Chapter 20: In Which He Is In Deep

A week passed by since the whole ordeal with Vincent tasking Ashton with stealing the consignment details from the Takaheshis and since then Ashton hadn't stopped thinking about it, he couldn't stop anticipating what Vincent might ask him to do next or what consequences he might be facing of his actions, especially considering that today was the day that the shipment was to arrive, in the morning at 6 to be exact.
As a result, Ashton hadn't gotten a wink of sleep the whole night, despite Sora being right beside him the whole time.
She on the other hand had been a complete angel the last week, basically, the only person keeping him sane and keeping his thoughts from running wild.
She had been consoling and telling him that everything would be just fine and that whatever happens, they will be facing it together.
For such a naive typical good girl, Ashton had to give it to her, she had a lot of guts or else if it were any other girl in her place, she would have been making a run for it.
He looked to down to his right and saw her sleeping peacefully with her head on his
stomach. It was always amusing how she would end up in a peculiar position every morning.
His ring tone pulled him out of his thoughts and he quickly reached out for his phone on the bedside table before it woke Sora up from her sleep and answered it to be met with a panicky voice on The other side.
"The consignment due today at Bridge creek was
Sabotaged by the serpents two men were down
on our side, boss wails you down hele ASAP"
it was one of the Takaheshi men who usually
called him for his assignments, he never got
their name and he never really cared enough to
ask either.
"Fine, I'll be down there in twenty" he said before hanging up.
He let out a long sigh, he knew he had a long day ahead of him now so with that thought he gently shifted Sora onto a pillow, tucking her in properly before getting up and out of bed.
He took a quick cold shower to shake his senses awake and got ready to leave but not before leaving a note for her first.
With one last peck to his girlfriend's lips who had replaced him with his pillow, he silently stepped out of the room.
Ashton pulled up at the site and the first thing he saw was that familiar black limo parked there. He hadn't expected Takaheshi himself to be there, Ashton was deep into this mess now.
He stepped out of his truck and strode towards the guarded limo. He could see the two dead bodies on the ground from his peripheral, it was nothing new for him.
The guards stopped him and patted him down for any weapons and once he was cleared, one of them opened the back door to the limo, ushering him to get in which he did.
"That was half a million dollar worth of weaponry that the serpents stole, I want you to get someone and clear up this mess they left behind, you go investigate how did this happen, who was responsible for this because there is one thing I know for a fact, we have a mole because there is no other way that the details to this consignment got out and into the hands of these measly serpents" It was clear that this mob boss was livid, his frown lines were more visible and there was this vein on his temple that made him look more tense.
"I will look into it" Ashton replied, not knowing what else to say considering the fact that he was the mole they were looking for.
"No, no you won't just look into this, you will find this person and bring him to me so I can gut him alive" Takaheshi sneered.
This did nothing to calm Ashton's nerves but right now all he could do was stall, he would later think of a plan to deal with this.
"Yes sir"
"Good, get out now, you got work to do"
With that Ashton stepped out of the Limo and it speeds away.
He looked towards the two dead bodies, one bleeding from the skull, head first, eyes wide open. The other, on its stomach, arms bent at an awkward angle.
Just another mess he'll have to clean up.
Vincent spread some of the coke ,that he had wrapped up in a small white paper, on his his gums and sucked on his teeth before wrapping it back up and keeping it back in his pocket.
He looked up at the intimidatingly huge Takaheshi estate gates with guards stationed at the gate. He felt giddy at what he was about to do, he would finally meet the boss in person, become his trusted man, he would have the respect, the money and the boss's trust, just like Ashton but only thing different would be that he deserved it, he wanted it more than Ashton, heck, Ashton, that ungrateful bastard didn't even like his job.
Him on the other hand, he would serve the Takaheshi crime lord far better than Ashton would.
So with that thought Vincent stepped towards the gates where he was instantly stopped by the guards stationed there.
"Get back, what do you want" the guard asked.
"I want to see Mr.Takaheshi, let me in"
"Mr.Takaheshi doesn't take personal visits from random scum, go back to whatever alley you crawled out from"
"Mr. Takaheshi would be grateful to me for this visit trust me"
"Stop spewing nonsense, who are you?"
"I am Vincent, I work for Mr.Takaheshi, I clean up bodies for him to protect this mob family"
"The clean up crew doesn't contact him directly, if you have any issues, call your assigned"
"I have information about the consignment that got stolen this morning, are you still gonna turn me away?"
The guard stilled, giving Vincent a long hard look.
"What was your name again?" he asked and Vincent grineed ear to ear, he was in.