Ricardo's perspective
I spent the entire week trying to replace those missing palette's but it was a no can do, ever since the close massacre at my father's, nobody wanted to be seen or heard doing business with us and that was going to be a problem long-term.
Tonio had mentally checked out and it was down to me to keep this family business together but I was running out of ideas, I couldn't keep them Mexicans on a hold anymore, they wanted their investment back in cash and I couldn't foot the bill for something I didn't even have.
I was in the office with my father and we had one of the sergeants from the border come down, so we could get to the bottom of these missing palette's.
Tonio..- how could you let something like this happen!
Gino..- we thought that it was your orders, it was what we was told to do
Tonio..- I told you unless you see myself, my son or chuck
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Tonio..- you shouldn't be taking orders from nobody else
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Tonio..- NOBODY
I sat there and let my father did the grilling but he was operating off of anger right now, so I needed to be the logic,
Ricardo..- did they tell you who was there like a description or something?
Gino shrugged,
Gino..- I couldn't tell you the specifics but it was a few guys and one girl,
Ricardo..- no names?
Gino..- no names,
Ricardo..- no faces either?
He shook his head and I nodded at him,
Tonio..- you need to find out who the fuck had to be working that night
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Tonio..- I want ALL names.
My father got up and left the room and it was just me and Gino there,
Ricardo..- pedro weren't working that night?
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Ricardo..- he usually makes sure something like this don't happen
Gino..- he was oncall that week
Ricardo..- someone had to have known he was gonna be on call,
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Ricardo..- hm
I got up from my seat and went ahead in the kitchen and sat down on the high chair and finished off the sandwich I left to even go and have this conversation, a few seconds after Bella had come in and I didn't even know that she was here.
Ricardo..- when the hell did you get here
Bella..- doesn't matter
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Bella..- you're around a lot more though, I have noticed
Tonoi..- and you are also always here
Bella..- cut me some slack .. Rosa isn't feeling too well, so I came to take care of her
She said that as she grabbed a few things from the kitchen cabinet,
Ricardo..- whats your aunt saying,
Bella..- who Amy?
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Bella..- you know her brothers cut ties with her a long-time ago,
