First Few Days

chapter 2

After the encounter at the coffee shop. I went out, walking to a nearby store, pickpocketing on the way of course, after afew lighter pockets and a little walk I arrived, walked straight in and started looking around aisle by aisle till I found what I needed, a backpack and something to cover my face, maybe some gloves if i have enough. After a short while of walking I head to the counter, a small postman style sling bag, and a jet black scarf, also to my surprise I got enough for leather gloves too, perfect now to head out, the sun was beginning to set anyway, I could wait nearby.

afew hours pass whilst I stood deep inside an alleyway smoking a cigarette I managed to snag, nothing but darkness and sweet moonlight covering the night. I start to walk towards the jewellery store picking up a small brick out of the alleyway on the way, I stand across looking left then right and cover my face before I walk across and In front of the store. SMASH. The rock flew through the window and straight after it my hand was in reaching in and grabbing hand fulls of jewellery one after another, steadily filling the bag up, then the sound of a siren in the distance. I knew my time was up so my hand slid out of the hole and my feet turned, no hesitation as I start to sprint, zipping the bag up as I duck down an alleyway left, right, turn after turn getting further away from the sirens with every pace, I rest against a wall, placing the bag on the floor, taking my jacket off and folding it up, placing it in the bag and adjusting the scarf, I sling the bag back over me and head to the address given to me by Russo. 

A short walk walk later I arrive, seeing a big multi floor compound in front of me with a big steel gate. I approach the front guard hut, some big motherfucker sat there eating a salami sandwich looks at me and tells me to fuck off. “Sir. I’m here to see Mr Russo. He told me you’d be expecting me.”

Kenny was playing cards and drinking with his buddies at the Purge headquarters when the gatekeeper for the night came to the door and told Kenny that a guy was asking for him. Kenny extinguished his cigarette on the nearest ashtray and grabbed the bottle of whiskey that him and his friends were drinking. He left the main hall and walked towards the gate, taking little sips from the bottle until he arrived and saw Savino standing there with a backpack in hands. He knew the man was able to pull that job off, he was very fast and a simple smash and grab seemed like easy money for him. The gatekeeper opened the gate and Kenny approached Savino. The man opened the bag and showed Kenny all he could grab.

"Nice take, mate. Follow me." Kenny nods his head and walks towards his car and Savino follows. The car is parked near the entrance to the headquarters so they walk over there in silence. Kenny opens the car and signals Savino to ride shotgun, he sits there and Kenny gets in the car, he turns the engine on and gives the whiskey bottle to Savino.

"I'll drive ya to Waterfront. I have a contact there who wants to buy these jewelry. He won't give much but it's going to be enough for you to get a place to live in Ballard. We agreed on 50k. You give me 5k for the tip and the meeting with the contact, the rest is yours, alright?"

After a few minutes of silence they reached the place where Kenny's contact was. They entered the place, it was a little Italian bistro that Kenny's contact owned. One of the contact guards escorted them upstairs where they would close the deal.

"You do the talking with my contact. I want to see how you handle yourself."

I walk into the room and see a well dressed gentleman, sitting there on his red leather throne, jet black suit and eating some lobster. I begin to approach the desk he was behind and take my hat off, slowly getting close then standing still, the man looks up and stops eating.”So, your the guy, I never got your name.” He says as he gestures myself and Mr Russo to take a seat. I walk and take my seat, placing my hat on my lap as I sit down. “My names Sergio. Nice to meet you. I’m told you want to buy something for your wife?” I say as I reach for my cigarette packet, placing one in my mouth and offering the gentleman and Mr Russo one, they both take one and I light them all, taking a puff and leaning back placing the bag on the desk. “Let me know what you think. I’m told we have an agreed price? $50,000 if I’m not mistaken?” I say as I lean forward and take another drag. 

The man reaches into the bag and begins looking, “Ahh yes, My wife would love these, especially with Valentine’s Day coming and all.” He says as he takes out a pearl necklace, he nods to a gentleman behind us and he places a envelope on my lap, “Nice doing business, there’s $50,000 in there. Come back to me if you get any more. Savino.” He says chuckling as me and Mr Russo stand up, we head to the door and begin heading to the door. “Thank you for this opportunity Mr Russo. I won’t let you down.”

"That's not the only opportunity, mate. Follow me" They walk back to Kenny's car and Savino takes Kenny's cut out of the envelope and handed it over to him, he grabbed it and placed it on his pockets. They arrived at the car and entered it, Kenny turned the engine on and drove back to The Purge HQ. A few minutes of driving in the late night they arrived at the HQ. The gatekeeper opened the gate and Kenny parked the car near the entrance to the building. They exited the car.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to the boys." Kenny walked to the entrance and entered the building. There was three men there still playing cards and drinking. They were Kenny's thugs, the newest associates of the crew. Savino followed Kenny and they approached the men playing cards.

"Lads, this is Savino. Savino, this is Mike, Joe and Tony." The men raised their glasses and greeted Savino. "Tony, I want you to take care of Savino. He's new to the States so tomorrow I want you to find him an apartment here in Ballard. Take a seat mate." Savino sat on the couch and Mike grabbed a glass and poured some whiskey into it and gave to Savino.

"So." Kenny said looking at Savino. "You've proven yourself useful so I want to keep you around. If I have any more work for you I'll let you know as soon as possible. For now, you can crash on the couch but first thing in the morning you should look for an apartment. Mike will help you out with that. You can also find a cheap car for you to drive, use the money that you got from the jewelry."

Kenny poured himself a drink and necked it down.

"Welcome to the family, lad. I hope we keep you, this can be a tough life."