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It was kind of funny how Spencer and I were each trying to find out more on Skyler/Shawn to make sure he’d be good for us. I never would have guessed in a million years that this guy from Edge would have left Dimitri Bruno’s daughter at the altar.
My plan had been to follow Skyler a bit to see where he went and worked. But things had quickly gone in an odd direction. While I was listening to Spencer, a car parked between where I was at and where Skyler lived. The man got out and went up to Skyler’s door.
Possible roommate?
That theory proved false when the man knocked on the door and then went to sit on a bench on the sidewalk. Weird. Moments later, a man walked out of the place and joined the other man on the bench. The two seemed to talk for a couple of minutes, and then the man from the car reached into his coat and handed the other man money.
Drugs?
The man went back inside the house, leaving the guy from the car on the bench. While Spencer went on about how he wanted us to pursue Skyler, the man came back out of the house, but this time he had Skyler with him. Skyler had his blue puffer coat and beanie on. Together, they went to the man on the bench, and the guy from the car nodded and smiled. Whatever the guy from the house was saying, Skyler was shaking his head in obvious disagreement.
What the fuck?
The man from the car continued to nod and reached for Skyler, wrapping his hand around Skyler’s upper arm. Skyler yanked his arm out of the man’s grip, only to have the man from inside the house take hold of him. He guided Skyler to the car with the other man.
Shit!
“Spence, I have to go, man.”
I disconnected the call without waiting for him to say anything else and got out of the car. The three of them were two cars ahead of me, and their altercation ceased when they saw me approach. I could see the silent plea in Skyler’s eyes when we made eye contact.
The man from the house spoke up when he saw me staring. “Can I help you?”
Inside my jacket I had my gun, and if things got ugly, I could protect myself and Skyler. I reacted purely on instinct… Skyler was ours, and he wasn’t going anywhere he didn’t want to go.
“I couldn’t help but notice a disagreement between you gentlemen. I wanted to check to see if everyone is okay,” I said while keeping an eye on everyone’s hands.
“You can move the fuck along,” the man from the house said.
“Look, I don’t want any trouble,” the man from the car said while looking at the other guy. “Can I just get my money back, and I’ll get out of here?”
Everyone looked in the direction of a lady and her two small kids coming out of the house next door. Good, additional eyes. The man from the house glared at me as he handed the money over. His eyes were blazing and still on mine as the other man drove off.
“Well, you better be a paying customer, because you just cost me four grand.”
It didn’t take me long to figure out that this guy was making money off of Skyler.
“Four grand? Man, no blow job or quick fuck is worth four grand,” I replied.
“There wasn’t anything quick about it. Skyler was going to stay the week with that gentleman. No limits,” the man smugly said.
What the fuck? Skyler’s silence told me he’d been trained on when to speak, but when I made eye contact with him, I could see the defiance in his eyes.
“Does Skyler have a say in that?” I asked.
“Skyler is a bit short on rent since he lost his best-paying client. So now he has to make his rent payment.”
None of this was okay, and I wasn’t leaving without Skyler.
“You alright, Skyler?” I asked.
Skyler nodded quickly but remained silent.
The man looked at him as he smacked Skyler’s upper arm and asked, “You know this asshole?”
“I’m not an asshole,” I answered.
The man ignored me and grabbed Skyler’s arm. He asked again, “Do you know him?”
