Three months later
Looking down at my phone I saw I had a new message. I opened the message to see a picture of a guy, another and another of a car, along with some text below it. The text was short and sweet. 'He frequents Fat Cats between 3pm and 6pm every day.' I felt a small smile cross my face before I dialed the number of my best friend, lover and partner in crime.
"Hello?" I heard Mercy say through the phone.
"Got a new job Mercy, how soon can you be ready?"
"Fifteen minutes." She said. I looked down at my phone to see that it was currently 2:30.
"That will work perfectly. I'll see you in a few." I said hanging up the phone and walking out to my car. I got in and drove to Mercy's house. Once at Mercy's I decided to get some clothes from her and dress up as well. I put on a black dress that stopped at the top of my thighs, and had a sweetheart neckline with some stripes of color that wound through the fabric. I arranged my, now black, hair around to lay over my right shoulder, and did my makeup in natural colors. I put on my thigh high black boots that had a five inch heel, and grabbed a small pouch that I could hide in my chest so I had some money with me.
Looking over at Mercy as she came out of her bedroom I couldn't help but smile. "You're the distraction tonight." I said looking over her in her red corseted tube top, and black mini skirt along with black high heels with red bottoms. Her blonde hair was arranged in a messy sexy style that normal drew our targets to her anyway.
"So just like every other hit." She said shrugging her shoulders at me.
"I can't help it. I like to drive." I said as we walked out the door. We decided to walk over to the bar, and I couldn't help but smile when I saw the 1969 Colbalt Corvette Stingray already sitting in the lot. I nodded my head in the cars direction, and saw her acknowledge that she saw it. I pulled out my phone briefly to show her the picture of the guy the car belonged to, and then we headed inside.
I walked up to the counter and ordered a Corona before turning to watch the room. I was a bit surprised when I noticed Brian sitting at one of the tables with Mia and some Chinese guy but pushed it out of my head and looked for my target. When I spotted him I saw Mercy already had him occupied. Walking over to the table I saw the keys sitting on the table, and slid them off. I leaned over to whisper in her ear. "Two minutes." I said before walking out to the car, and unlocking it. I slid into the driver's seat, and felt a grin cross my face at how easy that was. Once she was in the car I couldn't help but rev the engine a couple times.
"You can't ever do things the easy way can you?" I heard Mercy say in the passenger seat.
"Where's the fun in that?" I asked and laughed when I saw the guy walk out followed by Brian, Mia and China (That's what I decided to call the Chinese dude until I figured out his name.)
"Son of a bitch." The target yelled and started to come toward us. I put the car in drive and pulled out unto the road. "That bitch is stealing my car." I heard him yell before hearing Brian's car start.
"Shit. Didn't think he'd help this guy." I whispered to myself before flooring the gas, and getting the hell out of there. I swore again when I saw Brian's car in the rearview mirror. "Mercy, what time is it?'
"3:45, why? What are you planning Jazz?" Mercy asked before making sure her seatbelt was on
"Hold on." I said doing a quick U-turn, and headed back the way we came.
"Please tell me you're not gonna do what I think you're gonna do." Mercy pleaded grabbing the door in a white knuckled grip.
"Depends on what you think I'm gonna do." I said with a smirk.
"Bridge." Mercy whispered seeing the raising bridge looming in front of us.
"Then I can't tell you that's not what I'm gonna do." I said bringing the car up to full speed.
"Oh god, I'm gonna die." Mercy said covering her eyes with one hand. I looked into the rear view mirror and saw Brian right on my rear bumper, before he moved to try to pass me.
"Have a little faith." I said gesturing at Brian to look toward the bridge. I smiled when I saw him hesitate before stepping on the gas again. I let Brian get a little ahead of me, and smiled when his car jumped the gap in the bridge. I grabbed the parking break, and slid the car around in a half circle, knowing Brian wouldn't be able to come back over the bridge now until it closed. "You can uncover your eyes now." I told Mercy slowing down to a reasonable speed, and driving to the chop shop that wasn't too far away.
"How'd you know he'd take the jump?" Mercy asked looking over at me as we pulled in.
"I didn't, if he didn't take it I was going to." I said smiling over at her. We both climbed out of the car and decided to go out for a few drinks. We walked into Freddy's bar five minutes later, and I smiled over at Freddy. I walked up to Freddy and handed him a fifty. "We've been here for the last two hours." I told Freddy and he gave me a nod saying he'd cover for us. "The usual." I said before going to sit down at our table in the back corner of the bar. Shortly after that I watched Mia, Brian and China walk in. They came over and sat in the booth beside ours. Fifteen minutes later the police walked in. I watched Freddy shake his head at the police and point over to our booth. I watched the frown cross their faces before they turned and left.
"I need to call him." I heard Brian say and tuned into the conversation.
"Why?" China asked.
"Because he needs to know what we found, Han." Brian said and I glanced over at the Chinese dude in surprise. Dom had spoken frequently about Han, but he always said that Han had died. I saw Han look at me before shrugging his shoulders.
"Whatever." I saw Brian reach for his phone before I turned my head back to face Mercy. She continued to chat about random things knowing I was listening in on the conversation in the next booth. I gave her a small smile for covering my eavesdropping, and she just smiled back.
"Dom we found her."
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"She's in Miami boosting cars."
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"Because I was in the bar when she did it. Tried to help the guy get his car back, and she tricked us into jumping a bridge before she whipped the car around and took off in the opposite direction."
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"I don't think that's a good idea."
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"Fine, see you in a few."
"Shit." I whispered before getting to my feet. I downed the scotch that Freddy had just brought over, and turned to Mercy. "I got to go baby girl. Tell Jim, thanks for everything, and I'm sorry." I said before dropping some money on the table and headed toward the back door.
I looked over at the front door just as Dom walked in. I felt the ache start in my chest and glanced over at Mercy one more time before disappearing out the back door.