Welcome to Part Five of the story of a professional hitman and his adventures across the USA. You can read this as a stand-alone, but you might enjoy it more if you read the other parts first. He is a complex man with many sides to his personality, good and evil, and everything in between. There can be violence in this story. Then again, it's a story about a hitman. What would you expect? This is the fifth part of a vibrant canvas. I hope you enjoy it.
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Taking Care of Business
It was time to get my shit together and take care of business.
My surprising love for Dawn and my goddamn dick had distracted me. It's amazing no matter how much you try, your cock's little head always hijacks the rational mind of your big head. Well, fuck it. It was time to get it on.
I still had the $2 million of stolen mob money under the chassis of my truck. I still had them pissed off and looking for me. I still had the cops seeking me thanks to the lot-lizard, Ginger, I had to kill in WaKeeney, Kansas. I still had the reality of that damn bullet through the window of my hotel room. And that meant I still had a lot of shit to deal with, still.
For starters, I needed to learn if that shot really was some drunken, stupid hunter or a missed attempt by another assassin paid to get me and was now on my trail. And if that was the case, I had to find out who it was, how they found me, find them, and get them before they got me. I had to get back to the Coffee Fix to figure out what the fuck was going on.
It was early afternoon. I was walking down US-191, known as Main Street as it passes through the town, on my way to The Fix, looking around at the La Sal Mountains looming over the southeastern edge of the Colorado Plateau where Moab is situated in when I bounced off of a massive piece of granite in the middle of the sidewalk.
I turned around to see 5'-10" of solid muscle with long dark hair, a leather cap, multiple earrings and tattoos, and a damned motorcycle club jacket on.
"What the fuck," and he looked at me, flashing a full grill of silver teeth.
I was in a Moab tourist t-shirt I had picked up earlier, my stonewashed jeans, and hip-looking hiking boots. I had my regular Glock behind my hip, and today, because I was possibly hunting big game, I also had my Glock 27 subcompact in an ankle holster above my right boot. My bush jacket slung over my shoulder was hiding the hip gun. Well, at least until I hit the granite block and dropped it on the sidewalk.
Grill Mouth looked over his right shoulder at the club brother behind him, another boulder with legs whose piercings and ink framed the prominent knife scar that went down the left side of his face from the forehead, through the eyebrow, ending below mid-cheek.
"Hey Zito, check out the little hiking pussy we've got in front of us. What should we do with him?"
"I think we should fuck him up for not showing you respect."
"Hear that Pussy Boy? My buddy thinks you don't know how to show proper respect."
Fuck me. The last thing I needed right now was more trouble, especially on a public street or having to flash a gun. I looked ol' Grill Mouth in the eye and steadily said, "Serious props, dude. No disrespect meant. I'm sorry, I got caught up in the beauty of this place, and I wasn't looking where I was going." I tried to lighten it up and swung my arms towards the scenic vista. "I mean, look at this place. It's inspirational."
I looked around and spied an old school bar on the corner across the street and said, "Hey, tell you what. To show my respect and to make it right, what if I treat you and your buddy to a drink across the street on me. What do you say?"
We were starting to gather a small crowd.
"Nah, I don't think so. But you've inspired me, motherfucker. Get ready to get hurt, you little cunt, 'cause I'm gonna put a serious whipping on your ass," and he started charging me.
At 6'-0" and in my hiking boots, I had a good 3 inches on him and at least six inches of wingspan. I waited until he was at full arm's length, ducked down, and came back up at full speed, hitting ol' Grill Mouth with my right hand fully extended and straight into his throat, instantly crushing his Adam's apple. He crashed to the ground like a sack of potatoes.
Zito was next. He was rushing at me in a rage, and I took him out with a roundhouse kick to his left temple that sent him flying into their bikes, knocking them over before landing in a heap upon them.
I walked back to my bush jacket to pick it up and leaned over Grill Mouth on the sidewalk with his hands clutching his throat, gasping for air, and I said, "No disrespect, Big Guy. You should have gone for the free drinks." Kicked him hard in the nuts out of respect, looked around at the looky-loos and said, "Sorry folks, shows over," and walked out of there as if I was The Shadow disappearing down a back alley to The Coffee Fix.
Entering, I was pleased to see Winny manning the counter, wearing that sexy dirndl, the German style low neckline ruffled, blouse, with her gigantic rack overfilling the tight fitting apron. I wondered if today's bra was also white lace.
I did my standard scan of the space. The northeastern corner was cleared out, and the tables and chairs had been rearranged in a loose circle around it. I smiled at the sight but noticed that that made the pathway to the back exit more challenging to navigate if needed.
For the first time, I noticed the large sign high up behind the counter with The Coffee Fix logo. God, it was butt ugly. A cartoon of some guy that looked like a troll drinking from a cup of coffee larger than Lizzo's ass. Good thing Winny's tits had me enraptured before I noticed that piece of shit. No wonder no one came here.
I walked up to the counter, saying, "Winny!"
She turned around and came running towards me, her ample bodice bouncing every step of the way.
"Jax! I was so hoping you'd show up today.
I looked her up and down wantonly. "How could I not. My second to my last day in Moab, and you think I'd miss spending time with the hottest barista in the entire town?"
And she blushed.
I gestured towards the room. "I see changes."
She beamed. "Yes! I told my dad the idea, and he thought it was brilliant. Our first band is tomorrow afternoon. Oh, thank you so much!" and she leaped across the counter with her arms out to grab my neck and give me a hug, but in mid-jump, her dirndl got caught on the edge, and both of her glorious breasts came exploding out of her top landing firmly against my chest.
They were as bodacious as they looked. Maybe a double-D, ripe, luscious, firm with slightly large and flattened nipples the color of a glass of fine cabernet sauvignon in the sunlight. A charming, multi-colored tattoo of a couple of magical fairies danced across the side of her right breast. I stared in amazement and admiration, wondering what it was like to be the artist holding that magnificent boob in my hand as I applied my craft.
"Oh no!!!" brought me out of my fantasies to see Winny desperately stuffing everything back in, overwhelmed by embarrassment.
I leaped over the counter, grabbed her shoulders, looked into her eyes, and said, "Winny, stop it. Stop it. Don't be embarrassed. You did nothing wrong. It was an accident and honestly, the nicest gift anyone could give me today," and I brought her into me for a long, passionate kiss feeling her melt into my arms like yesterday as I wrapped my right hand over her left breast.
She left it there and moved her crotch into mine, grinding against me, paying close attention to my growing erection as our kiss continued.
I broke the kiss stroking her hair, saying it wasn't her fault. Winny put her head against my chest, squishing he boobs into me as I held her.
"Thank you," was all she said. "My dad blames me for everything."
I continued to hold and pet her for a bit longer as she melted into me.
I looked at her. "I thought you were going to make me one of your perfecto espressos?"
Winny snapped to attention, gave me a salute, and with a "Yes, sir!" pulled her act together and moved to her machines while I moved to a table.
She brought it over and sat down with me.
"Okay, so tell me all about the big plans for the bands."
She did, bubbling over with enthusiasm. The first band tomorrow was a local band named "Endangered," and the bass player was her best friend, Stacy.
I oohed and ahhed appropriately until I saw my opening.
"Err, Winny, I'm still trying to solve this email mix-up we talked about yesterday. Did you happen to remember to ask your co-worker... What was her name?"
"Kelly. Oh! Yeah," she said excitedly. "I talked to Kelly, and you guessed it! Another dude used the computer that evening."
I nonchalantly took a sip. "By any chance, did she happen to get his name? You know, while writing down his order or something like that? I'd love to get this mix-up settled."
"I'm sorry. I don't think so, but she did say he was in his 30s and with another guy. You know, a hiking companion. They both bought drinks, making it a big night for us," She smiled.
She leaned in and whispered, "Kelly said she thought they 'played for the other team.'" She raised her hand to hide an embarrassed laugh.
That was interesting. "Thanks. That helps," and I leaned across the table and gave her another deep kiss. She responded with an open mouth. Our tongues played with each other for a while. I was the first to break it.
I held her cheek in my hand, "Will you excuse me for a minute while I use your computer? Then maybe you could show me those spots the cameras don't see?" I gave her a wink and strolled to the computer, still not wanting to use my phone for this.
It was first 15 minutes free with a drink, so I signed in and sent an email to an encrypted number and got a message back from our super hacker, Dixie Mitchell, in a matter of moments. I clicked on a few places as instructed and watched Dixie take remote control of the computer and start doing her thing. I stood up to hide the screen.
Winny had cleaned our table and gone back to her workspace. My phone vibrated with a coded message from Dixie saying she needed 15 to 20 minutes to do her thing. Okay...
Back at the counter, I stage whispered to Winny, "So, aren't you past due for your lunch break?'
"Huh?" she asked.