Criminal Record

Meeting Point

Clay was mesmerized from what just happened, and couldn’t cover a giggle, which he shared with his old friend. They went out of the grocery towards Zack's wrecked car, which didn’t look different from Clay’s crap. When ever Clay tried to open a conversation inside the car, Zack prohibited him to save everything for home. They reached Zack’s apartment, and headed towards his house, it was a actually a room, there were no people inside and it was totally unorganized, which irritated Clay a little bit. Zack didn’t apologise for the mess, and went directly to throw himself on the worn down couch.

Clay fit himself on a chair matching with the couch, which was the only remaining seating choice. “Damn, I miss the gold days.” Zack claimed. Clay tried to drive away from his saying, but Zack spoke again before Clay spat anything out. “But you have a kid now, when were you married?” Zack asked. “Four years ago, since our last...you know..” He started hesitating, meanwhile the words were already on his tongue. “Yeah, heist.” Zack completed his phrase. “Why are you working in the grocery?” Clay asked to change the topic. “Hmmm... let’s think about it, I like it their.” He said sarcastically, making fun of Clay’s saying. “I am broke Clay, isn’t it obvious? Look at my house, look at my car.” He elaborated. “You were never that good in gambling.” Clay tried to make a joke, which somehow made Zack chuckle.

Zack went silent for moments, then returned back to Clay with a question, “And you?” he asked. Clay's face changed colour uncontrollably, “Me? I am good, I am great, I haven’t been gambling.” He increased the pitch in his reply, and tried to draw a fake smile on his face. Zack looked a-tell-the-truth look to Clay. “Ok, I am broke too. But... but don’t even think about it.” Clay started speaking shakily. “I didn’t say anything Clay, but someone was thinking about something over here.” Zack stated, he was trying to return back to the same point. “You know? I have thought about a reunion once, but I kept pushing the thoughts out, until they were already out.” He clarified his point.

Zack stared at the floor, and thought to change the topic. “By the way, where is your brother now?” He asked. “Tucker? I haven’t seen him in a while, actually I haven’t seen him since our last heist.” Clay started becoming nervous as he replied. “You mean our last heist? That was four years ago, Clay.” Zack was surprised. “No, I mean our last heist.” Clay tried to hide something as he spoke. “What do you mean by ‘our'?” Zack asked questionably. “It was two month ago, we did it on our own. But we failed, and Tucker is blaming me for the fail, and I can’t say he is wrong, but anyways he didn’t want to talk to me since it happened.” Clay justified, he avoided eye contact as he got more emotional.

Zack contemplated for a while, and then chuckled, “Damn your younger brother.” He said with a true laugh. “You know where is his place?” Zack asked Clay. “Yeah, I guess so, but I am not sure he is still there.” Clay answered quickly, as if he wanted to hear that question from Zack. “Then why are you still sitting down? Come on up, will bring you back together. Damn never heard about two devils splitting.” Zack stood up quickly in excitement, as he was ennobling the brothers. Clay followed him in relief, he was going to solve one of the big problems he had, and it seemed to be one of the priorities on the list. Clay knew Zack wasn’t doing that one hundred percent for his sake, he knew that it was a key for the reunion, but that didn’t matter to Clay.