“Sure.” Monika stepped aside and let me in. “This must be important if you’re here yourself.”
“It is. I want you to do something for me.”
“What you nee
d, Black?”
“Information and discretion.”
“Two things I’m good at.” Monika came and sat down across from me. It gave me a chance to admire the way her nipples pressed against her throwback. “What’s up?”
“Pete Vinnelli. I need to know everything there is to know about him. Everything. I wanna know where he lives, who his friends are, where they live and what they do. Who and where he hangs out.”
“You still thinking about killing him?”
“That’s where that word discretion comes in.”
“I understand. But I’m way ahead of you,” Monika said and got up. I watched her walk.
“You are?”
When she sat back down she had her laptop and a disk with her. “When all this came down, Nick asked me to start diggin’ into Vinnelli. You know, looking for the best way to take him out.”
“Really.” I had to remember to thank Nick. It confirmed for me that I had made the right choice in putting him in charge of the house.
“I haven’t had much luck following the money. After DeFrancisco went to jail, he got careful and tried to clean up his shit. He left enough of a trail for me to follow, but so far, every time I think I’m on to something it hasn’t led anywhere.”
“Stay on that for me. I need to know where the money is and how much there is.”
“I put my observation about his patterns, both business and personal in this file. There’s pictures and a little bit of detail on his two girlfriends.” Monika handed me the pictures she had. “An Amanda White, divorced, mother of two, age: thirty-nine. And that one is Pamela Connote, she’s twenty-seven.”
“They kinda look alike.”
“To me, Pamela is just a younger version of Amanda. Both got blonde hair, blue eyes, big tits.”
“Man knows what he likes.” I couldn’t say shit since I was with Maria because she looked like Cassandra.
“Anyway, my report includes what I thought was the best way to kill him.” I looked on as Monika copied the file to a disk and handed it to me. “You look that over and let me know what else you need from me.”
“I need you to stay on finding that money,” I said and got up thinking about what I could do with a woman like her. She was a munitions expert, trained in weapons and commando tactics.
The perfect assassin.
“Drop by Cuisine later tonight and I’ll have something for you.” I started to leave but then I stopped. “By the way, Nick doesn’t need to know anything about you giving me this.”
“That’s where that word discretion comes in.”
“I knew I could count on you.”
“I’ll see you tonight,” Monika said and walked me to the door.
“Thanks again for this,” I said and held up the disk she had given me.
“Not a problem,” Monika said as I walked toward the door. “Drop by anytime,” she added in a voice that made me a little curious.
“Is that an invitation?”
“Yes. You can come by and see me anytime.”