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Story: Devil's Lair
“What’s up?” He asked as soon as we were alone.
I paced a bit looking around. “We good? No devices listening in?”
“I do a sweep daily here. We left both our phones at the bar. We should be good. What’s on your mind, bro?”
“Ezra and I are kinda in some shit…”
“What else is new?” He almost rolled his eyes but instead cracked his neck.
“That tourist girl who is missing… were know where she is.”
“Did you get paid?”
‘“Directly for benign indirectly involved.”
“Shiitttt…,” he blew out a breath.
“We didn’t grab the girl. The coyotes for the Cartel did. We just cleaned up any evidence and gave them clear passage down to the port. She’s on a shipping container headed out to International Waters where they are holding a virtual auction.”
“Fuck. We trying to get the MC clean out of that whole mess.”
“Like I said. We didn’t take or sell the girl. Now her sister is in town and she ain’t a quiet one. She’s lighting up the sheriff and poking her nose around. The Cartel has their eyes on her and if a second girl gets gone—all kinds of eyes are gonna be on us. We are still a long way from being legit business wise. The last thing we need is any kind of Fed Agency down here poking around.”
“Agreed. How can I help. Do a clean sweep of any digital footprint that could be out there… we were careful but these days avoiding detection is almost impossible.”
“Where?”
“She was taken at the canyon. We dumped the car at the chop shop. She stayed at the motel off of the highway.”
“I’ll take care of it.” He placed a hand on my shoulder. ‘What about the sister?”
“Ezra and I will handle her. I’m meeting him soon.”
“Good. This shit stays between us.”
“Thanks,” I answered gruffly before finishing my beer.
“Come inside, get a girl,… blow some steam.”
“Nah,” I waved a hand. “I’m good. The pussy here is getting stale if you know what I mean.”
“Maybe you should participate in the auction?”
“I just might have too,” I drawled.
I drank a few more beers, watching my men relax before meeting Ezra.
“Sup brother?” We clasped hands.
There was snowing around but the cloak of darkness combined with the chirping of nighttime insects. I slapped a mosquito that dared land on my arm.
“My contact, Pico, gave me some news.”
I lit a cigar, taking a huge puff. “Lay it on me.”
“The auction is in three days. They don’t like the sister hanging around. They want either grab her too and sell them both as a two for… or maybe she has a little accident.”
“Fuck, no.” I growled, feeling my jaw tick. “I’ll deal with her.”
I paced a bit looking around. “We good? No devices listening in?”
“I do a sweep daily here. We left both our phones at the bar. We should be good. What’s on your mind, bro?”
“Ezra and I are kinda in some shit…”
“What else is new?” He almost rolled his eyes but instead cracked his neck.
“That tourist girl who is missing… were know where she is.”
“Did you get paid?”
‘“Directly for benign indirectly involved.”
“Shiitttt…,” he blew out a breath.
“We didn’t grab the girl. The coyotes for the Cartel did. We just cleaned up any evidence and gave them clear passage down to the port. She’s on a shipping container headed out to International Waters where they are holding a virtual auction.”
“Fuck. We trying to get the MC clean out of that whole mess.”
“Like I said. We didn’t take or sell the girl. Now her sister is in town and she ain’t a quiet one. She’s lighting up the sheriff and poking her nose around. The Cartel has their eyes on her and if a second girl gets gone—all kinds of eyes are gonna be on us. We are still a long way from being legit business wise. The last thing we need is any kind of Fed Agency down here poking around.”
“Agreed. How can I help. Do a clean sweep of any digital footprint that could be out there… we were careful but these days avoiding detection is almost impossible.”
“Where?”
“She was taken at the canyon. We dumped the car at the chop shop. She stayed at the motel off of the highway.”
“I’ll take care of it.” He placed a hand on my shoulder. ‘What about the sister?”
“Ezra and I will handle her. I’m meeting him soon.”
“Good. This shit stays between us.”
“Thanks,” I answered gruffly before finishing my beer.
“Come inside, get a girl,… blow some steam.”
“Nah,” I waved a hand. “I’m good. The pussy here is getting stale if you know what I mean.”
“Maybe you should participate in the auction?”
“I just might have too,” I drawled.
I drank a few more beers, watching my men relax before meeting Ezra.
“Sup brother?” We clasped hands.
There was snowing around but the cloak of darkness combined with the chirping of nighttime insects. I slapped a mosquito that dared land on my arm.
“My contact, Pico, gave me some news.”
I lit a cigar, taking a huge puff. “Lay it on me.”
“The auction is in three days. They don’t like the sister hanging around. They want either grab her too and sell them both as a two for… or maybe she has a little accident.”
“Fuck, no.” I growled, feeling my jaw tick. “I’ll deal with her.”