looks at Pres. Justice shows on the side of us. “Hannah, come walk with me.”
When she walks away, Mase lets out his breath. “Fuck, that was close. I covered you so she didn’t read it, Brother. I’m glad she can’t read you, Trask. Want to get lunch?”
I laugh at him. “We have Edwin in an office. We can get lunch after he leaves. I need to get the try out. What time?” Pres smiles at him.
Mase looks at his watch. “Twenty-one minutes ago.”
Pres types on his phone. “Cort has it. He’ll get it out. Can you tell Jared, Mase? He’s in Ops. We’ll deal with Edwin and meet you in the cafeteria.”
“Roger, Pres Trask.” He’s gone. I shake my head and turn. Fuck. Holding the wall, I stand still. I’ve been moving too fast all day.
“I’ll meet you in the meeting room with Edwin.”
“Thanks, Pres.”
“Meeting room,” Pres says. I smile. He was across the hall.
I make it before Edwin and sit. “Where is my son?”
“Holding,” Pres says calmly as he hits his phone. “I’ll show you why. Amal, can you show the feeds one after the other just like you did for the DA? Thanks, Brother. I’m done after this one.”
He turns to Edwin. “Watch the board. If you have questions, hold them.” He shrugs making me smile. “I have a call to make to the Sheriff. We’ll be outside.” He sounds friendly, I know that’s fake, he can’t stand the little Hitler wannabe.
I get up and walk out the door again. My life is boring sometimes. This would be one of them. Pres makes his call. “Jim, I need a Deputy with a body-cam to pick up from our holding. The DA will have paperwork to hold him at the state pen. I’m glad he called. I want feeds documenting the transport. Family’s got money. Thanks.”
When he leans against the wall, I ask, “Where’s your dad?”
He shrugs. “Probably the Lodge. The meeting is this week.”
I nod. It’s a ceremony Saturday for the Masons. “Little Brothers were supposed to help out.”
He shakes his head no. “We need to get a handle on the Enforcers, Protectors and these threats. I’m not putting kids out there without knowing they’ll be covered.”
“Do the ceremony at the Clubhouse. There’s room for it there.”
He nods. “I’ll call him later. He wanted us all to go to dinner.”
One death threat in a lifetime is enough for me. “Debra isn’t off the compound. We can have it at the pool.”
He nods. Edwin comes out with twenty years added to his face and stature. “Where is he?”
“You can visit him tomorrow at the state prison. Have a nice day.”
I yell, “Prospect!” Watching Edwin jump a foot off the floor.
Bowser chases Champ up the stairs and right to us. “I was coming up anyway, Pres, VP.”
“Thanks, Bowser. Show Edwin out the gate.” Pres has the friendly sound to his voice again.
“Roger, Pres. This way, Edwin.” Bowser walks with him to the stairs.
I pet Champ’s silky coat. “Thanks, Bowser. He looks great.”
“No problem, VP. I love the beast.”
Pres laughs. “Let’s get lunch while we can.”
I remind him. “Ops needs to be covered by IT. Hannah just left with Justice.”
He calls someone. “Link, can you run for another hour? I’ll get you covered. Get lunch when you leave there. Thanks, Brother.”
I put my hand out and walk to the stairs. “Bowser got him a ball.” Pres is impressed.
I nod. “Knight picked him and gave him Bowser as a name because he likes dogs. He takes care of Sheba too. Hannah didn’t have Sheba with her.”
“She’s been leaving her at the Lab for the Bits. Stella’s dog is huge too.”
I smile. “I saw. She’s a twin to Champ.” I point at the wall. “Watch. Relax, Champ.” He sits by Stella’s dog at the wall.
Pres stops and stares at them. “That’s a match. Jesus.”
I kiss Debra’s cheek. “Hannah got held up. Link is covering for an hour then getting lunch.”
“How long on Hannah?”
“No idea right now. I can cover your training if you need me to.”
She looks up to see if I’m kidding, I bet. “We were going to do surveillance.”
“Mitt is a Security Training Officer. Send him your plan and cover Ops then your work if Hannah comes in earlier than expected.”
Her smile has me kissing it. “Thanks. That will work. We’ve got some slow surveillance techs. I don’t want our first class slow.”
I nod. “Our Brothers will run through training again after this class. It’s normal for the Clubs to run