Jesse's POV
I mumble "lets look at the big guns first" pulling my work laptop out and I start looking up the ex mafia leader just to see if he has any past records. He doesn't. Family man, nice guy based on his young trophy wife's instagram and facebook. She was a model, now a mother of two that works happily as a teacher to middle schoolers, she's thirty something, the mafia guy online looks like the perfect guy, maybe almost fifty, looks good for his age, definitely gives strong sugar daddy vibes. I bite my lip saying "this looks a little too perfect" and I hear Brynn say "that's because it's social media" and I say "good morning to you too." He says "good morning" chuckling and he sits across from me at my desk and I say "look at this, they're perfect" and he says "again, everyone puts their best angles on social media" and I say "but it seems weird" and he scrolls for a bit. He says "looks normal to me but teach me something, ancient one" and I say "that's the mafia guy were looking at, this is his wife's page" and he says "got it, ok, this is strange that she would have a page where she openly shows him on it." I say "exactly, so, what do you think?" He says "I'm guessing there's a right answer but my guess is that she doesn't know like anything about him" and I say "that's one, any others?" I write it down and he says "blackmail?" I say "you gotta be specific, babe" and he blushes lightly, saying "maybe she knows about his past but maybe she's just in it with him for money, so she won't spill secrets if she keeps getting money." I say "for little experience, you're really good" writing what he said down and he says "I'm trying" and I say "oh yeah? I like it" smiling and he blushes and I say "ok, we have a trophy wife, two kids, mafia husband that's going to kill five people this Saturday, hope you're ready for this." He says "what do we wear?" I say "with this job, you dress to blend into the situation, so look expensive, it's formal, wear whatever you want." He says "as long as I look expensive, I can wear whatever?" I say "yeah, how much time do you want to get ready?" He says "are you kidding?" I say "no, I'm used to working alone anyway, I'll give you the whole day if you want" and he says "then I won't get paid that day" and we chuckle. Brynn says "can I have four hours? I have things to get done" and I chuckle saying "sure, we'll add finishing touches that morning then I'll let you go" and he says "I like you" and I say "you're enjoyable too" and we chuckle. I drink coffee while we talk and fill in on the case more. I say "what do you like to do?" He says "what do you mean?" I say "like what do you do for fun? Go out drinking? Dance on bar tops? Dance on bar tops while you drink?" We laugh and he says "you're funny, I like to read and hang out with my friends, I don't do much" chuckling and he says "what about you?" I say "work, drink coffee and sleep" and he chuckles saying "does this job really consume you that much?" I say "only if you let it and you don't take the help when it's offered" and he says "makes sense" leaning back in his chair. I say "what are you thinking about?" He says "what I'm gonna wear, it's two days, I can go one direction then all the way the other way if I feel like it" and I chuckle saying "do whatever you want." We look at everyone surrounding this old mafia guys social media's and I say "ok, we should talk to his wife, his parents, his siblings and his kids, what do you think?" Brynn says "I like that idea, what do you mean by talk to though?" I say "his mom is the one that actually called in saying she needed someone on him, he seemed suspicious to her, she seems clueless over the phone but who knows what she knows. Were just gonna talk to them, ask them some questions, no interrogation, just talking to them to see if we need to look into them then they get the interrogation." He says "makes sense" and I nod saying "it's pretty straight forward" and he says "makes it easier" shrugging and we chuckle and I say "I guess you're right" us chuckling. We work on the case and I say "well, time to interview people" and I start making phone calls to meet up with these people at their houses and coffee shops all throughout the rest of the week. I say "we really gotta get up in the morning tomorrow" and he says "how early?" I say "well, were meeting this guys brother and sister for coffee tomorrow morning before they go to work at seven thirty." He says "that's ridiculous" and I chuckle saying "eh, we'll be fine, that's normally when I wake up to come here" and he says "that's fair" shrugging. I say "keep looking through social media's of his family, see if you find anything weird" turning my laptop back to him and he says "ok" and I finish my coffee and I say "do you want coffee?" He says "you're addicted and no, Lee drugged me up this morning" and I chuckle saying "ok, I'll be back" and I go to Starbucks and I say "told you I'd be back" and Lee hands me coffee saying "same as before" and I pay him for this morning and now because he didn't make me do it earlier. He says "thank you, sir" and I say "thank you, I'll see you tomorrow probably" and he chuckles saying "you got it" and I go back to my office saying "ok, anything you've found?" He says "nope, just look like normal social media pages or they don't have them" and I say "who don't have then?" He says "his father and his brother" and I say "what do you think about that?" He says "maybe they were in the mafia too?" I say "that's what I was thinking" writing it into my notebook and I say "wonderful, were getting closer."

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