overseeing the special ops and private contractors that were involved in the cartel investigation. He was also a silent partner in The Club and had been since the opening almost two years ago. At the time, it wouldn’t have been politically correct for a two star active duty general to be an owner of a BDSM club. So, Master Peter was an anonymous investor but still a co-owner like Tony’s men.
“I guess we need to bring the General up to speed on these threats. With the move to San Antonio since his retirement, he’s been seen around The Club a lot more lately, and he and Joanna and the grandkids might be on this bastard’s radar as well.” Rick shook his head in frustration. “Damn, I hate this.”
“Me too, buddy. I’ve been dealing with this shit for several months now and it doesn’t make for a good night’s sleep.” Tony paced back and forth, unusually agitated. “I was planning to be on site next week to get that L.A. office up and running. The timing is bad for me to be out of town for any length of time. I don’t want to leave Meg with these threats hanging out there but the two men in L.A. are not comfortable with the business side of things. I’ve been trying to handle it long distance, but that really isn’t working out too well.”
“I bet T can get things started until we can find someone permanent.”
“I’ll talk to him about it. It wouldn’t be more than a six month assignment I think, but that leaves us without our best man on the girls.”
“Yeah, but T sounds like the best man for L.A. With all the personal security we are subsidizing through the firm, we need to add some extra revenue, quickly.” Rick gave his friend a meaningful look. Implementing 24/7 security on their subs alone would be a major hit to their bottom line but if they had to extend it to family they couldn’t sustain it for long. “Maybe it’s time to involve the SAPD or the FBI. I can make a call to the girl’s cousin on the force.”
“I’m not sure how much they’ll be able to offer with just some email threats right now but it’s worth a try.”
“It’s a damn shame too, things were going so well with operations which was good for our bottom line, now we have this shit to deal with. Eric is not going to be happy.” Rick couldn’t help chuckle as he pictured their staid, uptight CFO, Eric Dupree. Although a finance man, he was also an ex-Navy Seal, recruited to the firm by the General himself. Rick knew that in his day, the man was as fierce a soldier as the men from Tony’s unit. He brought great business acumen to the table thanks to his degree from some Ivy League school back east. At the same time, he could kick ass as well as any other member on Tony’s security team.
“I hear you man,” Tony agreed, “but he’ll get over it. Actually, he might be perfect to take over in L.A. He knows both business and operations. I could send T out to help him get things started.”
“Ha! T is gonna want your ass if you feed him that shit sandwich, man. You know those two don’t get along.”
“Yeah, something about Eric’s sister wasn’t it?” Tony looked at Rick with a wicked twinkle in his eye. T had a rep and the guys teased him about needing to install a revolving door in his bedroom because he went through subs at The Club at an alarming rate. Eric had gotten wind of a budding romance with his sister and put a quick end to it. Things had remained strained between the two men especially since Eric’s sister Emily was the receptionist at their office. Tony had to intervene a time of two between them and promised T an ass kicking if he continued messing with employees. “I’m sure they are professional enough to put their differences aside while on assignment. Plus, it should be enough to keep them on their toes and our finance guy out of our hair while we figure this all out.”
“You’re one evil bastard, Cap. But I
“I guess we need to bring the General up to speed on these threats. With the move to San Antonio since his retirement, he’s been seen around The Club a lot more lately, and he and Joanna and the grandkids might be on this bastard’s radar as well.” Rick shook his head in frustration. “Damn, I hate this.”
“Me too, buddy. I’ve been dealing with this shit for several months now and it doesn’t make for a good night’s sleep.” Tony paced back and forth, unusually agitated. “I was planning to be on site next week to get that L.A. office up and running. The timing is bad for me to be out of town for any length of time. I don’t want to leave Meg with these threats hanging out there but the two men in L.A. are not comfortable with the business side of things. I’ve been trying to handle it long distance, but that really isn’t working out too well.”
“I bet T can get things started until we can find someone permanent.”
“I’ll talk to him about it. It wouldn’t be more than a six month assignment I think, but that leaves us without our best man on the girls.”
“Yeah, but T sounds like the best man for L.A. With all the personal security we are subsidizing through the firm, we need to add some extra revenue, quickly.” Rick gave his friend a meaningful look. Implementing 24/7 security on their subs alone would be a major hit to their bottom line but if they had to extend it to family they couldn’t sustain it for long. “Maybe it’s time to involve the SAPD or the FBI. I can make a call to the girl’s cousin on the force.”
“I’m not sure how much they’ll be able to offer with just some email threats right now but it’s worth a try.”
“It’s a damn shame too, things were going so well with operations which was good for our bottom line, now we have this shit to deal with. Eric is not going to be happy.” Rick couldn’t help chuckle as he pictured their staid, uptight CFO, Eric Dupree. Although a finance man, he was also an ex-Navy Seal, recruited to the firm by the General himself. Rick knew that in his day, the man was as fierce a soldier as the men from Tony’s unit. He brought great business acumen to the table thanks to his degree from some Ivy League school back east. At the same time, he could kick ass as well as any other member on Tony’s security team.
“I hear you man,” Tony agreed, “but he’ll get over it. Actually, he might be perfect to take over in L.A. He knows both business and operations. I could send T out to help him get things started.”
“Ha! T is gonna want your ass if you feed him that shit sandwich, man. You know those two don’t get along.”
“Yeah, something about Eric’s sister wasn’t it?” Tony looked at Rick with a wicked twinkle in his eye. T had a rep and the guys teased him about needing to install a revolving door in his bedroom because he went through subs at The Club at an alarming rate. Eric had gotten wind of a budding romance with his sister and put a quick end to it. Things had remained strained between the two men especially since Eric’s sister Emily was the receptionist at their office. Tony had to intervene a time of two between them and promised T an ass kicking if he continued messing with employees. “I’m sure they are professional enough to put their differences aside while on assignment. Plus, it should be enough to keep them on their toes and our finance guy out of our hair while we figure this all out.”
“You’re one evil bastard, Cap. But I
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