“Just one more thing. Tonight, while Viper was jacking me up, he mentioned a flash drive and that you better hand it over to him.”
“Ahh, the flash drive. He’s like a dog with a bone.”
“I assume there’s something on it Viper wants to keep secret?”
“Probably.” I shrug.
“Don’t you have it?”
I bark out a laugh. “Nope, but Viper thinks I do. For all I know, it might not even exist.”
His brow furrows. “But he thinks?—”
“He thinks I have it ‘cause that’s what I let him believe. I’m using it as leverage. Something to hold over his head.”
He lowers his gaze. “Which is a shit-poor idea with a fucker like Viper.”
“How so? I thought my plan was pretty ingenious.”
“If we were talking about a semi-normal person, maybe, but blackmailing a psycho like Viper? Hell no. It’ll just make him more obsessed.”
“It’s all I’ve got right now.”
“What makes him or you think there is a flash drive or any money?”
“As I’m sure you know, the drug trade is extremely lucrative, and since my father supplied the trucks, the dummy company, and the other dummy,” she points to herself, “he retained a good part of the profit.”
“Okay.”
“The Dogs got a nice cut too, but supposedly my father hid a shit-ton of cash somewhere in this building.”
“That’s why you were banging the shit outta that safe.”
“Which turned out to be a dead end.” She shrugs. “Knowing my father, it was probably all bullshit, but you never know.”
“And Viper knows this too?”
“Exactly.”
“So, I guess some of those holes in the sheetrock were intentional.”
“Three weeks ago, I was convinced I could find it. Now, not so much.”
“How does Viper even know about the money and the flash drive?”
I huff out a humorless laugh. “‘Cause I made the mistake of telling Bullet, back before I realized Bullet and Viper sold me out big-time in court.”
“Okay, Bullet and Viper are fuckin’ bastards, but what did your father tell you?”
“He said he stashed money and a very valuable flash drive here at The End.”
“And he didn’t tell you where?”
“He whispered it to me before they dragged him out of court. Not much time for lengthy conversation. I’m not even sure it’s true, but I did like watching Viper squirm when he thought I might have something on him.”
“I get that, but Viper’s not gonna back down.” He points to his face. “I’m living proof.”
“Then I guess I’ll just have to find it.” I flick my hand at him. “Tell me how your life fell to shit.”
