this takes place about 30 minutes after this and the second part of this will pick up in the fill about the AB, sonny and his fiancée
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“Think we gotta keep things strictly legit,” Nick was murmuring to Sonny in a corner of the bar. Matty and Razor stood nearby with a couple of prospects, keeping anyone from getting to close to the presidents. “Just until this ATF thing blows over. Last thing we need is them up in here and causing trouble.”
Sonny nodded and tried to ignore how his fingers were twitching for a cigarette. Carmen had been the one to tell him about ATF setting up shop and he and Nick were meeting to discuss it in person. It was towards the end of the work day and the massage parlor was quiet. The post-work massages would pick up in an hour or so and Sonny gestured to the bartender to pour him another drink. It was five o’clock somewhere.
“I agree,” Sonny replied roughly as he took the glass proffered to him and stared down into it. He looked up to meet Nick’s eyes and he imagined the resigned expression on the other man’s face mirrored his own. “Think the girls will be okay going without a paycheck, though? My old lady will kill me if we just leave them high and dry.”
The mc is back baby