without a trace

chapter 29

jax POV 

"let me start by saying thank you for holding shit down while we were away. i know yall are wanting to know how we got out so fast." i grabbed a cigarette and looked around the table.

"i know what you may be thinking but there were no deals made or anything of the matter. charges were dropped some. we have have 90 days, courts fees. no parole. we break probation were back in for the 14 months."

"youll look like rats." opie said

"yeah. we were assured its all legit. no deal or anything in the paperwork just the charges were lessened. lowen looked it over, and mack. they both made sure it was all right with no bullshit before we were even spoken to about it."

"they sa' why" chibs asked

"they said something about tampering with evidence. apparently the DA thought it was a set up, decided to drop the charges." not exactly what happened but i couldnt trust clay to know the truth i would have to fill everyone in later. i still needed to bring up otto.

"fuck yeah" tig said nodding his head.

"clay you wanted to bring something to the table?" i asked leaning back in my chair.

"i was put in contact with one of Alvarez contacts. a new connection, running guns up the coast. good money."

"who." tig asked

"the galindo cartel."

"th' cartel?!" chibs asked shocked.

"we couldnt run them all the way up. wed have to talk to tacoma, maybe a couple other charters see if they be willing to transfer for a cut." i said acting interested

"is there anything else to it? we run guns for them? what about the guns we sell from the IRA do we keep that up" juice asked

we all looked at clay. "no problem to keep selling them. we could make it all work. we would just be running their merchandise up the coast."

kozik leaned forward "merchandise?"

"guns and coke." clay said like it was a fact

everyone started talking.

"we dont deal in drugs" bobby reminded him

"not dealing. just running. mayans deal in oakland. nothing lands in charming or near it."

"lets vote." i said getting everyone to calm down.

"nay" i looked to happy who made it seem like he was thinking.

"nay" he shook his head

"nay i dont trust them" chibs said

"yay. good money" tig said shrugging.

"yay. easy money no big deal"

"nay." piney

"hell no" kozik said

"nay" juice said.

i slammed the gavel down, majority vote, no. the rest of the guys kept going.

"nay" half sac

"nay" bobby

"nay" opie

"nay" josh

"nay" joey

i could tell clay was pissed.

"moving on. got word about otto" everyone turned quick to look at me