Withstanding the Odds

It wasn’t often I brought h

O

t I was doing, tried to trap me in one of the sto

ll looking over the jewelry. I move my gaze back over to

” Kenneth Alfonso looks up and over at Mick with tension weighing heavy on his features.

g center can figure out who and what we are, then we now have to change up our game plan. That is not

able to get all o

for now. I’ll let you know when it’s time for another run from you. Now, gather these item

e coffee table once more. Grabbing the loot, I scoop everything i

door, my mind still reeling on why Mr. Alfonso was there today. He’s obviously a cop, and, if the badge was a clear indication, a detective at that. Yet, Mick had him in his room,

ands wrapped around a thick glass bong that has every color of the rainbow painted on. He eyes

hts up and takes a long drag. I sit bes

a good amount. Problem is, I d

around inside makes me roll my eyes at my brother. “Somebo

nk they had my number the moment they saw me. Told Mick a

meet mine, and he gives me

ing my hand on his shoulde

ur brother, fairly sure

I ruffle his hair, then laugh when

y head and stand to walk away. I’ve done the drug thing before, and

eady? It’s only one

ke as I head towards my room. I have no intentions of going to bed early, but after my chase and speaking wi

t, leaving the bong on the coffee table littered with his crap

I begin, shaking my h

but I’m good, really. I’ve been doing more t

ey can trust Brody. Bandits on drugs aren’t always trust worth and due to the last time Brody royally messed up, I get why they

I don’t trust you. It’s jus

think I can’t do it? That I can’t take care of

argue with Brody. Mick has never trusted him, and, after the stunt he pulled by

en out on a run, and I think the pent-u

red, and I can tell his anger is beginning to lose its grip. Brody has always had an anger management problem and being on the streets as

kes skill to do what we do and until you lose your grip on that

you, is it?” This t

hat suppos

e tells me he wants me on a job then I’m taking it.” With these

om, hoping that once Brody comes down from