I Broke Her

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"glad to see you made it" "bloody cabs in this city" "let's get to the plane".
"Tickets" handing the tickets over, the lady scanned them then handed them back. "Have a good flight" "thanks".
Finding our seats on the plane, we took a seat.
"Can I offer you gentlemen a drink?" "Bourbon" "yeah thanks" "same?" "Yep" "okay".
"Rude" "I'm not rude" "just arrogant" "whatever works" "you'll never find yourself a woman doing that" "don't want one" "speaking of that, how are you handling finding out the truth?" "Do you want me to tell you the truth or lie?" "Which one makes you feel better?" "None" "it's killing ya isn't it?" "yep. theres nothing I can do but move forward like we have always done" "moving forward means.." "no I'm not doing that" apollo shook his head "it's been six years" "it could be sixty. I do not care".
"Your drinks gentlemen" "thanks".
I need this drink. I know the next twenty four hours will be packed with business, food and drinks especially food knowing angelic.
"You good?" "Yeah just resting before we arrive. I can see its going to be a big twenty four hours" "isn't it always?" "yep".
Enjoying the hour of peace, we waited for the plane to land before standing up.
"Welcome to los Angeles everyone, we hope you have a lovely time" lovely time my ass.
Walking off the plane into the airport, sheldon was waiting for us by the wall near the exit.
"Sheldon, good to see you" "you too" "let's get it of here shall we?" "sounds good".
"How was the flight?" "Peaceful for a change" "glad to hear it".
Getting in the car, sheldon drove us straight to callan's.
"Here you go gentlemen" "thank you sheldon" "you are welcome".

Seeing callan and angelic come out, I grinned.
"Well look what the cat dragged in" "callan, good to see you" shaking his hand we tapped each other's backs. Callan doing the same with apollo.
"Good to see you again angelic" "and you. come on in, there's food on the table" "I hope you came on an empty stomach" "oh I did" "Apollo?" "Yep I know angelic loves to cook" "prepare yourself".
Walking in, I put my bag down, apollo doing the same before following callan to the dining room.
"Would you all like a drink?" "Yes hun" "please" "yes thank you" angelic nodded and walked out.
Just looking at the table, I shook my head "are we feeding an army here?" "no. welcome to my life" "are you complaining callan?" "no just saying how good I've got it" "good. Here" angelic put three drinks on the table "thanks" "I will leave you guys to chat".

"How's business been callan?" "Running smoothly so far, been flat out keeping the men in line and organising products" "I appreciate it. Is there anything you need down here?" "Nothing at this stage. What has been happening?" "Nothing out of the ordinary. Jamee is dead" "who did it?" "Donny, order from me" callan sat back "fill me in" "alia found a letter from my mother. It wasn't bridie who hurt my mother" "oh shit dannon" I nodded "yep jamee pushed her down the stairs and donny knew about it" "where is he?" "On a very short chain at the hotel. one wrong move and he is gone" "I'm sorry to hear that" "yeah.. me too".
"Apollo, how is that woman of yours?" "She is good keeping herself busy with her business" "and out of your hair" I grinned as apollo answered "yep" "no problems coming out here?" "Nah she knows I'll be back" "good. What business is she running again?" "Magnet makeup" "oh yeah that's right, angelic has so many of her products not that she needs them" "none of them do but I'm not going to try stop her" callan and I chuckled "nope".
"Have you organised to go see the shipment before it leaves?" "Apollo is going to check out how they are carrying it today then we'll check it again when its packed tomorrow" "good idea, need to make sure it gets shipped properly. Who is transporting it this time?" "Manny" "then it will definitely be in good hands" I nodded "yep that's why I told him I want him to transport it. he hasn't failed yet" "let's hope he doesn't" "that won't sit well" "there's quite a few thousand sitting in the warehouse and I'd be pissed" "you and I both".
"Did you organise with manny to see it today?" "No I better do that".

"Dannon" "manny, can apollo come look at the transport today?" "Three p.m, I will be at the docks" "alright what number?" "Fifty seven" "thanks I will see you tomorrow" "you will".

"All done and sorted" "where am I going?" "To the docks number fifty seven" "what time?" "Three. Plenty of time to help us eat all this and drink" callan and apollo Chuckled "I'm glad I didn't eat this morning" "you and me both".
"How do you do it callan?" "I take some to work for my men" I grinned "with her knowledge?" "Sometimes".
"Did you have anything else you needed to do while you were here?" "Nah kept the schedule open. Do you have business to attend to?" "No. I told everyone I am out of action for the night. It's been way too long between catch ups" "it sure has".
"Well why you are here, let's go to the pool room and have a drink" "that'll be right, you two just kick back and relax while I work my butt off" "you may need to after eating all of this".

Apollo.

"I'll meet you two back here. I've got to go check the shipment" "see you when you get back. Here" callan threw me the keys to his car "thanks".

Setting the gps, I left callan's premises and headed straight to the docks.
'far out this place is packed I hope we aren't loading here'.
'fifty seven, fifty seven. Here we are'.
Pulling up, I got out of the car.
"You must be manny?" "apollo good to meet you. Come on, I'll show you the back" "thanks".
Jumping in the back, manny had many other loads sitting near the doors. walking down the back, there was a few spots for what we need "looks good" "if I get pulled over they are only going to do a quick scan anyway" "we haven't had an issue before" "I know" I nodded "alright this looks really good. Are you meeting us at the warehouse?" "Yes first thing in the morning" "dannon will be happy to here that. Thanks for letting me check it out" "it's not a problem, I want you to be happy" "I can assure that dannon will be". Walking back out, I jumped down to the ground, manny doing the same. "I better go but I will be there with dannon and callan in the morning. I will see you then" "you will".
"Oh is there a good coffee house around here?" "Yeah black cat coffee, you'll find it in the gps" "thanks".
Walking back to the car, I got in turning the car on. 'black cat coffee' hmm only fifteen minutes. Putting my belt on, I set the gps and headed to the coffee shop.

"Dannon" "how was it?" "It's set up just fine. three separate spots and won't be picked up unless of course they do a thorough search of the truck" "good, are you on your way back?" "I will be up getting myself a drink on the way. Feeling dehydrated" "alright we'll see you soon".
I had a feeling he would call, he can't help himself.
Getting to the coffee shop, I got out of the car making sure to lock it and walked in.
"Sorry just a minute" "that's fine". this place is packed of people. the coffee must be really good here. I'm glad manny suggested it.
"Sorry what can I get for you?" when the sheila lifted her head from the register, she instantly stood back with fear in her eyes. Bridie of all people. Still looks the same, the only difference is she has a scar down the side of her face but mostly hidden by her hair. Did dannon do that to her?. "Gerald" "bridie, what's the problem?" "I need you to serve" she never took her eyes off of me. the same look of fear sat on her face. "bridie" she shook her head "no I don't.. I don't want to.." Seeing a guy come from out the back, bridie stepped back keeping her eyes on me until she turned and ran straight out the back. Fuck "bridie" "what can I get you sir?" "Ahh nothing, I'm sorry I've got to go" running out of the shop, I ran out the back just in time to see a car taking off out of the car park. "Fuck" the fear in her eyes. What did she mean 'no I don't..I don't want to'? I need to call dannon.