Bastian shook his head.“Leon is a hell of a man.I’m not sure I could be as calm as he seems to be right now.I would be going house to house with a gun in my hand if someone just tried to kill me.”
James shook his head as he disagreed, “No, you wouldn’t.You would do exactly what Leon is doing and you know it.You would look at the bigger picture and wait until everything was over once and for all before you let yourself feel it.Grimaldi better hope and pray that Calderone does come home or Leon will not stop until they are all lying dead at his feet.That old man can be scary when he’s crossed.And this is a definite scenario of someone crossing him.Heads are gonna definitely roll before this is over.”
Bane nodded.“And we’re gonna help him survive it all.No one fucks with our people.”
Bastian gave him a nod.He then looked over at Excaliber and asked, “What do we know about the Gonda Cartel?”
Excaliber looked down at her screen and said, “We know there are three men in control after their father stepped down and they took over.Manuel, Trego and Juan.”
Bastian nodded.“Yeah, Leon mentioned Manuel.What else?”
She read silently for a moment then looked up, “Seems the stepping down was a clean takeover.Paulo Gonda apparently didn’t think his sons were at the point yet to take over but the sons pushed him out and just took over anyway.That doesn’t sound right to me.”
Cane looked at her and asked, “Do we know what they are doing?Why they need a foothold in Boston?”
Excaliber nodded.“They want an outlet for shipping their products overseas.They are running guns, drugs and women.”
Orrin looked puzzled as he asked, “But they could do that from Mexico, why do they need Boston?”
Excaliber read more of her report on the Gonda Cartel then she looked up and explained, “They need Boston to get international shipping for their smuggling ring.They have made contacts in Italy and they hope to get into a contract for more inventory.God only knows what that means but that’s why they need Boston.”
“And that’s why Leon doesn’t want them there.”Bastian growled.“He may not know about the smuggling ring yet but he for sure wouldn’t want the drugs and women going through his city.”
“Damn, maybe I should take a rocket launcher or two with me on this trip.”Orrin turned and walked down the hall to grab another duffle bag.
Excaliber shook her head and spoke up again, “Well, I do think the cartel is running on fumes.”
“What does that mean exactly?”Bastian wanted to know.
“Well, it seems that not everyone was behind the takeover.”She read her research notes again.“Most of the cartel are still loyal to Paulo and the sons might not be as strong as they think they are.They also know Leon doesn’t want them there and most of the army Manuel is leading don’t want to go, not against Leon Vinciniti.”Shaking her head she also told them, “That isn’t going over well, and I think one of the brothers doesn’t want this either.I think Juan is still loyal to his father.”
Bane stared at her.“How do you know so much about this cartel anyway?”
She smiled.“I have a network of informers out here and they have seen this up close and personal like.They are watching everything and the major players.”She shrugged.“When you have everything playing out in front of you or close enough you can hear the words of the people.This is what they are hearing the people saying.”
Bane nodded.“That helps us not so sure it helps the cartel.”
Sheba and Ari dropped their bags down on the floor.
Sheba looked at Bane and said, “We’re going too.Why should you boys always get to fight the battles?”
“I was hoping you two girls would be with us.”He shrugged.“But the choice had to be yours.”
Ari snorted.“Like we would ever just stay home.Leon is our friend too.”
“Let’s get going then,” Bane replied.“We have a long drive ahead of us and hopefully we’ll get there before the cartel does.”
They all grabbed their bags and began filing out the front door.
Bane, Cane, Orrin, Sheba, Ari and James.
