“Get your guy, Spence. We’ll take care of the mess,” he said.
I was once again filled with hope, and I wasn’t going to push for the details of how he was going to fix it. All I could do was trust him.
“Thank you,” I said.
My Porsche was now waiting for me. As soon as I got in it and pulled away from the valet of Lombardi’s, I called West, and he answered on the first ring.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hey. Are you busy?”
“Kind of.”
“Okay, when you have a few minutes, call me back. We need to talk about Skyler.”
“Wait! What is it?”
“I had lunch with Michael and Sawyer today and found out some interesting things about him.”
“What? How? How would Michael know anything?”
“It’s a long story. Besides, I thought you were busy.”
“I have a few minutes. I’m kind of doing some surveillance. Hurry and tell me,” West insisted.
10
West
After hearing everything from Spencer, I was determined to make this work. If Michael said he would take care of things, I trusted him to do just that. Now, with having one side of the story behind Skyler, I knew he’d be able to fill in the holes.
It was kind of funny how Spencer and I were each trying to find out more on Skyler/Shawn to make sure he’d be good for us. I never would have guessed in a million years that this guy from Edge would have left Dimitri Bruno’s daughter at the altar.
My plan had been to follow Skyler a bit to see where he went and worked. But things had quickly gone in an odd direction. While I was listening to Spencer, a car parked between where I was at and where Skyler lived. The man got out and went up to Skyler’s door.
Possible roommate?
That theory proved false when the man knocked on the door and then went to sit on a bench on the sidewalk.Weird.Moments later, a man walked out of the place and joined theother man on the bench. The two seemed to talk for a couple of minutes, and then the man from the car reached into his coat and handed the other man money.
Drugs?
The man went back inside the house, leaving the guy from the car on the bench. While Spencer went on about how he wanted us to pursue Skyler, the man came back out of the house, but this time he had Skyler with him. Skyler had his blue puffer coat and beanie on. Together, they went to the man on the bench, and the guy from the car nodded and smiled. Whatever the guy from the house was saying, Skyler was shaking his head in obvious disagreement.
What the fuck?
The man from the car continued to nod and reached for Skyler, wrapping his hand around Skyler’s upper arm. Skyler yanked his arm out of the man’s grip, only to have the man from inside the house take hold of him. He guided Skyler to the car with the other man.
Shit!
“Spence, I have to go, man.”
I disconnected the call without waiting for him to say anything else and got out of the car. The three of them were two cars ahead of me, and their altercation ceased when they saw me approach. I could see the silent plea in Skyler’s eyes when we made eye contact.
The man from the house spoke up when he saw me staring. “Can I help you?”
Inside my jacket I had my gun, and if things got ugly, I could protect myself and Skyler. I reacted purely on instinct… Skyler was ours, and he wasn’t going anywhere he didn’t want to go.
“I couldn’t help but notice a disagreement between you gentlemen. I wanted to check to see if everyone is okay,” I said while keeping an eye on everyone’s hands.
