The stake-out

CHAPTER 4

THE STAKEOUT

The first shift was taken by Clint and Erin.

"This Holt guy is a saint" declared Clint.

"Eight hours and nothing?"

"Nope he went to the Union office, after the meeting he went to pick up laundry and get this, before going home he picked up flowers for his lovely wife" he let out an exasperated sigh.

"You are right if this guy is too clean there might be a glitch in the plan" Edwin added.

I was not disappointed with this setback, atleast not yet.

We were living in Bisbee, Arizona, just north of the Mexican border. The once thing about this small town was it's countless bars and clubs. I was yet to come across a person who didn't frequent these places.

So with this in mind I was ready for the next shift with Edwin.

We were in the car with pair of binoculars and few snacks left.

"Where'd you keep the soda cans?" asked Edwin.

"Don't know check the dashboard" it was my Chevrolet, i had gotten a pretty cheap deal.

He rummaged through my dashboard.

"Hey is this you! You look like such an innocent person and who is this next to you? "

Edwin was holding up an old worn out photo. I glanced over at him and immediately snatched it "Mind your own business" I snapped.

"Woah chill!"

But I wasn't listening i was staring at the photo of a 18 year old me and the guy beside me. We were standing in front of a swing looking at the camera gleefuly. My mood darkened, he was someone who I never wanted to see again, someone who I was running from.

"Hey Holt's out and looking chic" Edwin's excitedness brought me back to reality. He was right Holt got in his car, I immediately geared my Chev and was on his trail.

It was half past ten, Holt parked in front of Contessa, while i haven't been there myself I knew it was a tasteful bar. It had two floors, the ground floor was fully equipped with a bar and a live orchestra, and the floor above had many private rooms and suites which people booked for parties, but everyone knew what went behind the doors.

"Bingo!"

I looked at Edwin he was already checking out Contessa's cctvs and account.

"Holt comes here every alternate night with a few of his buddies, his id is registered here as a premium club member. Wow!" Edwin gushed rapidly, I could see he was excited we had a breakthrough with our plan. Finally.

Next day we went over all the details, Erin, under the name of the fake Id Todd had got for us would enter Contessa the next day and lure Holt.

She would get invited into one of Holt's private room 'get togethers' and would make sure to get him into a compromising situation.

Me, Edwin and Clint would go into one of the other rooms, and Edwin would hack into the cameras to get the footage.

Me and Clint would stay near in case something goes wrong.

A simple plan.

If only things had gone according to it.

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