Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali

Author:Ali Vali [Vali, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635550467
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

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“Everything is quiet,” Oliver said when Billy stopped at Mendel’s, walking through the back. “I got Pops sitting on the corner as our first line of defense. Ma appreciates him being out of the house for a couple of days.”

“How’s Pops?” Billy asked, remembering one of his da’s favorite crewmen that even Dalton called Pops. Pops had helped build their network in the neighborhoods behind the French Quarter.

“Pops never changes much. He’s enjoying retirement and spends most of his days tending his garden and lecturing me on how to act at work.”

“Da was a good one for that too, so I completely understand.” This was his fifth stop of the day with nothing to show for it, so he was starting to get frustrated. “Keep watching, and call if there’s a change.”

“Will do, and Mendel mentioned a few folks talking about what happened to Big Chief. There’s gossip and some worry about that, so I thought you’d want to know.”

“Thanks, and let me know if someone’s really interested in that situation.”

“That fat bastard had it coming, but I’ll pay attention to anyone too curious.”

“Where to, Boss?” Ian Evers asked Billy when he got back into the car.

“Let’s head to the office and regroup. Maybe Cain will let us bust some heads to get some action going.”

He glanced in the side mirror and noticed the black sedan two cars behind them. If they were tailing him, there was another car somewhere else, since he hadn’t seen this one behind Mendel’s place. “This is going to get old real fast.”

“Yeah. We noticed the other guy while you were talking to Oliver. We got to work something out if we need to do business without an audience,” Ian said.

“Slow down,” Billy said, resting his head back but still keeping watch. The car behind them blew their horn a couple of times, then passed them. “Start going through some lights and see what happens.”

“I think they’ll go through them with us to keep up, Boss,” Ian said, laughing a little with Gabriel in the backseat.

“I know that, smartass. I just want them to know I know they’re back there wasting my time and theirs. Put your seat belt on, Gabriel. You’re going to make a nice hood ornament if you don’t and this goes bad.”

They went another mile before Ian hit a yellow light, and like he’d told Billy, the car behind them kept pace. Billy’s plan didn’t quite work out when they had to slam on their brakes or risk hitting an elderly man ready to step off the curb. Ian stopped in time, but their tail’s reaction wasn’t as great. He slammed into them with enough force that they landed in the middle of the intersection. By some miracle, they missed the old guy.

“Come on, man,” a guy that ran from the other side of the street screamed as he banged on Billy’s window. “You got to get out before this shit blows up.”

Billy was dazed from hitting his head

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