their face, But as for how they got there….. Who leaves their license plate face up in the backseat of there get away car. 

“Troy., The secure phone please.” 

Troy taps a button on the dash of the car, And a small compartment opened from the back of the seat in front of me on my right. I grab the the handle of the phone typing in a number as I go, By the third ring the person on the other line picks up. 

“Hello? What can the Specter do for you today?”

The voice is almost horse. 

“Good Night Specter, The Phantom is in need of your esteemed services” A crisp sound of shuffling comes through the speaker. 

“Phantom I will not be invading a non syndicate persons privacy again!” I sigh, But smile at their words. “It’s not about that Specter, I am going to send you a USB with a video file.” I look at the feed again. 

“I need you to find everything associated with the license plate and the identity of the person in question.” They chuckle. 

“I look forward to my compensation.” 

With that the line goes dead.

I don’t feel surprised at their actions, After all they have always gotten there job done in a timely manner. 

“Soooo, Is Specter going to help?” Troy glances between me and the road. “That seemed like a very short conversation….” I shrug at his words.

“Spector knows their orders.” Troy’s eyes squint, And I place the phone back and pull out the SD card. 

“And you stop at the electronics store on the way back, I’m going to need a fresh USB.” Tory nods, As we cross over a bridge to the other side of the city. 

After arriving back at home I try to decompress, Tory has already left and Emily has yet to return. She is the best in the business of ‘cleaning’ for both me and my late father. I trudge over to the kitchen wondering what I have to drink, Emily always has everything ready form me before I arrive.

How annoying this is…., My thoughts seem to swirl in to a disfigured blob of nothingness. 

Everything was working out so well until those two had to mess every thing up, Who is that man in those videos, How was he able to get both Quarrie and Rick to side with them, And the most important question of all what am I going to do with them when I do find them. Grabbing the nearest bottle from the shelf I pour myself a drink, I need something strong to sooth the headache then is quaking through my head. 

My phone vibrates, It the reminder that I had set for meeting Lana for breakfast. 

“It’s tomorrow…,” The word’s seem to drip from my lips, I had almost forgotten with everything that has happened today I’ve been enveloped by my annoyance. I pull up her number, Tipping out a simple message as a reminder abut the time and place I send it.

Deimos: Good Evening Lana, Time meeting 6:30am, Place we are meeting at The Coffee Sage café. I look forward to seeing you then.

I place my phone down and head toward my bedroom, I cant help but feel that deep rutted and  impatient itch in the back of my mind. 

I try to push away the feelings and focus more on getting ready to go to sleep, I need the rest. After the day I’ve had all I want to do is empty my mind and close my dry eyes.