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The problem was, I should have known… but a certain asshole had lied to me.
A dead asshole, now. But still.
FUCK.
“Whatsamatter, cat got your tongue, Lou?” Sloane taunted.
“Not at all. So the DEA is involved?” I asked, my heart beating faster.
“Oh, I ain’t finished yet. When you let Fiona walk, she told Jack all about it… and now Jack’s teamed up with the DEA to take you and the Santa Muertes down, as long as he gets the club back.”
Goddamn son of a BITCH!
I stood up in shock, not even realizing I had done it.
“Kinda need to work on your poker face there, hon,” Sloane said.
I struggled to regain my composure. “That’s – that’s bullshit. The DEA would never let him walk.”
“Well, according to Jack, they were willing to cut a deal. I doubt his pride would’ve allowed him to say he was a rat unless he really was a rat.”
“What makes you think they’re not after you, too?”
“Well, as Jack put it, if he wanted to get the drop on me, why the fuck would he tell me he’s workin’ with the DEA in the first place? I kinda believe him on that one.”
My mind raced through the possibilities.
Is the DEA really going after the weed?
How would they get the Santa Muertes on that, though?
Why would they let Jack walk?
And did they cut the deal because of what happened two weeks ago?
“So what are you telling me all this for?” I asked coldly.
“Because I want to hear your counter-proposal.”
“Counter-proposal to what?”
“Like I said, control of the entire SoCal drug trade.”
“Which you’re supposedly getting in exchange for what?”
“Jack said he needs the Bastards’ backing. He said it might involve a head-to-head with the Santa Muertes, although if the DEA delivers on their part, it won’t come to that.”
“You’re willing to go toe to toe with the Santa Muertes?”
“With the DEA on my side and all of Southern California in the pot? I’m all in, Lou. You can bet the family jewels on that.”
“I don’t understand – why the fuck would the DEA let you walk?”
“Cuz Jack’s not tellin’ ‘em about me. He only cares about fuckin’ you.”
Goddamn it…
That sounded about right.
