eyebrow deadpanning a nod “Oh! I think you shouldn’t quit then…” We both laughed, I could help give her a squeeze around the waist for being so cheeky. We wrestled for a while then The moment went still. “I whispered “I love you…” Then I leaned in to kiss her lips soft her tongue smoothed against mine as we made love with our tongues in the orange soaked sunset. Ding! The sound of the elevator alerted me. I shook then I walked out looking at the numbers on the first apartment. Room 22 was right to the end of the hallway. I ditched the bag and drew my pistol. I walked across the blue carpet. It was so soft I felt like I was walking in mud. The light was dim the wall coated with piss yellow paint. The doors of the apartments were solid dark wood. I would have shot the interior designer too if I saw him. I came up to the door and knocked loudly using a fake voice I shouted room service. The door opened when the tosser “I didn’t order room service!” Whack! The edge of the door hit him on the bridge of the nose. He fell back on the glass table the briefcase fell to the floor bags of white powder fell out as he clutched his nose. I swept the room with my weapon. It was a studio type apartment he was the only one in there. I pointed the gun at him when he tried to grab his phone. I kicked it away. “You son of a bitch! You broke my nose!” I wrung his collar and shifted the barrel of the gun against jaw “Where is she?” He started laughing and hissing the waterfall down his nose drenched his mouth. “Dead.” He said spitting. I shoved him into the wall “Where is she!” “Definitely dead now you didn’t take that flight. You dickhead.” “What was Natalya doing here?” I shoved him “Tell me!” His eyes widened when I mentioned her name. I glanced at my watch realizing I didn’t have time. The tosser had a light wiry body he weight maybe 80kg I punched him in the stomach and grabbed him by the collar and took him to the balcony window. We wrestled a bit, but my frame and build was no match for this skinny runt. I lifted him over the edge holding him by ankles the guy was so light I could do barbell presses. He was agitated and started screaming. The wind was minor. The view of the docks and the Auckland harbor bridge with the volcano in the background. “Tell me what you know!” “Fuck you!” I feign a drop letting fall he screamed like bitch. “Okay! Pull me up first” “No. Info first. Then I pull you up.” “Fuck off then I ain't telling you jackshit!” I let go of one hand when he was dangling on my right hand “Okay! Okay! I’ll tell you! Jesus Christ!” I put both hands on his ankles. “Hurry up, or you will be seeing him!” “Natalya was the one who asked me to give you the tickets she organized the capture of your girlfriend.” “Why us? we had nothing to do with this shit.” “That’s what you need to ask her! Shit man! Let me up” “Why did they want me to do assignation the Afghan warlord?” “I don’t know! I’ve never even been there I just move the product maan!” My vision flicked to the briefcase and the bundles of white powder then back. “I have served with Natalya, what’s your involvement with her?” “She’s the one who dropped off the heroin man. They have been smuggling the opium paste on the trucks from the start.” Shit I have done nearly six tours with her. My mind cast to vehicles that were in the Hercules the tyres are about “Where do I find her?” “She’s unloading the next shipment from the vehicles that are being serviced on the east side of town. There hiding it in the spare tyres of the vehicles.” “Let me up man I told you what I know…” “Remember when you dropped my favorite coffee cup?” “Huh? Yeah. So what? The fuck does that have to do anything?” I sniffled, then narrowed my eyes. “ Arrgghh !” *** Claudia Brr.. I rubbed my hands together, hoping