184 The Date (1/2)
Laz looked around, but didn't find anything. Truth be told, it was kind of disgusting, but it wasn't exactly his problem either. Look at it like this, if you tried to fix every problem you came across, how much time would you spend fixing problems? And a better question is just how many of those problems would you actually fix? Laz was no superhero, nor was he some sort of defender of justice or any of that shit. He saw a body dump site on the mountain and his only thought was basically,
'It's actually a rather practical idea.'
After he had come up with a few conclusions about what was happening, Laz was just going to jot down the approximate location and then pass a message to law enforcement. That would be the extent of his interfering with whatever this was.
Just as he was walking away however, he noticed something slightly weird from one of the bones he passed. Kneeling down, Laz took a closer look, only to find nothing on the bone, at least nothing tangible. He vaguely sensed something about the bone that seemed... to give him a weird yet familiar feeling. He thought about it for a bit, but gave up and just went back to plan A. Walk away now and leave the problem for someone else.
Shortly after Laz left, a sporty SUV pulled up the dirt road and turned around, before two guys got out. Popping open the trunk, the reached in, grabbed the blanketed figure and threw it down on the ground before slamming the trunk closed.
”Boss seems different lately, don't he?”
”What you mean?”
”I mean like, he's doing this more and more and his temper is getting worse and worse. Like he's going to blow at any minute.”
”No shit. But what are we suppose to do about it huh?”
”We could... I don't know, call someone?”
”Call who? Who would you call about this, the feds? The police? You know how many bodies we've dropped up here so far? We call someone and boss will get a nice little vacation somewhere out of public view while we will be both get life... No. I ain't going like that, ok? Look, my dad always said that you can't just get off the train just cause you don't like what's on the tracks. You're safer plowing through and hoping that everything works out and you'll live longer that way.”
”Isn't your dad doing life for killing your mom?”
”Yeah, cause he was sick of her damn crazy train and wanted off. That's why he knows what he's talking about. Anyway, we are here. We've done this and we going to keep doing this. There isn't another choice....”
”FINE, FUCKING FINE....”
”That's... that's good advice...”
”Right?”
”You've been getting stuff?”
”Not a lot, pictures and stuff. But I'm trying to avoid Brian noticing me so I've been keeping it real low key like...”
”Alright... This will work. I can help you...”
”Yeah. Ok. Then we cut the deal for both of us and use both of our stuff... just got to make sure he doesn't notice, ok?
”Yeah, Yeah. No problem.”
...
Laz headed back home, not knowing that he had just missed the answer he was looking for. After getting ready, he waited for Ruby and Leona to pick him up.
Soon enough, they showed up to his door, both dressed stunningly but casually. Leona was wearing a white sweater and had on tight blue jeans along with a gold linked belt while Ruby sported black tights, a red skirt and a black loose fitted top. Laz couldn't help but be amazed by the different outfits these two wore that both gave a very different flavor. He didn't make them come get him as he met them outside but they both got out of the car when he arrived. Sadly, he was left to sit by himself in the back due to, as Leona put it, fairness.
When they arrived at the club, they noticed that none of the barriers hadn't been put up and the entrance was left open with only two members of the security staff wandering around to check id's but that was about it. Ruby then explained to Laz that on days where there were no big events, they didn't need to worry about the unruly crowds. Since tonight was a more low key concert type venue without a major band playing, there was no need to bring in the entire team. This was also the reason she was able to get the night off and come on a date with him.
When they finally got in, Laz saw that half the dance floor was covered in tables and chairs, allowing for a far more casual experience, based more on dining with a show. There would still be room to dance later if people wanted, or they could sit at their table and enjoy the experience. As they found a table, one of the waitresses came over to take their drink order before handing them a menu. It was truly an entirely different scene from what Laz had come to expect from the club.
The dinner went by pretty quickly with Laz laughing and just eating whatever the girls wanted to try. Waves actually had quite a decent menu. Laz had seen the kitchen before so he knew it had a full range a abilities and wasn't just a small outpost with a few stoves. A true dinning experience could be found here.