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northwest.¡±
Putting the pieces together, I blurted out, ¡°They¡¯re making meth there.¡± Everyone
turned to face me. ¡°They¡¯re buying all these houses under shady realtors, in nice areas, so
no one suspects. Making meth there but covering it with stuff that incriminates us if
anything goes wrong.¡±
¡°Those fuckers,¡± Ripper growled, cracking all of his fingers in one hand just by flexing.
Tank grabbed the front of the table, inhaling, as he scanned all of us with a fierce gaze.
¡°We worked too damn hard to build our reputation in Mascid, to dissociate from the
Freeway Bastards, to prove that we were a gang you wanted to have in your town. Not
drive into prison,¡± Tank¡¯s words had all of us wide-eyed and entranced like we were
hypnotized by a cult leader. ¡°And those assholes are ruining it all!¡± He punched the table,
hard. ¡°We¡¯re going to catch them in the act and show those cunts who the real kings of
Mascid are.¡± He held his beer in the air. ¡°To the Rebels!¡±
We all followed suit, and with passion, we roared, ¡°The Rebels!¡±
Tensions settled down and we ordered some food, trying to enjoy the relative calm
before we moved forward in our plan. It had been a long time since we found ourselves
standing off with the Freeways and by the way things were looking, it seemed this might
be the worst yet. We had to relax when we could.
¡°Hey, Wrench,¡± Archer said from across the table. ¡°Heard ol¡¯ Buddy was sick.¡±
¡°Yeah. Took him to the vet today, he¡¯s fine. Although¡¡± I leaned back in my chair,
outstretching my knees and elbows, with a smile spread across my face. ¡°The
veterinarian. She was¡ wow. Just¡ wow. Wow.¡±
¡°Three wows, huh?¡± Archer asked. ¡°Damn, haven¡¯t heard three wows from you in a
while. Hot bod?¡±
¡°I think so, yeah.¡±
¡°What do mean, ¡®you think so¡¯?¡±
¡°She was wearing those¡ hospital uniforms, whatever they¡¯re called¡ scrubs! Yeah,
they¡¯re all square, can¡¯t see nothin¡¯ under them. But I can tell she¡¯s a smoke show
underneath. Too fucking sexy not to be,¡± I said before adding, ¡°Oh, wait. I did see her
calves. When she came in, she came in wearing a coat that showed her calves and they
