Oh dear.
“Pong and Leo got a little out-of-control,” I replied.
Mace didn’t respond. There was nothing to say. Pong and Leo had a habit of getting out-of-control on a routine basis.
“Daisy and Hector have set a meeting on Thursday with the A&R guy from Black Fat Records,” I told him.
“You gonna take the meet?”
I took in a breath then said, “Yeah.”
He took his hands from behind his head, turned to his side to face me and murmured, “Good.”
“I’m scared,” I shared.
“I know,” he returned.
Wel , there you go. Nothing else to say on that subject.
“I swung by to see Monk today,” Mace told me. “Got your money, it’s on the kitchen counter. I’l give Floyd, Hugo, Pong and Leo their take tomorrow.”
“You didn’t have to do that.”
“I know that too.”
Wel , there you go again. Nothing else to say on that either.
“I didn’t cal my Mom today,” I told him.
“Good,” he surprised me by replying. “I want to be there when you do it.”
My heart skipped a beat.
God, I loved him.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
Again, he didn’t respond.
“How was your day?” I asked, feeling weird.
We’d never done this, laying in bed, talking, sharing, even, one could say, processing.
It was kind of freaking me out (but in a good way).
“There’s been progress. George, the guy from the offices today, is an assistant DA. He’s giving us trouble with Sid’s case. Hank went over George’s head. Presented the evidence to his boss. The boss disagreed with George.
He told Hank and Eddie to bring Sid in. The warrant for his arrest went out tonight.”
“That’s good news, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, on the face of it. Sid’s gonna be hard to find. He’s also gonna retaliate, mobilize his army.”
“I thought his army was already mobilized.”
“Defensive tactics. He’l go offensive now.” That didn’t sound good. In fact, that sounded way not good.
“George is pissed,” Mace went on. “Hank made him look like a fool.”