Theo pressed the space bar on her lap top and the lock screen popped up. She typed in her father's name as the password and waited as the screen flipped from a picture of her father to serene background. She sighed as she opened up her email and scrolled through all of the annoying pleas for more time on payments and the offers of sex instead of cash to keep their business open. She finally found the email address she wanted, opened up a new window and started writing.

Dear Mr. Smith,
You were early to our meeting yesterday and I appreciate your enthusiasm. You will be starting later this week. Please come prepared with all of the necessary items.
Thank you.
-Theo

She hit the send button then stood up, checking her cell phone. No missed calls or emergency text messages. Good. The drop off must have went smoothly. Better call Zeke just to make sure. She pressed on "Big Zeke" on her phone. As she waited for his answer she left her office and went down stairs to the kitchen hoping for some ice cream. She passed some of the family as she went to the kitchen nodding at them. Ever since her father had been put in prison she had opened up her home as a place for the family to relax. If she trusted them enough, she gave them a key to the front door, allowing them to come and go as they pleased. But she kept the door to the stairs leading to her room and her office locked, she didn't trust anyone that much, not even the family.

Dennis exited the back of his 1960s four door Cadillac smoking a cigar. Three serious men also exited their respectable sides following Dennis. "That little bitch!" He shouted as he continued walking towards the entrance of Block 66. Surprisingly the conversation was about the major of Chicago. It seems the major wouldn't give up the rights of the city over to Dennis company that easy. That ticked him off. Dennis hung up opening the door and angrily walking in the hideout. His actions earning him a few worried glances. By now everyone knew an angry Dennis isn't a good one. "Won't fuck'n give up yah city but your police officers will crawl to my feet like the shit they are!" He shouted as if the Major was present and can hear him. He walked to his office and closed the door his three large escorts standing in front of it as usual. Dennis threw his suit jacket on his chair and sat in it quickly going onto his computer for business purposes. A smile was present on his face as he read an email about his recent purchase of 'legal' drugs. "At least some bribings are working." He said turning his rotating chair to face the window that sat behind his desk. "40 million dollar company and a powerful gang as a partner....I should have this city under my control by the end of the year!" Dennis exclaimed retrieving some wine from his desk and drinking straight from the bottle.

Taking another double shift was the least of Antonia's problems but she definitely had been feeling the exhaustion setting in. "I'll take..a number seven and your phone number sweet cheeks." one of the truckers cackled, as Antonia scribbled down his order. She raised her eyebrows, she usually would belittle the man, tell him to fuck right off back to the place he came from. "I'll take a cup of coffee too." the man added, and Antonia nodded. "Coming right up"

Turning on her heel she strolled around the counter and put the order up on the spinner. "Number 7." she called to the cook in the back. Spinning back around she met with a familiar handsome face sitting at the counter. It was Zeke, a highly respected member of Block 66. "Hey baby." Toni smiled, leaning over the counter. "Whatever you want, it's on the house from me. Alright?" she told him, taking off with the coffee pot in hand to go fill the cup of the eager truck driver.

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Another day....another dollar.

Rolling up to the diner's parking lot came a black escalade with Blake and chrome spinning rims, bumping a heavy beat from the music blasting on the inside...a little three 6 mafia, bone thugs n harmony, a bit of Biggie and tupac. The door opened up with a size 15 shoe touching the ground and this massive man emerging out as some of the people who had a window seat looked and noticed 'damn...that's a big motha fucka!'. It was the typical look Big Zeke got. He was an intimidating figure especially from the Block 66 gang. No one fucked with him unless you were either brave or very stupid.

Walking in and making his way to the counter, Zeke could overhear the trucker trying to hit on Toni while he passed by and sat at the counter waiting on her. When she turned and told him whatever he wanted was on the house. This was usually the case and she always was willing to hook him up with free food but since Toni was always good to him, he always left her a little something something on the counter that amounted to a hundred dollars just so he'd look out for her.

He retorts to her comment "aight...is dat ass included too? Or I gotta give extra for dat?" He said with half a smirk looking on at her. "is that motha fucka over there bothering you, lil ma?" Pointing to the trucker who was trying to flirt with Toni.

Big Zeke's phone started ringing as he looked down and saw it was boss lady on the screen "Hold on ma, boss lady callin...*taps the answer button* yeah?" He answered Theo...

The door slammed, in walked an angry Dennis. Theo rolled her eyes looks like the brat isn't getting his way again She thought. Just as Dennis closed the door to his office, she opened the freezer door. No ice cream. Damn. Maybe I should start restricting what these leeches eat. The slightly annoyed Theo was just about to give up the phone call on Zeke when she heard the ringing stop and his deep voice answer the phone.
"I take it everything went well this morning?" She asked as she crossed over to Dennis' office. She ignored the thee body guards and tap on the door before letting herself in. She held up a finger to indicate she wanted to talk with Dennis, but she needed to finish her phone call. "If it did, perfect, pick up some ice cream before you come back to the house. If not, I need details"

"Aight...is dat ass included too? Or I gotta give extra for dat?"

Toni smirked, shaking her head of long dark brown curls from side to side. He knew he could get it if he wanted, but she liked to make him beg for it every once in awhile. Going back and forth between the counter and the tables, Antonia brought the man his meal, hot and ready to eat. "Let me know if you need anything!" she chirped, with a grunt in reply. "I will sweetheart, I so will." a dirty look came across his face and his eyes followed Toni as she walked away.

"Is that motha fucka over there bothering you, lil ma?" Zeke said, pointing at the man in the booth. "It's cool." Toni cooed, her painted red lips slipping into a smile, "So I was wondering if.." she started before she was interrupted by the ring of Zeke's cellphone. "Hold on ma, boss la-" Antonia didn't bother letting him finish before she tuned out and walked away to clear some tables. She hated being interrupted, no matter who was the person behind it. A pout formed on her face, "Ain't even let me finish.." she mumbled under her breath, piling plates and cups on top of her tray in a huff, making sure to make as much noise as she could doing it.

Dennis sat in his chair looking over all his files while he has enough free time. Sadly not to long before he started The Boss Lady walked in requested his presences. He wasn't mad at the fact that she didn't announce herself when she entered. She gets privileges for being a partner in this cruel world. Dennis noticed her hand gesture and stood reaching up under his desk to grab a envelope that had money nearing 1 mil safely secured inside. "I can probably give her that annual salary now and not worry about it later." Dennis stated walking towards her direction grabbing his suit jacket and sliding into it. Slipping the envolpe into his inner suit pocket as he reached her. He wasn't as ass so he waited for her to finish her call and get to the point of their meeting. Dennis glanced at her and back at his silver rings that decorated all of his fingers. He even leaned against the wall and retrieve a cigar to kill some time.

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When answering his phone and listening to Theo, Zeke looked at Toni's response from him telling her he needed to talk to his boss first. His eyes followed her movements knowing she was not fond of being interrupted and Zeke knew that he was going to have to calm her cute little ass down. To Zeke...taking care of business was first while pleasure came second. I mean, he's the enforcer, he had to set an example.

When asked about how the drop off went, he answered "Yeah errthing was smoove. Lil shit talkin but ain't nuthin serious." when she requested for him to pick up some ice cream, Zeke looked at his phone almost looking like, why the fuck are you talkin to me like I'm a do-boy? but being that he promised to be loyal and do Theo's father a favor and personally look after her which mean basically doing what she wanted. Zeke gave a sigh "Yeah I gotcha boss..." to give answer of bringing ice cream for her.

Zeke continued to stare at Toni waiting for her to turn and look at him because he was going to want her to come back so she could finish what she was going to say to him. Zeke spoke once more " you good tho boss lady?"

A smirk started to cross her lips, she had always had a sweet spot for Zeke, but she quickly composed herself. "Yeah, just don't forget the ice cream." With that, she abruptly ended the phone call. "Sorry about that." She said, addressing Dennis. "Had some business to take care of, but I wanted to catch you before you become too involved in your work or left again. I see that the meeting with the mayor didn't go well. We need him on our side Dennis. Daddy wanted to own this whole city, and the only way to do that is to have Mayor Wright backing us. Use that adorable face of yours." She cupped his face in her hands and smiled mockingly at him. "You have everyone else under your control, I know you can win the Mayor." She kissed his cheek, at the same time reaching into his jacket pocket to retrieve the envelope. "I am assuming this my payment?" She asked sliding it out with the ease of an experienced pick-pocket.

Glancing over her shoulder, Toni noticed their call had ending abruptly with no parting words. Her dark almond eyes darted up the clock, knowing her shift would be ending here quite soon. Gathering up the last of the spewed about plates, cups, and most important the dollar bills left as tips. "You gonna give me a ride or you gonna make me take the bus?" Toni commented to Zeke as she plopped the tray of items next to the sink for the next worker to take care of. Removing her apron, she shoved it into her small cubby hole that her name written on it in big bold letters. She removed her bright red purse from the same cubby hole and strewn it over her head and positioned it across her body.

Not really waiting for an answer, Toni walked out of the diner and stood patiently next to Zeke's car. She knew that his answer would involve him driving her back to the base with him regardless.

Waiting for her answer, only to give a reminder about the ice cream, Zeke noticed that she quickly got off the phone and he look back at the phone as well placing it on the table. "Da fuck...." now he has to handle a do-boy task, otherwise, he'll never hear the end of it and he knows from up close and personal that Theo has a bitch-switch that she's not afraid to flip on.

taking a deep breath, he watch Toni getting the last bit of plates and cups, asking him if he'd give her a ride but he didn't answer because she knew the fuck well that he'd take her wherever she needed to be. he stood up and went behind the counter not really giving two fucks and grabbed an extra large cup to pour some sprite in and walked back around to find Toni already outside waiting by the car. Upon coming out, he hit the button on his key to unlock the door so she could get in. "get yo lil ass in da car." he said looking on at her. he was not mad or anything but his appearance and the way he spoke made him sound intimidating to ones who were not close to him. "you gotta go anywhere before goin to da base?" he asked her.

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Dennis kept his eyes on Theo as she spoke to him. He wore a blank facial expression most of the conversation getting a bit angered at the fact that he couldn't get the Mayor to give in. "I'll just have to get his attention in another way." Dennis said signalling to his gun. Before he could reach for her money Theo already pick pocketed him. He grined a bit when she kissed him but it disappeared quickly. He couldn't keep his tough badass mobster appearance going I someone knew that he smiled at something like this. "Your as touchy as always." Dennis stated removing his cigar from his mouth blowing a large cloud of smoke from his mouth. "I have some drugs coming in from the Southern border so I'm gonna be gone for awhile...." He added tapping the end of his cigar causing ash to fall on the floor. He walked back to his office resuming his flavorful cigar.

A chuckle slipped past Theodora's lips as Dennis blew the smoke from his cigar and informed her that he would be gone for awhile. "You shouldn't trust those assholes. They will cross you before you even start to think about them deceiving you. But. If you must use them for your drug trade, I suggest taking Zeke with you. He should be getting back from a drop off soon and I'm sure he could use the excitement. When he returns I will send him in if you like." She crossed to his desk and placed her newly manicured hand on top of his documents and lowered her head so that she made eye contact with him. "And Dennis. If they do cross you and they take you away and torture you. Don't reveal any information about us. If you do, I will make sure you die a slow death." She stared him down for a full thirty seconds before she smiled again and added, "As for the mayor. I'm sure you will think of something. I heard he has a thing for ladies of the night. Just a piece of information I heard, use it or not use it, as you see fit." She turned on her heel and walked out of the door, closing it lightly behind her. As she ascended the stairs to her own office, she pulled out her phone from her back pocket where she had placed it earlier. She clicked on her messaged an texted Toni. When you get home, come to my office. Theodora pushed the door to her office open and crossed to her desk where she sat in her chair and waited for Toni and Zeke to return.

Antonia watched Zeke leaving the diner, helping himself to a drink on the way out.

"Get yo lil ass in da car." he said to her, and she let out a dry laugh in return. "This ass is anything but little." she teased, giving it a little shake for him, before opening up the car door and climbing in.

"You gotta go anywhere before goin to da base?" he asked her, as she fastened her seat belt. "Naw, I ain't got nowhere to be." she replied, watching him enter the car himself. "You know you didn't pay for that drink, I oughta call somebody about that." she teased, her lips curled into a devious smile. Soon after a loud vibration came from the bottom of her purse, "Looks like they are contacting me instead, you better watch out." she played, reaching into her purse and looking at the notification on her phone from Theo.

_{When you get home, come to my office}

Antonia sent a quick text back.

_{Will b home soon. With Zeke @ work atm.}

Hopefully the boss wasn't needing to meet because of Antonia being in trouble.

Kick, or Turner if you wanted to be a dead man or if you were Theodora, sat atop of rooftop not too far from the Diner and only a fair walk away from 66. He sat on the edge, smoking a cigarette and waiting to see why Zeke was taking a long-ass time picking up Antonia. He took a drag and exhaled, looking up to the sky. And of course it was clear because this is Chicago with sunny streets and pitch-black alleys with motherfuckers who would stab you for a nickel. It's the life Kick chose, and he fully well knew that. When he saw Zeke and Toni get in the Cadillac, Kick stood up and grabbed his trusty crowbar. He still kept a pistol stuck behind his jeans, but he preferred fighting macho eh macho. After dropping his cigarette of the edge, he made his way to 66 and he shot a text to the big boss herself.

Z & A on their way. Making my way up now.

Using the first initial of everyone's names in texts was a habit that would die hard, but he preferred it in case someone tried to snoop on his phone. When he finally made it to Block 66, he knocked on the door politely. "Boss. It's me." He said, loud enough to be heard.

"Please...dear god please...I'll get the money...I just need more time!!!" The man screamed, from his tied position on his knees tied to a pole, "Scream all you want...this warehouse is by the old docks...no one can hear you. You've had six months to get the money...You've only dug your hole deeper this whole time." Leo knelt down in front of him, "You got two minutes to get yourself right with the god of your choosing...before I get started." Leo looked at his gold watch with a digital display, "Your time starts now." For the first 15 seconds the man screamed and writhed and tried to escape and all the while Leo never moved his eyes watching him like a predator, but after that the man started crying and begging for forgiveness of the sins he had committed in life, saying to god that he was truly repentant, after two minutes passed on the dot Leo slipped on his latex gloves, "it's time..." The man simply stated at the ground as tears streamed his face, "Just make it quick..." Leo patted him on the shoulder, "The pain is temporary..." Leo pulled the restraints tight and moved the man to a gurney, using a large blade to keep him listening, "If you try to fight it...it will be much worse...just relax." The man laid back on the gurney and stared up at the cealing while he was fully strapped down. Leo then switched on some opera music and pulled out his knife set, it was a very expensive set of surgical tools much better than his first set, then he selected a scalpel and started cutting into the mans chest as screams filled the warehouse drowned out by the loud Opera. After what seemed like hours the job was done and the internal organs that could be sold had been removed. Leo had placed them in the cooler and had disposed of his gloves, his cuts were so clean that no blood had gotten on his suit. He then went through the process of having someone from the black market pick up the organs at a deaddrop location. After that he drove the body to the docks and like an artist dislayed it against a wall to send a message. Then he drove back and cleaned the entire area, dumping the blood into the river. After it was all said and done he pulled out his phone and texted Theo, "It's done...Coming home."

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Getting ready to get in the car, Zeke looked over at Toni while she shook her ass, being a tease from the comment he gave "You only got a bit of ass cuz of me..." he said referring to the fact that they've had sexual activity in the past and feeling proud of himself for the 'damage' he's caused on her. When getting inside and turning the ignition, he took in mind that she didn't need to stop anywhere. So with that, He put the caddy in reverse to head back to base but first....needed to get ice cream from the corner store.

When teasing about him not paying for his drink and calling someone about that, Zeke gulped down some of his drink, still looking straight. "Do I got a got a face that look like I give a fuck, shawty?" he said looking over at Toni. He then heard her phone going off "If it is them, tell 'em I don't give a fuck." he said without a care in the world "Hey I gotta make a stop...."

Driving down the road, Big Zeke stopped at the corner store, going in himself to grab the ice cream for Theo and getting back in the car, heading back to the base so to meet with Theo. Zeke got out the escalade, closing the door to head into the house.

Two messages popped up on Theodora's phone. She smiled when she learned that Toni and Zeke were on their way back. Bout damn time, she thought as she checked her next message. It was from Leo. Theodora shuddered as she read the message. She knew Leo's style, she didn't particularly like it. But it kept the money coming in from the others and he had been a favorite of her father's so she kept him around, not to mention she was terrified of what he would do to her if she tried to kick him out of the gang.
Once the chills passed, Theodora replied to Leo's message. "Perfect. If you see Zeke before I do, make sure he knows that no one is to touch my ice cream." She hit the send button and smiled, relaxing into her large office chair.
Not too long after reading the texts, there was a knock on her door. She smiled as she heard Turner's voice. Theodora stood up and crossed to her door, opening it with a half smirk on her face.
"Turner, my favorite bad boy. Come in." She winked at him and placed a "Do not disturb sign" on her door, letting everyone else in the house know that she was in an important meeting. "I have an important job for you."

Kick raised an eyebrow as Theodora addressed him. "Riiiiiiiiight." He replied. Kick leant his crowbar on the wall and leant by it. "What you got for me Boss?" He asked.

Dennis nodded and started packing for the ride to the drug trade. He dropped a large black suitcase on his desk and opened a secret compartment retrieving some very questionable items. A tommy gun being one of them and sadly not even the most lethal. Before closing the case he doubled checked himself making sure he had two pistols sheath under his jacket. With everything accounted for he exited his office snapping his fingers which signaled one body gaurd to follow behind him. The other two remained at his door and kept watch over his office. Dennis got into the back of his four door Cadillac, his body gaurd taking the drivers seat. As he began to drive Dennis looked back at the manner and shook his head. He was thinking about getting Zeke but he didn't want to drag the guy into a gift that's bound to happen plus Dennis loved the thrill of being endangered so if he had to he'd probably wouldn't get anyone involved in the first place. With the border coming closer Dennis put on black leather gloves leaning back in the seat thinking of hundreds of ways to make this deal that's about to happen more exciting. A wicked grin paraded his face as a sinister plan came into his mind if only the people he was rondevuing with knew his intensions.