Which is why we need to find this fucking Regi.
The raid begins and we watch it all unfold. One by one, the women and kids are escorted out by the cops. I can only fucking hope that with Willow in charge these cops are all clean.
I glance at Pipes. “Wanna go do some dry cleaning?”
He balks. “Uh, I’m good.”
I start up the van. “That’s where we’re gonna find my old friend Regi or clues to where he is — the one I was tellin’ you about. Got a hit on a dry cleaners downtown.”
“Well, why didn’t you just say that?”
I grin. “Cash told me to call for backup.”
“And are you gonna do that?”
“Probably need to stake it out first. I don’t wanna go bargin’ in there makin’ him aware that we know about him.”
“Won’t he know once his men don’t show up?”
“One is still alive. We can use him as a pawn. The annoying thing is that this Forest guy calls him for updates, but he changes his number frequently. If we get Forest, we sure as shit can find Regi.”
Pipes smirks. “I think I like hangin’ out with you, it’s a lot more fun than the gun range.”
CHAPTER
TWENTY-FIVE
Nova
Present day
“So, what happened?” I ask as I clutch the mug of coffee in my hands.
Sawyer and I are sitting at the back of Muso having lunch, and he is only just now telling me about Regi and the dry cleaners lead.
“I had to check it out before we stormed the place and ruined any chance we would’ve had of cornerin’ him,” Sawyer says. “One man we kept alive has been in contact with Forest, so Forest doesn’t realize one of his pawns is tied to a chair and we’re lettin’ him use the phone.” Though, the raid on the apartment will shake them. The cover was a gas leak.
It’s supposed to be club business, but he tells me everything.
Instead of telling him to be careful and please don’t do anything rash, I nod sympathetically and say, “Lucky you kept that one alive.”
He smirks, cupping one side of my face. “And this is why I love you. You’re just as unhinged as me when it comes to dealing with assholes like Regi and his regime.”
I lean in closer, poised for more information. “So, what did you find out in the last couple of days?”
“That Regi is nowhere to be found, but Forest is due to check in tomorrow.”
“Holy shit.”
“Yeah, and if we can nab Forest, then we can locate Regi’s apartment. The dry cleaners are just a front for a money laundering operation. Everyone who works there is as much an asshole as the guy we have tied up.”
“Shit, you’ve got your work cut out for you then.”
He smirks. “I can handle it.”
“So, speaking of which, how are you gonna handle it?”
“Well, we’re gonna wait for Forest and then do to him what we did to Barry and his not so fortunate friend.”