with La Eme. Mexican Mafia.
 
 Some totally tough Latinos.
 
 Definitely not the kind of
 
 guys you want to mess over.
 
 No problem. I’ll play straight
 
 with them. Cash and carry.
 
 That’s the only way to deal
 
 with Cesar and La Eme.
 
 Brad Picks Me Up
 
 Right on time. I figure
 
 d we’d
 
 head for the projects. Instead,
 
 he drives well east of the city,
 
 to the little bedroom community
 
 of Fernley. It’s a silent twenty-
 
 minute drive. What’s left to say?
 
 Cesar lives in a well-kept
 
 mobile home on a ten-acre
 
 piece of high desert ground.
 
 When we pull through the gate,
 
 we are greeted by a rottweiler
 
 the size of a Shetland pony.
 
 The animal woofs like a bear,
 
 and drool slides from his jowls.
 
 The commotion brings Cesar
 
 (I assume) to the front door.
 
 León! Abajo! he commands.
 
 The dog drops to the ground.
 
 He’ll expect us to stay at
 
 least a half hour, Brad says.