Azrael sat in the room waiting, the waitress brought over a beverage for him but he let it sit there and didn't bother with it. "He will see you now" a guard came out and said, Azrael stood up fixing his top and walked into the room. He walked into the office room and stood by the chair facing opposite the black finely crafted wooden desk. "You can take a seat Azrael" Pino said, he was getting his hair trimmed and cut by his personal barber. "We need to talk, privately" Azrael said as he hinted towards the people in the room. Pino waved his hand and everyone left the room.
"I was going to reach out to you but I'm happy you did" Pino said as he moved some strands of his curly wet hair behind his ear. "I know your here about the RICO case against you and your partners" Pino said as he lifted his glass, "It's a RICO against us, they get to you by going through us" Azrael said, Pino took a sip of his bourbon, "My guy tells me that they don't have much on me but they do have a picture of me from when I was around 16 which isn't good for me personally because I like to think I've barely aged" Pino said as he ran his finger around the rim of his glass. "It's not looking good for you Azrael, I'll be honest. From what I've heard, you seem to be the main slaughter and they also want Kevin too. They don't have a name for me, in regards to your informant but I do know that they've got a witness called Danielle Morgan" he said, Azrael sighed rubbing his waves. "I know Danielle, well I knew Danielle.. we bribed her to keep quiet about some guy but I guess she's back" Azrael said, "How is Acacia?" Pino said, it seemed as if he wasn't really interested in the RICO. Azrael looked at him like he was stupid, "She's worried that I might be going to jail before we can say I do" Azrael said, Pino nodded his head.
"I'll help you get out of this but your snake in the grass needs to be found immediately and for your sake it shouldn't be anyone that can identify me" Pino said as he lifted his drink again, "We make such a good team, don't you think?" Pino laughed, "What should I do?" Azrael asked. As much as Azrael disliked Pino, he was the only person he could trust in this situation, Azrael knew too much about Pino and vice versa but Pino knew Azrael was not a snitch, he would rather do time then become a rat and Pino respected it.
"Tell them, let them know about the RICO but just don't let on that there's a rat in the camp. Do it like how we done it back in Puerto Rico" Pino said giving Azrael a head nod, he knew what to do.
Azrael made his way in his car and drove down to his lounge, he called everyone there for a meeting before opening hours. He walked towards the entrance and used his key to unlock the door, the light was on but no one was around. He took a few more steps in then Lesley came walking in from the back. She wiped her tears and walked behind the bar, she didn't speak when she saw Azrael but he noticed she was upset. "You good Lesley?" Azrael said as he approached the bar, she dried her tears "I'm okay, honestly" she said as she looked over the reservations for tonight. "If you need to take a breather let me know, there's no point in you being here if you're upset" Azrael said as he walked behind the bar and slowly approached. She stopped and took a breather, "it's just... something stupid with my boyfriend, that's all" she said as she wiped her tears, Azrael gave her a friendly rub on her arm "If you need a minute to sort it out, let me know but whatever it is, I'm sure you will be fine" Azrael said giving her a comforting smile.
Since going to therapy with Acacia and talking things through and putting them to work, Azrael had gotten more comfortable at dealing with his emotions as well as others. Before finding out about the RICO, he was excited about marriage and the life he was about to live and he was determined to have it.
"Thank you Azrael" Lesley said as she smiled at him. Someone cleared their throat which caught both Lesley and Azrael's attention, it was Kane and Kevin. "Sorry to interrupt" Kevin said as he sipped his bubble tea, Aisha had introduced him to it, he was currently trying different flavours of fruit tea before he moves on to milk tea. "Let's go in the back boys, waiting on the rest" Azrael said as he walked away from Lesley guiding Kevin and Kane over to his office.
