”I forgot my phone at home. Who’s that?” Bette waved her hand at the man in the passenger seat.

Dominic smiled a lopsided lewd smile as he bent forward and touched the man’s face. ”This is Gustav. He came here from France, Lyon. Isn’t he just perfect?” Dominic crooned, causing Bette to make a wry face. ”By the way” He said, reclining back into his seat. ”Who are those two floozies you went out of that cafe with?”

Bette closed her fists into a tight ball. Her insides were burning with rage at Dominic’s words, but she couldn’t give away the truth. One very important thing she had learnt years ago about this dangerous illicit business was not let your criminal partners know that someone meant anything to you. Bette had lived four years without worrying about a single soul because no one mattered to her and that had been so until Tina came into her world and rocked it. No one could not know about this, no one. Except the gang. Bette trusted her gang so she let them know, they were her friends.

She casted a dismissive glance in the direction where her car stood with Tina and Alice in there and pretended to be nonchalant. ”Just the chicks I’m gonna have fun with” She answered and winked at Dominic.

Dominic chuckled, pointing a finger at the brunette while speaking to Gustav. ”My favourite girl knows how to play real games. A ménage à trois style, you know what I mean?”

Smiling Gustav nodded slowly, giving Bette a thumbs up.

Bette bowed her head for him slightly and turned her attention back to her boss. ”So, what did you need?”

”Oh, that…. I have two good news, wanted to discuss them with you”

”Here?”

”For a start yes. We have little time to make all the decisions. Contracts will not wait.”

”What’s the deal?”

”To begin with one influential man from Lyon, his name is Ambre Barrineau, got interested in us. Gustav is his cousin. He is here for negotiations. We are most likely to cooperate with France, but the last word is for Doctor Arnodelo as you know. And before making all the final arrangements Mr. Barrineau asked to send our most beautiful girl to him as bonus or shit like that. He promised to return her. So, you probably can guess what I want to ask you about”