~Robert’s Point of View~
“Any contacts coming or going on any of these phones are to other burner phones, all in Europe or Russia, most in Russia,” Fred said,
“I’m not getting anything off his laptop but a bunch of porn and stupid shit. It’s probably all he was smart enough to use it for,” Bryant said.
“I make nine different people in that apartment, outside of Maxim and Natalie, three males by the DNA,” Patrick said.
“The plane that took Sofia and Alex to Russia was paid for by a shell company, can’t track down any of the crew or pilot,” Marcel said.
I laid my head in my hands and let out a hard breath. It was just after 1am and I was sure I’d get cussed out by Alex whenever I finally wa
~Aleksey’s Point of View~ “The prosecution will now begin with their opening statement,” the judge said. All eyes turned to the assistant district attorney, who had to be nervous as fuck. I certainly didn’t envy his situation, but I was in too much shit of my own to be very concerned. Also, I had to tell myself he volunteered for this. Trying to keep the streets calm and my defenders away from the ADA while we were prepping for trial had been quite a task. Old Ronald of all people was running point on it for me, he didn’t understand why I insisted everyone bark into the sky cries of foul when I wanted no action taken. But he was being a good solider and following orders. He ensured that Gabe, the judge and the jury were never in any real danger. I had also paid off the rest of the tab a
~Mickey’s Point of View~ “Yeah ma, I know. No, I don’t think you should come up for the trial, it'll just worry you more,” I said, rolling my eyes. “All right but I still think you need my support. Your father wants to talk, love you my bubbie,” she said, putting the phone down. Over 30 and she still pinches my damn cheeks, that woman. I heard someone pick up the receiver. “Mickey, look … I hope you can clear up this mess soon. I have some things to discuss in person. I want you to come down to Miami just as soon as you’re acquitted,” my father said. “That’s awfully presumptuous but I like your optimism,” I said, trying to puff up my chest like Aleksey and use big words.
~Emilia’s Point of View~ I seriously couldn’t believe how badly the case was going for the prosecution, and surely everyone else had to be noticing as well. How can you really charge murder when you have no motive and no murder weapon tying everything together? I’ve seen enough crime TV to know those are very important things. I strolled into the courtroom and sat on the bench behind my mate. There was a new guy sitting with the ADA and I didn’t like that one bit. “Mr. Flanagan to what do we owe this honor,” the judge asked. My eyes darted to the lawyer who rose. “I will be taking over the remainder of the case your honor,” Mr. Flanagan said. My heart sank and
~Aleksey’s Point of View~ We were having some minor scrapes on the streets that needed our attention, a late shipment and a few small time idiots trying to step into our territory. Nothing Mickey couldn’t handle and he was dying to get back to work. He was going to have Ivan go along with him and start to give him some tests. He dropped me at Robert’s house and went off to do his thing. I strolled into the house to find it a war zone, literally all of his guys were there. There was a giant dry erase board with pictures and lines going all over like you’d see in a police station squad room. Everyone was running around like something big was going on and no one even noticed me. I took off my coat and suit jacket, putting them neatly in his coat closet. I found myself with a weird sense of calm,
~Mickey’s Point of View~All that money on the lawyers, all the stress and here I was stuck at home again. I rubbed my eyes and stumped toward the bathroom to try and wake up. I looked at my phone, 10:33am. Shit I slept too late. But then again I only went to bed at 5.RING RING RINGA number I didn’t recognize. With us changing out all the street soldier’s phones I couldn’t ignore it. I swiped to accept it with my free thumb.“Yeah,” I said, lowering my toothbrush and waiting.“Mickey,” a female asked.“Who wants to know,” I said, starting to brush my teeth.
~Emilia’s Point of View~Okay, the first time I walked into this restaurant I could have puked and crapped my pants all at once. But now, I had a mission. I could do this, I could do this!Since Aleksey didn’t want Robert’s army buddies out on the streets dealing with direct family matters, they were my muscle for the evening. Four huge dudes that could snap your neck in seconds and not flinch. The rest of them stayed at the house in case anyone got any ideas about trying to invade.Sofia seemed passive, her mind elsewhere. Aleksey said both his parents were the inventors of the poker face and they never gave anything away. I’d love to work on that but it didn’t seem possible for me. Most of my life I just blended in, no one looked at me much or cared to.
~Aleksey’s Point of View~“What the fuck happened,” I bellowed, almost in a roar as I scooped up my mate from the car.“She started humming something and just passed out,” mother said.*Mate needs us, she’s hurt, help the pup,* Felix whined.I didn’t stay long enough for anything else. I threw myself and my mate into the back of Robert’s car as Mickey sped off. The whole bottom half of her body was wet but it didn’t smell like blood so that was slightly comforting. I lightly tapped her cheeks.*Do something!! The pup is in danger,* Felix yelled, pacing frantically in my mind.“Baby, you need to wake up
~Mickey’s Point of View~ While it was a shit situation all around, this is what I lived for, what I was born to do. Handle business, take care of the family and do what needs to be done. It was a miracle none of our people and especially Emmy and Sofia weren’t killed in the shoot-out. We should have known what a hot temper Lorenzo had but I still never would have imagined he’d try that shit. Word on the street was that his second was losing his damn mind and trying to find muscle to help maintain his territory, which Bohai was invading. I relished the thought. I wished we could be out there taking some too but he did promise to share a bit. The Italians were essentially going to be run out of the game. I was sitting in the front seat of Sofia’s Rolls Royce waiting on our visitor. He was liter