Wanda nodded her head and said nothing for a second, and then she stood up. “We’ll see what Monika has to say.” She walked to the bar. “I’d offer you one but…”
“And I’d take it, but…”
“But, you’re on pain meds,” Wanda said as she poured herself a drink from the pitcher of apple martinis that Yarissa had made for her.
“Glenda be tryin’ to keep me fucked up,” Rain said and laughed, and she knew that she needed to be clear headed at all times.
“Can you blame her? She’s just trying to keep you in bed long enough for you to get better,” Wanda said and sat down.
Just then, the buzzer sounded, and Yarissa let Rain know that Ed Weather had arrived. Rain told Yarissa to make him comfortable in the lounge. “And bring them all in together,” she ordered while still smiling at Wanda.
“What?” Wanda asked again.
“What?” Rain asked. She thought that Wanda not liking or trusting Jada was just her channeling Shy’s hatred for Jada and she found that amusing.
“What are you looking at me like that for?”
Rain smiled. “How am I looking at you?”
“Like I’m supposed to have something to say about Miss Prissy Jada thinking that she dealt with the situation.”
“Do you?”
“I told you, we’ll see what Monika has to say about it when she gets here.”
Rain laughed. “So, if Monika says Jada dealt with the situation you’ll believe that … oh yeah, that’s right, you don’t trust Jada.”
“It’s not that I don’t trust her…”
“But you don’t,” Rain interrupted.
“I would like to hear the details from Monika before I’m comfortable thinking that the situation has been dealt with,” Wanda said, completely ignoring what Rain had said, but it was true. Wanda didn’t trust Jada and if she planned to be in New York for a while, Wanda would make it her business to watch Miss Prissy Jada and find out just what she was up to.
When Doc and Jackie arrived, Yarissa escorted them to the lounge where they joined Ed Weather. The last of the Captains to arrive was Carter.
“You ever notice that Carter always gets to these meetings last?” Ed Weather asked as they made their way to Rain’s office.
“Don’t hate ’cause the man knows how to make an entrance,” Jackie said as Yarissa led the Captain’s into Rain’s office. Once she poured a shot of Hennessey for Carter and refreshed everybody else’s drink, she left the office.
“What you got for me, Carter?” Rain asked.
“According to Sherman, Coleman runs two small gambling spots, a little sports bar where he takes bets and a bar where he runs his number bank outta,” Carter informed.
“That’s it?” Rain questioned.
“That’s it.”
“You check out the spots?” Rain asked and Carter described in detail what he and Hassan saw when they went to the spots.
“Sherman says the guy is strictly small-time,” Carter said. “He can’t believe he would make a move against you on his own like this.”
“I agree. We need to find out who else is with him,” Wanda said, and Rain held up her hand.
“I don’t care who’s with him right now. We gonna shut this nigga down tonight. That will bring whoever is with him out in the open.”
Rain paused to see if anybody had anything to say. There was silence in the room. The boss of The Family had made up her mind and now it was time to listen.
“Jackie, you and Ed take the gambling spots. Kill everybody and burn the shit to the ground. Doc, the sports bar is yours, same way. Kill everybody and burn the bitch to the fuckin’ ground.”