Page 3 of Dark Alleys

“Get a glass from Sam and I’ll share with you.”

I needed more cover if I was going to find out what the four guys in that booth were up to and Crissy might help me out with that.

She strutted off in her high heels to the bar for a glass and I walked a few steps behind her, trying to look like I was waiting for her. While I was close enough, I heard a few words.

Three words.

Mahaffey’s at eleven.

Mahaffey’s was a dive bar in Montopolis where a lot of shit went down. City cops were scared of dying there and the gangers knew it, so they used it whenever they needed a place to make a deal or take somebody out.

Chrissy walked towards me with a glass in her hand. Wasn’t frosted. Just a semi-clean glass, and I turned and walked back to my booth.

In the middle of pouring beer into Chrissy’s glass, Brandy strutted over to my table and gave me the finger. “You can fuck right off, Weaver.”

“Sure. Same to you.”

Crissy laughed. “You and Brandy fighting?”

“Nope. We’re done.”

Crissy’s brown eyes lit up. “That’s good news.”

“It is for me,” I said.

More giggling from Crissy. “You’re funny, Lukas.”

Time to get rid of her.

“Last thing I want to be is a fuckin’ clown. Finish your beer. I’ve got to go.”

“What if I want to hang out with you for a while? Maybe go home with you later.”

“I have errands to run, and you can’t come.”

“I could wait for you at your place.”

“Beat it, Crissy. You’re getting on my nerves.”

“You’re in a mean mood, Lukas.” She stood up and wiggled her ass at me as she walked to the other side of the room.

I finished the pitcher, then hit the men’s room, pissed out the beer, and went out the back way to my bike.

Before I started my baby up, I sat for a minute andtexted.

“Mahaffey’s at eleven. Something big.”

“Will you be there?”

“Going now.”

“Good copy.”

Mahaffey’s Bar and Grill. Montopolis.

This bar wasn’t my usual hang, but I figured I could fit in with not too much effort. I picked the end stool at the bar while I waited for some of the Tango boys to show up.

The deal itself would probably go down in the parking lot and I had to be ready to move out there on a moment’s notice. But I didn’t want to appear on edge either.

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