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Chapter Seven
There was always something that needed to be done.
Elias, Sergio, and a falcon named Teddy patiently waited to see what I wanted them to do. I finished my text to Elena and looked up to my brother’s amused grin.
“What the fuck are you smiling at?”
“You’ve always been a patient man, Mateo, but not to this extent––and never with a woman.”
I thumbed my chin, setting my phone down on the table beside a stack of cash and customized handgun. Sometimes I thought my baby brother operated on the same wavelength as me. He was the only person in the world aside from our mãe who understood my thought process and little quirks.
“I like her, so what? What’s your point?” I shrugged. Elena was different. She was her own person and didn’t give a shit what anyone around here thought of her.
I got a report of her telling one of my falcons to fuck off when he refused her entry to a club called Shwab’s.
This was followed by a barrage of texts accusing me of being behind it. Of course, it was me. She could go to any number of clubs but a select few, after proving that to her the day before she was now sending me a dozen texts about how I needed to stop sending her things. She needed to stop telling me what to fuck to do–but we could discuss that in person.
“No point irmão. This is good. Just...” he trailed off, aiming a pointed look at Teddy.
I nodded and slipped into a mode of business. “I have twelve bundles separated into seven. We have eighty-four small deposits that need to be evenly disbursed into the accounts. Spread them out to people who are consistent in the amounts they put in and withdraw,” I directed at Teddy, who was already separating the cash into inconspicuous containers.
I wasn’t worried about him being robbed, no one was that fucking stupid. It was a precaution. Though the local law enforcement was headed by my aunt and full of our own people, there was always the cop who wanted to be a hero that slipped through the cracks, desperate to build a case that couldn’t be built. He’d eventually fuck up, disclose his identity, and be killed. Many had come before him, and many would follow.
Sometimes, I thought of letting them get to the finish line just to see what would happen.
How would they try and finally take not only my family, but every other corrupt family down in my motherfucking city? Seeing the bloodbath alone was almost worth it.
“Take a hitman with you,” I called after Teddy on his way out of my dining room.
“Now why the fuck did I get a call this morning that the Serban supply was two kilos short? Who the fuck let two––two––goddamn kilos vanish?”
“That would have been Joshua B-something.” Sergio was quick to reply, already working to remedy the situation.
“What kind of dumbfuck steals so much?” Elias laughed.
I ran a hand over my face. Why was recruitment such a pain in the ass?
“Is Diablo ready for us?”
“Yes,” they replied in unison.
“Good. One of you grab the camera and let’s go.”
I left the room and headed for the front door. Elias caught up with me just as I turned the handle, following me out.
“Say what you were going to say,” I said to him without pausing.
“What happens when everything comes to light? We both know she didn’t come back here to live the life of the rich and corrupt like the rest of us.”
“I think she came back at her gran
dmother’s request, and that’s where I’ve started for answers. Lucielle is a sneaky bitch and Elena is naïve. She doesn’t have the life experience to know better. But with that being said, she isn’t happy living with the grandmother or the uncle for a reason. I know it has to do with me. What they want exactly, who knows? I’ll figure it out. I have a few theories.”
“Are you going to tell me what they are?”
“No,” I grinned, climbing into one of the four UTV’s I had to drive across my property.
“I figured this would all be a grand pre-finale leading up to the game.”
