Petals For Brains | Number Five Book II

CHAPTER 5: A Bit of A Shitshow🌻

After having to witnessed the unhinged Diego act out, Five took off. Setting forth to look for any one of his siblings. In the midst of this little mission, he found himself in a dimly lit, slightly sketchy yet pretty impressive looking establishment. Women dotted around, adorned in tiny, skimpy outfits, many of them holding trays and ice cold booze to the patrons. They looked to be doing more than just delivering them drinks, some of the girls lingering to cater to every single beck and woe of the men sat in the chairs. Trusting Diego's tip, Five sat himself near the stage, fully expecting people to keep an eye on him and alert Luther with his presence.

The tip was correct of course, affirmed by Luther walking in the room following his boss. The burly man looked pretty comfortable, it looked like he was so used to it walked towards the bar almost on instinct, a glass immediately placed in front of him as he took his seat. He smiled at the woman behind the counter, taking a small sip of the drink to ease his nerves just a little bit before fixing his eyes on the mobster he was meant to be guarding. The quick glance over was enough as he turned back, taking a bigger gulp of his drink just as a woman collecting tips stopped beside him. "Hey Luther."

The big man smiles at her, gently placing his glass down. "Hey Autumn, how's business?"

"Still waiting for the big tippers to arrive." she replies in her thick southern drawl. She looks out at the floor, doll-like eyes rolling back as she runs her hand through the wad of cash she had collected so far. Luther looks towards his boos again, noticing a drunk man being awfully giggly near him.

"Who's the half-wit bothering Mr. Ruby?"

"No idea. He's been putting away vodka gimlets lie they're gonna run out of limes." Luther keeps his eyes on him. Carefully assessing the situation.

"Has he given you any trouble?"

"I'm more worried about the kid to be honest." she says with a shake of her head, cocking a bit towards the stage. Luther, perplexed by her statement looked towards the direction she pointed at, and lo and behold there was indeed a young man. Number one felt his breath hitch at the sight if his brother in all his uniformed glory. Before Autumn could even finish her little spiel, Luther was already muttering an excuse and launching himself towards Five.

"This is no place a married man should be in." Luther says, the whisper stern into his brother's ear. Instead of being threatened by the tone of Luther's deep voice, Five looked up, a cheshire cat smir appearing on his face.

"Nice to see you too Luther. I will greatly appreciate it that me being here would be kept between the two of us."

"Elle's gonna kill you. What do you want anyway? And why isn't she with you?" The mere mention of his wife's name caused him to gulp down the glass of whiskey in his hands. Hoping that the alcohol would keep the guilt building up inside him at bay. Instead it only heats up his chest, giving him just a bit of courage to look at his brother before saying what he has to say.