Chapter 3: Business with the Devil

Skyler didn't want to look back as she climbed into the trees. Not even when those men had insisted on shooting and arguing with each other.

"What the hell are you doing, Scott?" growls one of them. "You're not going to go after that bitch when we have everything here."

"She broke my nose!" he shouts.

"If you want to waste time looking for it, it's your problem. I'll go with this and leave you here. You know that the van is guarded, it won't take too long to know that it stalled here. "

"!" he shouts furiously. "Let's go. "

"Bring the car, let's put the boxes in the trunk. "

Skyler stayed at a considerable distance from them, hiding behind a large tree. When she knew she wouldn't be chased, she preferred not to stray too far and get lost, she had no idea where the fuck she was.

He saw how they took what they came to get and left in their car, driving away from there. It took him a few long minutes to recover and come back, now he had no idea what he had to do, he didn't even know that the minivan was full of money.

How could he have imagined it?

The only way back was to drive the van again, but it was clear he wouldn't go to that depot. He thought about returning to the place where it had been delivered to him and reporting what had happened. Then when he goes to the trunk, he finds some wads of bills thrown away.

At that time many things went through his head, some not very good. Those guys had gone there to steal what I had, and they forgot that little part of the order, but no one could know that it had been like that. TRUE?

He had done the right thing most of his life, but right now he needed to fix something very big. Then he thought of Gus, there was no way they would give him this job again when he had lost everything, and the money solution was in his hands.

He took the money, locked the trunk and got into the vehicle. She took a long sigh as she started the truck again and stuffed the money into her purse.

She wanted to think positive, perhaps this could turn out much worse, with her dead and leaving Gus alone. Izzy wouldn't have been able to handle both of them and Sam's ghost was still present.

She diverted her path and parked at the clinic, getting out of there with her bag hugged. He didn't know how to feel, so he reserved himself for a long stretch until he reached the floor where his son was, met with the frown of the receptionist.

"Miss, are you okay? "

"What?" she swallows and looks at her blankly.

"His lip is split. What happened to him? "

"Oh..." The woman touches the corner of her mouth and finds blood there. "I'm sorry. I didn't have a good episode when I came, they tried to rob me. "

"I will call one of the nurses to assist her. Want water? Are you sure you're okay? "

"I'm fine, yes. Just a little nervous. "

"Sit down. I'll be back in a moment. "

"Wait, miss. Could I pay an outstanding bill at this location? "

"Sure, but after she gets taken care of. Rest assured, you are already well. "

The woman caresses her arm briefly and walks away from her, picking up the phone to call the nurse on duty. Skyler kept her mind blank as the man checked her wound, though I assure her it wasn't for sutures. He put a small band on her and let her out.

"I would need to cancel my child's account," she alerts the receptionist as she opens her wallet.

His surprise was greater when he learned that there was much more there than he needed, but it was not the time to be moralistic. It's not like I can go back and throw that in the middle of the street, it was already done.

"Could I leave rehab paid too?"

"Could you give me your son's name? "

Her hands were still shaking when she began to head down the hallway of the clinic, straight to see her son. He didn't want to stop and think about what had happened, but his cell phone started ringing and the alarms went off.

Then he saw Izzy's name on the screen, and in a short period of time he calmed down.

"Izzy? "

"Where are you, Megan?" the woman frowns from the trembling in her voice.

"Something happened. Some men came and attacked me. "

"Go home. "

"I have to see Gus and I don't know where to take the van. I promise you that as soon as I finish I will go talk to you. "

"You bring it with you. You have to come home now, Megan. "

The tone in his voice and the ended call made him understand that something was happening. She couldn't have such cold blood and leave her there, maybe she was worried about her job or because her bosses had already called. Whatever happened, she had to fix it.

He half-opened the door to see Gus sleeping and went to the front desk to tell the woman that he had had an emergency at home and would be back later.

When she started the truck she realized something, the GPS had suddenly stopped and she hadn't even touched anything. He wanted to evade it and drove home, asking himself thousands of questions, but above all, he was trying to get to the part where he would tell Izzy what he had done.

The neighborhood was quiet as always, she smiled from afar at the night guard who walked by, keeping the area safe and entered the house. She left her wallet on the coat rack at the entrance and turned left to head into the living room, pretending to go to Izzy's room, but what she saw after that left her still there.

Three men, two young and one older, looking directly at her. He only took out the look of the older man when he noticed Izzy there. One of them was pointing at her head while the woman moved her leg nervously.

"What the fuck..." It's the first thing that comes out of your mouth

"We were waiting for you. Did it occur to you to take a walk around the city while hiding our money? "

"His what? "

"Roan... "

The older man gives the order to the one next to him, then Skyler swallows and slides her gaze towards him. She curses inside when she recognizes him.

He was the man at the party, the one with the cigar box, the flirtatious smile and his phone number.

Roan has her unbiased face, but his eyes are on her. Skyler had no signs that he had recognized her, but that was more than clear. However, nothing about it came out of that man's mouth.

They exchange glances when Roan begins to approach her, Skyler has to swallow while thinking about something. He chose to remain silent as he felt his hand midway through her back to guide her to the chair he had just accommodated a few inches away.

From Roan there wasn't even a grimace coming out to communicate anything, the man just stood straight ahead when his father started talking. Skyler imitated him, he didn't have time to be asking why he was at that party last time. If Roan was there, then he meant that he somehow knew Sam.

His stomach churned.

"I am told at the last minute that it was an unknown woman to make an important delivery and that the van stopped halfway, which then turned around. The delivery was never made, so what explanation do you have? What are you supposed to do now so that I don't kill you right here for getting your hands on my money? "

The man was perhaps close to fifty, he looked intimidating, he knew he was in command the moment he gave Roan order to bring her towards him. Now Skyler was two meters away from him, sitting in front and with sweaty hands.

"I had nothing to do with the lack of money, sir."

"So you're telling me I'm stupid for thinking I left more than half a million dollars on a minivan and it's not true?"

"Half a million?" she started having that nervous tic of moving her foot fast. "Oh no. I swear it wasn't me. "

The man gives her a smile and then removes the gun from its holster and points a gun at it, removing the safety and loading it. She didn't seem to be playing, even he gave her much more fear than the same ones who had just assaulted her.

"Where's my **** money? "

"He was taken away by some men," he speaks quickly. "I was on my way to the place when they intercepted me. They knew where the money was and wanted to kill me. "

"How come you are here? "

"I hit them" Skyler hears Roan's laughter on the side and gives him a serious look. "There were wooden boxes, they told me they wanted to see that there. I took one and hit one of them, the other broke his nose with a punch. I managed to hide before they shot me, I came back only when they left. "

"Are you telling me that you escaped from two men? You? "

"If the woman winces at his words." I was going to go back to where the truck was delivered to me when Izzy called. "

"And how the hell do you want me to believe that? Ah? How come you suddenly wanted to make the delivery? "

"Izzy was sick to drive, but she didn't want to lose money," the man looks at her. "If I had wanted to steal his money I wouldn't come home and I definitely wouldn't leave my family here. I'd be leaving the country and I wouldn't even know it was me yet," the man smiles. "I don't feel like starting a shit life over again and definitely stealing so much money from people I know wasn't on my schedule. I am a woman of my word, I assure you that I had nothing to do with what happened. "

"So? How do you think we can fix this? "

"Then killing me won't fix it, because I have nothing to do with this. I can help you find your money. "

The man keeps quiet and lowers the gun. He seems to be pensive and at that moment Skyler lets out the contained air, while Izzy could not believe his ears. Roan didn't prove anything, but he was paying attention to what was happening there.

"Calvin, take away the gun that looks like we'll negotiate something here," the man says.

"Could I know his name? "

Drix seemed somewhere between surprised and satisfied with the answer. It was clear that the woman wanted to solve what was happening, so she could consider it so far.

"Drix. And you? "

"Megan Tomlinson" man nods

"What's your proposal for you to get back the money you've lost to me?" she bites her tongue to tell him it wasn't her fault and continues, Now Skyler takes a second to think.

"If those men went straight to the minivan, it means they knew their route and what they had. Does the name Kai ring a bell? "

"Kai? " Drix raises both eyebrows

"Kai and Scott, they were called that. They were tall men, I could say six feet tall, brown hair and dark. He had a particular accent. "

"Canadian accent? "

"Yes, something like that. They talked about some things, they knew they shouldn't take the truck and said they didn't want witnesses. "

"Because they knew we were going to recognize him. If it's Kai and Scott, then we know where they are," Roan says.

"Mom? "

Everyone turns to look at where that voice was coming from. Kayla was rubbing her eyes as she walked around the ward, looked at her mother with a frown, and then at those men.

"Honey, go to bed. Mom goes right away," Izzy says nervously.

"Mr. Drix, please," Skyler mutters to him. Drix nods

Drix nods towards Izzy to take the girl away and no one speaks until the bedroom door closes. That's when Drix stands up and beckons Calvin to follow him.

"Roan, you will take care of this. Get my money back and tell them why they shouldn't mess with us. "

"What will happen to her? "

"She's leaving with you. "