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Chapter 41
DARREN
Past
Igo up to the second-floor balcony of my club to find JD sitting with his forearms resting over his knees, his head hung low as he stares at the coffee table in front of him.
“You okay?” I ask.
JD straightens. “I’ll be fine. Just reflecting on some of my missteps related to work.”
I sit down next to him and lean back into the sofa. “Are these missteps permanent?”
“You want to know details?”
If I’m going to become more entrenched with the triad, I suppose I might as well understand what all the different players are up to, but I fall back to my old adage of knowing less. I can always catch up with JD later, once my position is official.
“No,” I reply.
JD thinks for a moment. “Nah, they’re not permanent. I had a shipment go bad. My first one. But I learned. And the second one will go more smoothly. I do have a new problem I wasn’t expecting, but I’ll fix it soon enough.”
He studies me, and I almost think that I’m related to the problem somehow.
“When’s your flight to Hong Kong?” he asks.
“Midnight tomorrow.”
“I think I might pay a visit to the mainland, too. Check on that side of the business arrangements to ensure a smoother transition of the exports.”
“You want to book the same flight?”
He knits his brows. “Got to take care of some things here first. Maybe in two or three days. Hey, I’m proud of you, man. Following in the footsteps of your old man. You tell your mom yet?”
“No. She’s going to flip when I do.”
“Well, you can’t be your momma’s boy for forever.”
“Who is a momma’s boy?” asks a woman’s voice.
JD and I turn around to see it’s Olga and Tatiana, the latter another tall and beautiful model. Both of them wear skintight dresses that show off their long legs and swollen tits.
“Tatiana, long time no see,” JD greets, getting up to give her a hug and kiss.
“I heard you two were both in shooting?” she asks.
He sits back down. “Nothing major. Caught a bullet in my leg, but I’m all good now.”
Tatiana turns to me. “Did you miss me, Darren?”
I only smile because the honest answer wouldn’t make her happy.
She looks at me slyly beneath thick fake lashes. “I know you missed me.”
“Nyet. He has girlfriend now,” Olga says.
Tatiana raises her brows. “Kimberly?”
Olga shakes her head. “A woman who likes ugly sweaters.”
