His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he fought the urge to wake them both up. With one final glance, he left the room with a big sigh.
"Dressed to impress, I see." Adam whistled when he saw Roman come down from the stairs. "You've even got on the Submariner instead of the Apple Watch. This must be a big meeting."
"It is." He said, his voice low. "I'm catching a ride with Lynn. I'm finally meeting with the heavy hitters after delaying for so long." The heavy hitters were the group of people Roman did business with. The type of business ranged from contract killing, collecting money, distributing drugs, and some other stuff. They were the reason why he dropped off the face of the earth for two years.
Adam shook his head. "Something tells me they aren't going to be happy about you, pushing them away for so long."
"I'll deal with them, you on the other hand just worry about finding a way to track down you know who." Roman scratched the back of his head, and then cleared his throat. "Where's the kid?" He asked, looking around the living room. He noticed Abel wasn't sleeping on the sofa.
"Outback, I think. Doing whatever teenagers do at this time in the morning."
Roman's face scrunched up. "Teenagers are up at this hour?"
Adam shrugged. "It seems so." He put his hand in his pocket, fishing for something. "Ahh, here it is. I was finally able to unlock it." Adam said, passing him an iPhone with a cracked screen. It had belonged to the man he recently killed, a few days ago. Cortez's cousin. He hadn't exactly meant to kill him, the whole thing was an accident... sort of.
Roman and Lynn thought the best way to get intel on Cortez was by abducting someone close to him. So, they took his cousin, and they of course planned on letting him go, but then things went sideways. They took him down to an empty truck stop and tied him to a truck and a pole. Lynn was interrogating him, while Roman sat at the driver seat, pressing the gas pedal little by little to get him to cave. Out of nowhere, the unexpected happened... Roman sneezed, his foot accidentally slamming down on the pedal fully.
It was a huge mess. Truly.
Roman shivered as the scene played in his mind again. "Find anything useful?" He asked.
"A bunch of rubbish, but when you get to messages with him and his cousins, it's rather hard to understand. I think they're speaking in code, figured you'd be the one to solve it."
Roman took the phone from him and put it in his pocket. "I'll check it out when I get back. You sure you're good with watching everyone while I'm gone?"
He nods. "I am. Everyone and everything will be right here just as you left it when you return."
"Thanks, Adam. Good work by the way." Roman said, before turning on his foot. He walked through the kitchen with his eyes, glancing at the windows. He stopped at the door that led to the backyard and used his hands to twist the doorknob. The sound of a ball smacking against the hard concrete, caused him to look to his right as he stepped out.
Abel was there, playing ball by himself.
"You need something?" Abel asked him, feeling the weight of his eyes on him. He threw the ball into the hoop from a far distance and ran to catch it, his grey hoodie clinging onto his body as sweat dripped from his face.
"You play ball?" Roman asked, but it sounded more like a statement.
"Doesn't everyone?" Abel replied, catching his breath. He had been playing for a while, so he decided to drink some of the water in his water bottle.
Roman nodded briefly. "I guess that's somewhat true." He cleared his throat, scratching the back of his head. "I need a favor from you kid."
Abel raised his eyebrows. "It's nothing inappropriate right... cuz I don't get down like that. Not that there's anything wrong with that lifestyle or anything, it's just not for me. I like girls and I'm also underage..."
ChApTeR - 9
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