Garr and Ted had arrived an hour earlier to find David at his kitchen table cleaning a pistol.
"What? You're using a .45? And an M1911 at that?" Ted said as he entered.
David grinned stood and embraced his friend.
"Damn it's good to see you!" Ted replied as David released him and they both sat down.
David grinned and replied, "Yea, still using my old standard, with a small upgrade."
"Upgrade?"
"It's now a .45 super. Using Buffalo Bore 185 grain jacketed hollow point ammo I get around 1,300 feet per second velocity at the muzzle and over 1000 foot-pounds of energy."
David's face fell into that dark, stoic mask as he said, "If I have to take him out I want to make sure I do it right."
"Oh for fuck sake!" Garr yelled, "I told you we'd find another way! Now put that damn thing down and get us a beer."
David's grin returned as he stood and fetched beers all around.
As they took a drink David said, "Well?"
"Can't say yet." Garr grunted, "We've got one more coming."
"Tele?" David asked, his face lighting up with a huge grin.
Garr grinned back at his friend and nodded. They talked and bantered for the next hour until a knock sounded on the door. When David opened it, Tele stood in the entrance.
"You still like to stay under the radar. Why the fuck haven't you called us? Any of us?" The Samoan demanded without preamble.
"Because I had no idea where to find your dumb ass!" David answered, then added, "And you're still as ugly as you always were!"
Tele grinned, grabbed his friend and gave him a fierce hug as he said, "Fuck you ass hole!"
"As warm and fuzzy as ever I see!" David responded," Come on in. The others are waiting."
As they entered the kitchen Garr and Ted greeted Tele. David handed him a beer as the Samoan flopped into a chair.
"Garr and Ted have filled me in on the back story. So what's the play?" Tele asked, then tipped his beer up and took a long drink.
Ted began to explain the plan they had formulated and Garr filled in the details. Tele sat listening, occasionally asking a question. David said nothing until Ted and Garr were finished.
There was silence for a few seconds then Garr asked, "Well? What do you think?"
David's face was a composed neutral mask and his voice was a monotone as he said, "The plan sounds good. Both George and Madison will pay for what they've done. There's only one thing more I want to add to it. The bastard needs to hurt, even if it's only a little. And I want to be the one doing it."
"God damn it David! Our plan will make them pay and none of it will be able to come back on us! If you do what you want to, it could bury you! Why not just do it our way?" Garr yelled.
David looked at Garr and the big man saw that dark, dangerous glint in his friend's eye as David calmly replied, "He hurt Chelsea. He needs to hurt in return."
"You love her that much?" Garr asked.
The dark expression in David's eyes was instantly replaced by a soft, warm one as he thought of Chelsea.
That lasted only a split second and was in turn replaced by a cool guarded one as he said, "Oh come on! She's a great piece of ass, that's all! I don't want to lose that!"
All three of the other men at the table had taken note of that warm expression when David thought of Chelsea. They knew their friend and knew he was covering his real feelings.
"All right," Tele said, "you want a piece of this guy, let's figure a way to make it happen without you going to jail."
The four of them talked and schemed into the early morning hours. By the time they all went to bed, they had a workable plan.
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Garr called Timone the next day.
"Hey lady!" He greeted her when she answered.
"My big man! When are you going to come see me?"
"I wish I could right now, but we're working on a way to screw George at his own game. You said you'd like to help. Does that still hold?"
Her voice was instantly filled with anger as she said, "I'll do anything to get that bastard!"
"Well if we can get our hands on the video recordings they took when they raped you, would you be willing to file a complaint against them?"
"In a damned second!"
"Would you also be willing to go to court as a witness?"
"Yes! Anything to see that son of a bitch in jail!" She snarled.
"Whoa, there girl!" Garr responded.
"You know that's not aimed at you. That's for George and Madison. Far as you're concerned I want to jump your bones again!"
Garr grinned as he replied, "We'll just have to see if we can arrange that real soon! But I have one more thing, a favor to ask of you."
"Tell me," Timone said.
"Well, remember that part of the story..." It took Garr 5 minutes to outline the favor he wanted from her.
"Well my big man, for you anything. What's that thing you're always saying? Oh yeah, done deal!"
"Thanks, doll. I have to go. Talk to you later sexy lady."
Garr stepped into the kitchen to find the other three drinking coffee.
"She said she would do whatever it takes." He said as he poured a cup of black, steaming coffee.
"Great! So what's the next step?" Ted asked.
"We need someone in LA to contact and work with Susan. I can't, David shouldn't and Ted needs to be working on the computer stuff. That leaves you Tele." Garr sipped at his coffee.
The Samoan grinned and replied, "Sure. Working for the people I do I have access to all kinds of military-grade equipment. Some of it isn't supposed to be used inside the country, but I think I'll ignore that little tidbit of regulation."
"Great. Go to LA, contact Susan, then case Madison's place. We need to know what we're facing as far as security at his office." Garr took the last drink of his coffee and set the cup in the sink as he added, "Ted, you should go also in case Tele can get access quicker than we thought possible. Just don't let them see you. I don't want you to spend time in a federal prison because of this."
"So what are you and David going to do?" Ted asked.