“Everything for the big Club. The Club in a Club doesn’t need its own greenhouse. LP gave me the size and water needed for the fields and greenhouse. It’s done. We did the Club in a Club like here but here we have the AB Lab, training center, water training and extra simulators. I just need what you want to do to build the training or IT building for it.”
“You have the school and businesses?” Cort really is stunned and everyone is trying to hide smiles and fake coughs.
My new VP nods.
My old Pres smiles then hides it to ask. “So, who is going in the Club, we need a name, then who is the Club in a Club and what are they doing? Keylan has been building Clubs, theMasons from Champion on roads. We need help and the build Club is working for Brekan.”
Cort looks like he’s caught up now and pins me with his intense eyes. “We got small jobs like the dam. We need this threat to the Alpha-Bits cleared and surveillance.” He turns to LP. “We have the Brothers for surveillance.”
Alder stands on his chair. “We have seventy-two Brothers hired. I need forty-fifty start to new Club in Club. AI on drone, moves feed to Brother view, same to perimeter/K9 feed.”
“That will lighten the load on Clubs and ABIT?” Cort asks.
LP looks up at a screen. Justice answers. “It will, Boss. He’s going to have Keylan make it bigger for expansion. This is the new drone and perimeter feeds right now. It can be adjusted as we see new needs. The K9 while Alpha-Bit Officers are on Club grounds will be sufficient. Everyone is alerted and covers him with Enforcer level or above Brothers. With Ramsey, that will work and it frees up the Protectors that are wasted standing at doors.”
The giant POT takes a minute then nods and pins me with his eyes again. “The change in Club and job isn’t a problem for you?”
“No, Boss. My job was always transient.”
“We’ll get Done set up to run the Club. He’ll need a VP.” he turns his head to the right. “Is he ready for that?”
“He is Boss but he doesn’t have procedures. He got the Lead lessons years ago. He just needs the how to apply them.”
I know it?
Teller looks right at me. “You do, Brother. I’m up for training Officer so he sees how to apply the lessons. Two to three weeks gets us all freed up.” Teller Knight sounds confident that weeks will work.
I put the Knight in there so I remember where he’s from.I’ll get some of that confidence if he’s bringing the old lessons back up for me. I turn to the center screen. “I’m willing to put that work in and honored to use the skills I learned for the Clubs.”
The easy smile that forms with those intense eyes softening is completely open and friendly like when we had dinner and I note the quick change. “I love the military for answers like that. You’ll be getting Brothers just like you. Once you assess them, pick team members for the Club and refer the others to training for any specific area. You don’t miss shit and we need that at the top here. Done is a Prince, he’s freaky and trained to run a Club, VP’s job is to keep him covered. Traditionally VPs do businesses. You see how Keylan is training, assessing and sending on teams with Lead possibilities. Do that. He covers Stan when he’s on a job across the country, do that however you can. You’re okay with the K9’s?”
I nod and wait but he wants an answer. “I don’t talk much so they’re good partners.”
The Brothers on the boards laugh but Cort just smiles. “Good. Seamus does the chipped and military trained K9 Ops. K9’s are well trained but can only do so much and Seamus is one Brother. Harky and MB at Elite have been out of the country more than in lately. Mase has been saying this was needed for a while now. You’re staying close and doing the jobs while training. The West territory is huge and fixers available at more Clubs right here works for me. Get me those Brothers so our Protectors can breathe and see their kids.”
“Roger, Boss.” When he turns to the left and talks to Falcon or the board he’s on, I look down at my girl. She’s smiling and those eyes look like the light is shining toward me. I feel her love through those eyes. I give a quick squeeze to her hand letting her know I feel it.
They talk forever about needs they have, then the Cluband how it’s set all before I get my walking papers from LP and orders to be at the new Club tomorrow. The Officers will meet me there on their scheduled day.
I’m glad to get out of this meet but my old Pres stops that. “We need a name.” Everyone looks at Falcon, then me. I’m just a VP. A new VP at that.
Cort smiles. “Pick any letter that’s not used.”
“Précis, Liminal, Soigne…” Sophia makes me smile but Cort interrupted.
“Liminal?”
“The edge, boundary, vague.” She throws out.
He looks at me for the answer. “Any of them work. They’re all sort of the same, precision, detailed, meticulous fits with out on the edge and vague. Classified is all I know.”
He looks interested. “Alder will text it to you. You don’t like meets?”
I shrug. “I don’t mind what I can add to. I’m not a planner in Badass or wasn’t until tonight so the details of anything that’s not my job is classified and not mine to know or carry.”
“He’s like my grandfather. Singular focus. GK is the one that told us to get him training for this. Uncle Danny said not to throw it out,” Teller Knight says.
I look for it. Steve Knight was VP at the original Club and Danny was Axe LaPonte’s son. They’re both tied to Wall and his dad who started Badass. I throw chin at Teller who is watching me.
