Mexico Has Splinters

Chapter 16

This part is a flashback, but it's important to the plot y'all...

Chapter 16: Tez and the Cartel Boy

Whoa, Tez thought, who is that? It was amazement at first sight as Tez mouth began to curl into a smile. She had never thought in a million years that she'd be staring at someone so beautiful and in this situation no doubt. He stood 6'5 and 225 pounds. He had a muscular build and long curly hair. He was definitely her type down to a T.

Tez continued doing her chores for that day, but also keeping an eye on him. Step by step, Tez swept a little closer to where he was. She caught the end of their conversation.

"...the shipment has delayed at some sort of checkpoint sir. We've got our guys all over it. And we're checking with our contacts in the PD."

The boss man responded, to Tez's surprise, well I guess we've been made.

Then the boy Tez had been eyeing spoke up. Boss, can I talk to you for a second? They go off to the side while everyone else gives them a moment. They have Tez's full attention now, unbeknownst to them.

"Boss I think we have a rat on the base, yesterday I overheard a phone call, and it was highly suspicious. The only thing is I couldn't see who it was or who they were speaking to."

Eric looked questioningly at the guy but said nothing. "Are you sure of this? You would bet your life on it?" Eric questioned.

"Yes, sir I would."

Eric quietly walked off with his head held down. He was highly upset that he had a rat amongst his people. The same people he would spend holidays and parties with. He simply decided that what he built in his company was more important than any betrayal or the motives behind it.

"This is what we're gone do. A little after 5 o'clock..." he began to whisper to where Tez couldn't eavesdrop anymore.

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A few hours later, Tez had finished cleaning her station when a loud noise quickly grabbed her attention.

A loud clap rang across the warehouse that was so loud, it grabbed everyone's attention at once.

"Alright you pussywillows, listen up! It has come to my attention that we have a fox in the henhouse, and we need to find it. Now what I want each of you to do is take a slip of paper and write the name of the person who you think it is. Then you'll put them in this cap that Cassius is passing around. Once he's done, we'll discuss."

Cassius was done passing around the hat, he stood by Eric. The men's faces were a crowd of confusion and fear. That's how Eric liked it. Eric then moved the men to the back room of the warehouse, away from prying eyes and ears.

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Control yourself! Tez was internally screaming at herself to get a grip, cause no man was worth the aggravation, especially not Eric's right hand. Tez was chatting with the other women that were collectively folding their laundry.

"I don't understand why the men can't do this, they make one of us cook for every one of them, yet they're afraid of women's panties. I just don't get it." Mavis stated with annoyance in her voice.

"SHHHH!!! Or they'll hear you and get the guard to silence us. You all know what happened the last time." Maria shot the women a knowing glare and they all quieted down.

"Who's the pretty one with the green eyes? He was cute and he was next to Eric." Tez cooed.

"No no no no no no, that cannot happen! If you are saying you're sharing googly eyes with the Boss's right hand then that means we're all fucked, majorly fucked!" Maria said in one breath.