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His mind went back to his conversation with Duke.
Would I wear a dress for Bloom?
Jeezuz man, you are fucking losing it.
No, I am getting it back.
It was like someone had turned on a light As clarity flooded his mind and soul.
“Rollo!” he yelled. “I have to go. Keep me posted,” he said, holding up his phone.
He ran now toward The Tree. Suddenly there was nothing more important than Bloom. How could he have been such a…” he stopped in his thinking, but only for a moment. No, it was true.I have been a fool.Time to un-fool myself. Or is it de-fool?he wondered.
As he was about to cross the Four Corners, he heard Jack yell, “Dax, we got him! Or rather, Dayton and Max got him!”
No shit.
“Where?” Dax called, as his eyes went back to The Tree.
Bloom could wait a little while longer.He paused again. His dragon clawed at the ground, torn as well.
“They caught him hightailing it out of town on the Meadows bridge. And get this. His trunk is full of tabs of that shit. Home run, boss.” Jack said, by now only a few feet away.
“Seems the headline trick worked like a charm after all.”
“What do you mean?”
“Seems that headline did rattle them, but into running, not hiding. They didn’t go underground like you were afraid they would. He ran right into our trap. He was in such a hurry he didn’t even make much of an effort to hide the drugs or anything, I guess.”
“Maybe he was gonna try and outrun the headlines and sell them somewhere else?” Dax said. “Either way, I guess we got lucky, then, stopping him?”
“Yes and no. Nilsa was there, so she must have sensed something because she told us to stop and search the car.”
“Well, I’ll be…”
“Yeah, boss. Don’t you love it when a plan comes together?” Jack said. “So, after all the drama, seems it was a combination of Bloom’s approach and yours that saved the day.”
“We still don’t know who the buyer is, though,” Dax said. “But we got the drugs off the street, or so it seems, so that’s what matters.”
“A win is a win, chief. One thing at a time. But looks like Bloom’s impulse on this turned out to be a good one.”
“I can’t argue with that. Do they have him in a cell yet?”
“On the way. This just went down.”
Dax nodded an acknowledgment.
“I am heading over there now,” Jack said as he headed up the street toward the imposing building.
Dax followed Jack and as soon as they got to the Tribunal, he could feel Rollo’s eyes boring into him. “So, is this where I get an I-told-you-so?”
“I would never deign to say that to my alpha,” Rollo said diplomatically.
Dax growled. He had always felt he got more out of his pack by allowing them some leeway. But they knew any serious challenge would be met with his dragon. Claws and blood would fly.
“But truth is truth, Rollo. Without her, it is all for nothing. I need her at my side. You were right. I have been the scorpion, and I didn’t even see it.”
“Well, you better go get your frog, boss. Unless you want to let another two years go by between you. But first, we should get over to the holding cells and meet Dayton and Max there. If we play our cards right, maybe we can get this guy to give up the buyer.”
