Chapter 31: Memories

 Jason went back to his seat and let out a loud sigh. He had to get out of there and cool down. The last thing that he had wanted on his mind was those brothers asking him questions he didn't have answers to about the murder of their father. He knew that they had no idea of how much their father meant to him in life and he had every intention of making the person who killed him beg for mercy. As he sat there thinking, his phone rang

"Hello" he said as he picked up

"Jason, I've been doing some digging on our mayor, and it seems like I found something that we can use" Tyler said

"I'm listening" Jason responded

"So, I found out that Gallows had been visiting the prison to see someone in the past few days." Tyler told him." So on further digging I found that he had no known friends, family or even know acquaintances in there."

"So, who did he go to visit?" Jason asked

"That's what I asked myself. Turns out he went to visit a certain man by the name Lionel Hunters. He's in his forties, worked manual jobs for his wages. No family,no record of breaking any law but for some reason, it says here that he's doing time for being found in possession of heroin, ecstacy and marijuana plus he's somehow linked to the cartel." Tyler told him

"Wait a minute. How does a middle aged man with basically no social life end up in jail with allegations that make him sound related to Pablo Escobar?" Jason asked

"Exactly, got me wondering even why is the mayor interested in such a guy? Unfortunately I can't find those answers on my computer" Tyler told him

"Well I guess I have to find that out for myself" Jason said as he was getting up

"Where are you going?" Tyler asked

"To pay a visit to Lionel. Book me a visit, I'll be there in about thirty minutes." Jason answered

"Sure thing man" Tyler said as he started making the appointment.

When Jason got to the door and opened it, Marla was standing outside.

"Hey" she said with a broad smile

"Hey" he answered as they hugged and she went into the office. Jason just stood there thinking of whether to go back inside or just stand there and hear what she has to say.

"So what's up?" He asked as he still stood by the door

"I just came check up on you, going that Athena wasn't around" Marla said as she looked around the office

"What were you thinking of doing if she wasn't around?" He asked

"I don't know. Maybe sneak around here and do something that I probably shouldn't be doing" she said as she teased him

"As much as I love bending the rules, today seems not to be the most suitable one" Jason started as he was walking up to her.

"Are you declining such an invite?". She asked as she walked to him and held him by his shirt and gave him a kiss

"When you put it like that, it still doesn't mean I get to skip office duty and have some fun" Jason said as he kissed her back

"Oh come on, I just got here,"she whined

"And I promise I'll make it up to you. How about another date, this time we'll keep it simple. Less classy"Jason offered

"Less gunfire?" She asked with a weird smile

" Less gunfire, I promise" Jason assured her as he chuckled

"Good" she said as she planted another kiss on his lips." Now I can let you go to where you were going to"

As she turned and they started walking out, Jason couldn't resist the urge but to spank her slightly which made her let out a small yelp.

When he got out of the premises he boarded a taxi and instructed the driver to take him to the prison. A few minutes into the drive, his mind went back to what happened to his partner. Like flashes, the details started coming back to him.

*That fateful night*

The rain was beating down on his face while he struggled with the police men who were trying to handcuff him. With the thought of never seeing and knowing who had killed his partner still fresh in his mind, he couldn't let the police officers from going to the apartment. It took about three policemen to finally pin him down flat on his stomach in order to cuff him

"I need to get there!!!" He shouted as tears went down his face." He just killed him!!!"

"Stop resisting arrest," one of the officers said

Before they had those cuffs on him one of his hands slid right through the officer's hands. He swang his hand back and his elbow happened to land on one of the officer's right on the temple knocking him off him. Immediately the other officers saw this they backed off and one of them shouted,

"Tase this bitch" he said. But before they even had the chance to step back to a safe distance he grabbed one of the officers and used him as a shield when they tried to tase him. The cops, realizing that the plan had failed tried to confront him mano a mano. With one blow to the back of the head, Jason knocked the officer out cold. It was a four on one handicap brawl with the rest of backup watching on. For no one likes a good fight more than a Serbian police.

The fight started, Jason having plenty of experience in throwing a few jabs surprised the officers when at one point he nearly had all four of them knocked out. That's when backup sought to intervene and another four or five officers descended on him. Within a matter of time they had overpowered him and were all beating him up black and blue. Despite his previous injuries, he only started feeling the pain as his adrenaline went down. With blood oozing from his nose and mouth and a few bruises here and there, he was almost unrecognizable. They slammed him back to the ground and cuffed him without any regard to his injuries. As they dragged him to one of the police cars, through his distorted vision and blood covering his face, something caught his eye. A few onlookers had gathered around but only one of them stood out from the crowd. He was tall, a bit masculine and had a black suit on with the sleeves rolled up. As he scanned the man from the feet going up he stopped at his hands. He had clutched a military knife a few inches long whose stainless steel shone in the light. All the bells in his head started ringing as he continued scanning going up on his right hand, he had a tattoo. It was something in the shape of either a dragon or a horse. Out if nowhere, Jason felt the urge to bolt but the moment he took the first step as he raised his eyes to look at the guys face. Like lighting, one of the officers punched him your cold the moment he saw Jason's intentions. Till this day, he tries to sketch out his face but it never comes to him. No matter how hard he tries and this burns his heart.

*Present day*

Jason arrived at the prison and he walked into the visitation room and waited for Hunters to be called. When he came out, he took a seat in front of Jason with a questioning look on his face,

"Hunters, my name is Leo. I believe we can help each other"Jason said as he gave him a fake name intentionally

"What makes you say that?" Hunters asked

"Because I believe we have the same enemy" Jason answered

"I have no enemies" Hunters said

"That's what you think." Jason told him