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Le placed a cigar out on the wall and laughed. “Mikhail is your friend. Why should I trust you?”
I shrugged. “If you're afraid of Viktor, just say that.”
The man closest to me hit me in the face with his gun. Blood bursts from my nose and I wiped it on my pants. These bastards feared Viktor. Hell, anyone without a death wish would.
“He trusts me, so he'll never see Mikhail’s death coming. Now, if you’re going to kill him that works out in my favor. I don't want that weird bastard as an enemy.”
Everyone knew that Viktor didn’t trust many people. The people that were in his trust circle valued it more than money, gold, and even life.
“What's in it for me? Why should I help you?” Le leaned against the wall studying me.
Did he forget he planned to kill Mikhail?
“I'll return your girlfriend after you deliver Mikhail and do me a favor. My trust is given only when loyalty has been proven. Cun Pocoli, Vesim’s second in command, taped a few of our meetings without my knowledge.”
So, this Cun fellow betrayed you. Now you need me to save your ass. Why am I not surprised?
“I'm sure you can understand the impact of the Dragons betraying the Albanian mafia. I'm sure you understand the cost to ship women and kids and how that's added an extra fifteen million to my bottom line.”
“How does Mr. Phong plan to survive a war with the Albanians?” I looked at each man and their faces showed what they wouldn’t utter. Each of them knew that the Dragons wouldn’t survive a war with Vesim.
Le smiled. “Betraying Vesim isn’t anything personal? It’s just business.”
Frowning, I studied him. “Vesim doesn't strike me as stupid. Who does he think is stealing from him?”
“Don't worry about that. Bring those tapes in twenty-four hours and your girlfriend won’t be in the next shipping container heading out of the country. Tran will go with you.”
The smirk on Le’s face suggested that he thought he had the upper hand, but he was mistaken. I nodded reluctantly acting like this was the hardest task I had ever been given when it was quite simple. A lanky man standing behind Le came forward. His smirk irritated me.
Laugh now, dumb ass. I’ll be laughing in the end.
“What the fuck are you waiting for Tran. Set the time on your watch and hand it over to him.”
“Sure, thing boss,” said Tran.
The smile fell from his face as Le snapped at him. Taking the watch from Tran, I fastened it on my wrist. “Do you know how many tapes there are and where they are located?”
“Cun only drinks water from XONI, which delivers his water every third Tuesday, which happens to be today. Both of you will find a way to use XONI to enter his home and steal the tapes. Vesim has a huge party coming up and Cun must attend which means you can't kill him.”
I ground my teeth. “Are you sure you want me to keep him alive? It would be easier to kill him and save yourself future headaches.”
It would be even easier for me to kill him and pin his death on Cun. Dead men couldn’t absolve themselves of murder. He was stupid if he thought I believed he would keep me alive. When I brought him the tapes, and Mikhail was in his grasp, he’d kill us both.
“He must stay alive. If he ends up dead your girlfriend will too.”
“I need a few things in order to pull this off.” Pulling out a piece of paper, I started jotting down the items that I needed to make this work If I couldn’t kill Cun, I’d have to drug him long enough to get this done. I wrote down two poisons, contacts, wig, signal jammer, and two guns with silencers.
Le scanned the list. “Don't worry I’ll get you everything you need. Are you sure these chemicals won’t kill him.”
“I’m sure. He’ll be drugged but he won’t die or have any lingering side effects.”
* * *
Tran and I arrived at Cun’s house. It was a good thing I had majored in chemistry and that Cun was the same weight as Tran. I hadn’t had long to test the effects of the chemical on him. The little shit was still pissy because I had to use him as a test dummy. Each time I tested it he whined like a baby. He was genuinely terrified of dying. Now that the water was drugged and the second injection was ready for Tran, it was time to get this shit done.
What a pussy.
My plan was for both of us to go inside. While inside, I would inject Tran with the second needle, which would knock him out for forty-five minutes. I drove up the driveway and parked the van.
