"I couldn't get a picture of his face, but I was able to get these" Mucho said as he dropped several pictures on the table in front of José.
"Si, this is Isabelle, I remember her. But what the fuck am I supposed to use pictures of her car to do?" José
asked.
"Look here, this is the car that drove her, there's someone in the driver's seat and it must be him, ese bastardo" Ryan pointed out.
"GAK-229" he said as he typed the plate number on his phone.
"You can't leave no evidence on your phone" José said, snatching his phone from his hand and clearing it out.
"Mucho, papel y bolígrafo" he said, and Mucho passed him a paper and pen.
He wrote the number down on several papers and handed it out to all of them.
"Now remember, this is not an on-sight target, entender?"
"Si" they all responded and left.
"I don't want Isabelle to get hurt"
"Don't worry, nobody's going to shoot her. She's not the one that put you in the hospital"
"You still love her?" José asked.
"Qué? Non. Not at all"
José patted his brother's shoulder and left.
"Here's your breakfast and here's mine" Isabelle said and she dropped the food on the table.
"Thank you" Dominic said, taking off his suit.
"Nothing for me?" Jameel jokingly said and Dominic glared at him. "You seemed just fine" Isabelle said, laughing at him.
"Isabelle" Dominic called
"Do you mind helping me get these to the board, distribute a file to everyone at the table and of course, don't forget to take note of who's present and who's absent"
"Right on it" she said and picked up a stack of files and went into the elevator.
"Talk to me" Dominic said to Jameel immediately the elevator went down.
"Someone happened to be following Isabelle and I this morning when we picked up breakfast"
"Hmm. Anyone in mind?"
"None in particular. Could be the usual street rats that don't know what they're coming for"
"And Luiz? How's he doing, coming up with my money?"
"He's sold the product meant for a month in two weeks and four days, the money's complete and higher than expected. It seems he increased the prices by 5%"
"And all returns are being made to me?"
"All returns"
"Excellent, anything else?"
"Benjamin said Isabelle's dad is responding well to treatments. As for her siblings, I did exactly as you asked"
"Good"
"Life seems to be going just perfect" Jameel said happily.
"Careful now Jameel, let he that thinketh he stands, take heed, lest he falls"
"You speak in parables and Shakespeare as well? Isn't that interesting Boss?"
"That was a quote from the orphanage, they rang it every now and then"
"Oh"
"It never made sense to me back then, but now, it's basically explaining life in a sentence"
He wore his suit and headed for the elevator to go to the meeting.
"The next time you notice someone following you, make sure to find who it is" he said before getting in.
"Done"
"And as for Isabelle, make sure she's safe"
"Done"
Dominic got into the elevator and went to his meeting.
"Isabelle, do you mind if he takes you home tonight?" Jameel said, pointing to one of the company's drivers. Isabelle paused in confusion.
"Why? What's going on?"
"I need to go run an errand for the boss immediately"
"Well why doesn't he go run the errand?" She said pointing to the man who had the door already open for her.
"He can't go"
"Why can't he go Jameel?"
"Are you always this stubborn?"
"Try me" she said, folding her arms.
"Dominic needs someone he trusts to go"
"Well, I'll come with you then. Dominic trusts me"'
"Oh, Isabelle please for God's sake, will you get in?"
"Hmm. No, I won't"
"Really?"
"Yes. Really " she said, remaining adamant.
"Very well then" Jameel said and carried her to the car and bundled her in.
"Jameel, Jameel put me down this instant" she struggled.
"Be good. Bye" he said and waved as the driver moved.
Dominic took a sip of water from the top of the building observing everywhere.
"Okay. Let's find out who you are, shall we?" Jameel said as he placed two nano micro cameras at the back of the car to
figure out who was following him.
"Hello boss" he said over the phone with Dominic.
"Talk to me"
"I'm on the go"
"Good. This will also tell us if it was you or Isabelle the person was trying to follow" "Or you" Jameel pointed out.
"Hmm. Actually"
"Let's find out, shall we?" Jameel said and started the car.
"Where are you? You little fucker" Jameel said as he slowly drove around. He stopped by the cafe to get some donuts, of course, so he would be seen.
Just as he got back into the car, he saw someone hiding in the corners with a camera.
"Hmm. Let's play a game, shall we?" He said and took a bite of
his donut.
He started the car and drove to a less busy road. He came down and acted like he wanted to pee.
Then he pushed himself forward like someone had dragged him and watched from the car window to see if anyone was coming.
Indeed, someone had made the mistake of following him and just as he turned to take the turn Jameel went in, Jameel dragged him and punched him to the floor.
They began to struggle, Jameel took off his glasses and his mask and noticed the tattoos on his face. The man took the whistle hung on his neck and began to blow it. Jameel punched him again, throwing the whistle out of his mouth.
"Man, who the fuck are you? Why are you following me?" Jameel asked.
"Es vete a la mierda loca!" He said and spat at him.
"English Motherfucker!" Jameel said and the man started laughing.
"Who the fuck are you?" Jameel said and punched him again.
And then he heard a whistle from somewhere else. The man began to shout in Spanish.
"Nope. Y'all fuckers are not about to ambush me" he said and got into his car and sped off. He looked in his mirror and saw about 4 other men gather around. He drove back to the Castle and dialed Isabelle's phone.
"Hey Isabelle" he said, as soon as she picked.
"Hey Jameel?"
"You home yet?" He asked. "Sure.
About twenty minutes ago"
"Okay good. You see anything or anyone unusual, you call me immediately, okay?"
"Why would I see anyone or anything unusual? Is everything alright?" She asked.
"Not at all, a robber just attacked someone" he lied
"Oh my God. Is he okay?"
"Yeah, everything's under control now.
Just wanted to make sure you were fine"
"I'm perfectly fine. Thanks"
He got into the elevator and headed for Dominic's office.
"Talk to me" Dominic said.
"Apparently, it's me they were following"
"And Isabelle?"
"Got home about twenty minutes ago and is safe. I just got off the phone with her"
"Good. What else?"
"Apparently, it seems to be these fuckers of the sun. Some Mexican gang"
"You mean Cartel del Sol?"
"Yes, that's the one"
"Hmm" Dominic said and turned to face the view from his skyscraper.
"Remember what I told you
Jameel?"
"What boss?"
"Let him that thinketh he stands, take heed, lest he falls."