Free Behind the Scenes: Book 0 (MC) by L. Ann Marie Page B

him. 
    The Prospect gags picking up the barrel. Geek looks at him. “Me too. Brothers shouldn’t puke in my barrel or they should clean it.” The Prospect looks surprised. Geek nods. “He was Officer so I didn’t say shit.” 
    JJ laughs. “Fuckin’’ Brother. Let’s get to work before Knight comes in here shooting.” Geek looks scared but pulls his keyboard to him. 
    I look for Knight to see how we’re running without two. Pres stops me. “Less good?” 
    “Yeah showed him the video and he saw it. Fuckin’’ kid was ready to shoot him. Less got Caps’ kid. They take her cause the mother is in the drugs too.” 
    He shakes his head. “I’ll get that squared today with the lawyer. You good running less Brothers?” 
    I look at him. “No but it is what it is.” 
    He gets a sad look. “Yeah.” He walks to his rooms. 
    Knight is at the bar looking at a list. When I sit he doesn’t look at me but starts talking. “Have to run three each. The circuit we can handle. Less will run his regulars. Don’t need stress on him.” 
    “Yeah.” 
    “You ready?” 
    I look at him. “As I’ll ever be.” We get with our crews and let them know the plan. 
    Knight takes north and I do south. It’s an easier day with the circuit split but we’re two short. I have one from his crew and hope he’s good. We get everything delivered pretty easy except Worcester. Fuckin’’ gang is always waiting. The Brother in front is good. He clears our path shooting at everything pointed our way and doesn’t say shit on the headset. Level gets hit in the leg but tells us he’s good. JJ tells us to stop when it’s safe but Level says he’ll be fine for the ride back. The Brother is named right. His voice is the same whether he’s excited or in pain. 
    At the Club JJ has a young guy waiting. “This is Doc. He’ll get you squared Level.”
    Doc takes Level inside. I tell the new guy he did good. He nods walking in. I look at JJ. “He really a doctor?” 
    He smiles. “Almost. He wants to open a clinic for low income. He’ll take what we give him for patching the Brothers toward that. Maybe someday we can help him more but for now he’ll take the extra cash.” 
    Smart kid. Petey usually helps patching the Brothers but he’s no doctor. “Pres in?” 
    His smile falls. “No. He’s been gone all day.” 
    I nod. “He had some business to take care of.” I tell him wondering if I missed anything myself.
    I start thinking about the list as I’m walking through the doors. Brothers are arguing and I walk right by. Fuckin’’ men bitch like pussies more than the pussies do. 
    In the Ops room Geek is talking to Knight about something on his screen. I wait. When he’s done Knight turns to me. “Got to get rid of Worcester and North Shore.” I nod. It would be the smartest thing to do. “Drawin’ fire every time out. Not enough clean Brothers to keep it runnin’ safe.” 
    JJ’s hands are in his hair. “Fuck. The Brothers will pitch a fit if we cut two out of the circuit.” 
    Knight looks at him. “Tell ‘em to pick it up. They lose men they’ll find a new supply. Not on us.” 
    JJ nods and looks at me. “Sound right Brother?” I nod. He looks at Knight. “I’ll set it up where do you want them to meet you?” Knight gets the big maps out and they start talking. 
    I sit in the chair beside Geek. “You know where Pres is?” 
    He nods. “He told me not to follow but he’s tracked.” 
    He isn’t going to say. “He get you squared till you’re legal?” 
    I get the big smile. “A lawyer is getting me paperwork saying I take care of myself. Pres says if I keep working he’ll put up money for me, but I got a pay now so I don’t need that. I’m going to keep working and he can find someone that needs it. JJ gave me a book about taking care of money. I’m going to read it and take care of me.” 
    I mess up his hair. “That’s good little Brother. You do what you can to make