The Mouse

The Mouse (Part 6)

"Francesca please answer me its important like actually really important I'm not just saying this to make you answer me"

"What is it James what do you want"

"A girl just messaged me"

"What?"

"What girl"

"I don't know but she said she's you're friend"

"What did she say?"

"She said that she thought I was really cute and that you showed her my picture and that she wanted to get to know me"

"What the fuck"

"Well what did you say back to her"

"I said who she was and then she told me she was your friend after she just said hi and that she is only messaging me because she thought I was cute and wanted to get to know me"

"Okay and then?"

"Well after she started saying I was cute and that she wants get to know me I said I belong to Francesca then told her to fuck off and that I want to be loyal to you"

"Did you really?"

"Well yes obviously"

"Why wouldn't i?"

"What was her name?"

"Well the username said Karalea"

"Oh you've got to be fucking kidding me"

"That fucking little bitch"

"Who is she?"

"Well she isn't my friend for a start it's just somebody who is in my ice skating class"

"I let her use my phone to call her mother so she can pick her up and she must have gone through my socials while I was taking off my skates in the locker room"

"She always does this everybody talks about her"

"She just goes round homewrecking everybody else with no respect for anybody else or peoples relationships"

"Yea well I've blocked her already So"

"Good"

"Yes it is"

"Because I don't want anybody else but you Francesca"

"This doesn't mean I forgive you by the way"

"But I literally didn't do anything"

"You did but okay"

"Oh my days Francesca"

"I literally explained it to you"

"Why exactly don't you like it"

"Bad experience okay"

"Lets just leave it at that"

"Listen I'm too pissed off at her stay at you,for now..."

"So are you still pissed off or what?"

"Yes but we can just forget about it at least for now okay"

"Okay"

While James and Francesca are busy working on moving past their argument for the time being and talking about other things some old "friends" of James are having a different type of conversation.

"Delete this message after you've read it,Go down the alley way behind the abandoned library look for the silver four by four I'll be waiting for you there to discuss our old friend."

Emma Gray deletes the text message,puts her phone away and walks nervously towards the old abandoned library and into the alley way to enter the silver four by four.

"Get in Emma."

"Emma."

"Cut to the chase already will you."

"I don't like this one bit"

"Especially since we're alone"

"Three words for you Emma."

"James."

"Fucking."

"Maverick."

"What about him?"

"Don't play dumb with me Emma"

"Where is he"

"Why"

"I'll give you one last chance to stop playing dumb"

"Lets say I do know where he is,why should I tell you"

"I tracked you down didn't I,what makes you think I couldn't find your family?"

"Do not threaten my family."

"We need those shipments Emma"

"I can't give them to you and neither can he so no,I am not playing dumb"

"Why do you need to find him?"

"I know that you don't know that's why I'm asking you about James Maverick"

"What makes you think he knows either"

"Because it's his fault we can't get them and even if he doesn't know he still has to be dealt with,I mean how does that affect our reputation if we let him run off scott free after everything he caused"

"So you want to punish him then"

"Well the way I see it he can either tell us where the shipments are"

"And if he can't"

"Or simply won't?"

"Well he's still useful"

"Won't be as profitable as those shipments though will it"

"You know Emma,it's starting to sound like you want us to kill him if he doesn't tell us where they are"

"I'm just trying to understand what you're getting at,not like we both don't know you'll shoot him in the back of the head the moment he gives you the location of the shipments."

"Smart girl."

"So...James Maverick,where is he Emma Gray"

"When do you need the shipments"

"Three weeks time"

"The charity ball?"

"Why then?"

"It's the best place to avoid any unwanted shall we say... altercations due to the heavy security and besides I need to be there anyway I heard some important faces will be attending and I've been thinking about branching out to Europe"

"So..."

"James Maverick,Three weeks time at the charity ball.

"And what about me"

"Me and you have always been on good terms Emma"

"This was nothing more than a favour with a slight bit of convincing"

"Call it what you want but do not threaten my family ever again"

"And I mean ever."

"Just get me James Maverick and I'll need no more favours from you ever again you have my word"

"Oh and by the way"

"What"

"That free lancer you killed"

"How did you-"

"You aren't the only person who gathers dirt on people"

"That throat cut was a gnarly one I nearly threw up just by looking at the autopsy report"

"Since when did you start operating like a mexican cartel?"

"You aren't funny Emma Gray now get out of my car and bring me James Maverick in three weeks"

"I never said I knew where he was"

"I know that you know Emma that's why I came to you."

"Now stop playing dumb and make sure you are on time in three weeks"