Ada stirred.
She opened her eyes and shifted up in the bed.
Marco opened the door.
"Hey." He said, softly.
"Hi."
He handed her a mug of coffee. She thanked him with a smile.
"How'd you sleep?" He asked.
"Good."
He perched on the bed next to her.
"You sure you want to do this? With Vinny?"
Ada sipped the coffee. "Yeah. This is what I want." She reassured him. "But we're still short."
"Yeah, about that..." Marco started, "I asked around last night."
He leaned over to pick up a duffel bag from the floor. He placed it in front of her.
"This is everything I have but it should be enough."
Ada sat, shocked. "Marco. You don't have to do this."
"This is how you want to deal with it."
She nodded. "Yeah, it is."
"Alright."
"I don't understand." Ada paced the restaurant. "Where is he? Why wouldn't he come and get his money?"
Brax looked up from his seat at one of the Angelo's tables. "I don't know, Ad."
Heath piped up from a bar stool, "This was a dumb idea anyway."
"No one asked you, Heath." said Marco.
Heath stood off his chair and strode to Marco. "What did you say?" He eyed him. "Did you forget who gave you those bruises?"
Brax shouted from behind them. "Enough, boys!"
Ada sighed. "It doesn't make sense."
Brax's phone rang. He answered on the second ring. "Yep. You're sure? Righto." He hung up, pausing for a moment. He turned to the group. "Vinny's dead."
They erupted in awe.
"What?" Ada demanded.
"They found him and his car in a ditch outside town. Coppers think he was ran off the road." Brax explained.
Ada grabbed her hair in her hands.
"That's great news." Heath said. "We don't have to give the dog any money."
She ignored him.
"Who would do this?" Ada asked Brax.
Brax's eyes flicked to Marco and then to Heath.
"He had a lot of enemies, could've been any one of them." Brax responded.
Ada scoped the room. The boys avoided eye contact.
"I'm going for a walk." She said as she stormed out of the restaurant.
Marco lifted his head. "I should go after her."
"Nah." Brax spoke. "Stay here for a minute." He approached Marco. "Did you do this?"
"No, Brax." Marco protested.
"You better not be lying to me."
"I'm not! I was with Ada all night. I wanted to make sure she was okay."
"Righto." Brax conceded. "If the coppers sniff around you keep quiet, you hear me?"
"Yeah, of course."
