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Jax ordered a scotch on the rocks, while Alton said, “My usual, please.”

While they waited for their drinks to arrive, they chatted about Jax’s impressions of the city as this was his first time there—according to him. It wasn’t until after they’d gotten their drinks and ordered their meals that Alton returned the conversation to his original question. “What can I do for you, Tom?”

Jax replied, “It’s more what I can do for you. I understand you’ve been hired to obtain a specific item, which won’t be easy as the man you work…well, worked with, is now, shall we say, unavailable.” Jax decided he should couch any discussion about why he was there in very general terms. They might be sitting well away from anyone else in the restaurant, but that did not mean someone, the police or Feds, wasn’t covertly listening, given what Alton did when he wasn’t running his restaurant.