Cops Man

What an honor to be standing here in Uncle Paul's restaurant, where everyone is celebrating my success for making the cops look bad. Uncle Paul gave me a guy's name to help me get to the cargo shipment of imported alcohol, and I need to meet him at the airport tomorrow. I have a few things to organize before tomorrow. While everyone is partying, I pick up the phone and make a few calls.

I need a delivery truck, to transport the cargo. I remember Uncle Jimmy has one for the deliveries his guys make around town. If I use his truck, security will think I am making a delivery at the airport for a bakery. I need some guns, Uncle Paul can help with that and lastly some money, to pay off staff at the airport. Those that will ask questions, so that they will look the other way. while we are driving out of the front door with the cargo.

I call Uncle Jimmy;

"Hello"

"Hi Uncle Jimmy, it is Ricky.

"Why are you calling?"

"Uncle Jimmy, I wonder if I can borrow the delivery truck tomorrow?"

"Sure, why do you need it?"

"I need it to make some deliveries for Uncle Paul"

"Sure thing, come early morning to pick it up"

"Thank you, Uncle Jimmy"

I walk to the bar and get another drink for Uncle Paul. I walk to his table and hand him the drink;

"Here you go Uncle Paul"

He takes the glass and says;

"Saluti"

Everyone takes another drink. I take this moment to ask a question to Uncle Paul;

"Uncle Paul, I need a few weapons for tomorrow? Just one or two pistols?"

He looks at me worried and asks;

"Do you even know how to use one?"

"Yes sir, I have shot a few times"

"Okay, talk to Tony. He is the guy that organizes stuff like that. What are you planning?"

"Uncle Paul, you have trusted in me these few years. I have never let you down. I know what I am doing and I want to make you proud"

He takes another drink and says;

"Don't go and shoot up the fucking town, you will bring unnecessary heat on us"

"The guns are just if something goes wrong Uncle Paul, not to use them in a robbery...I am going to walk in and then out"

"I trust you, Ricky. Now go talk to Tony and get what you need. Also, get two thousand dollars from him, you will need to pay off some of the staff. You give the money to Thomas at the office, he will distribute the money to the guys that need it"

"Thank you, Uncle Paul"

I get up and walk to Tony that is standing by the bar. I stand next to Tony, I order a drink from the bartender. He hands me the drink, I turn and look at Tony and say;

"Saluti"

We both take a sip. I say to Tony;

"Tony, I just spoke to Uncle Paul, he says that I need to ask you for something that only you can get for me?"

"Yeah, and what is that?"

I speak softly so that only he can hear;

"I need a gun or two and two thousand dollars, all before tomorrow morning"

Tony looks over to Uncle Paul to get confirmation. Uncle Paul gives him a nod. Tony looks at me and says;

"Consider it done. I will have it ready early tomorrow morning"

We continue drinking and celebrating the victory for the family. Early the next morning, I go to Uncle Jimmy for the delivery truck pickup. I walk in and the driver walks up to me with the keys and says;

"Are you here for the truck?"

"Yes"

He hands me the keys and says;

"Don't scratch the fucking truck"

I nod and walk out to the truck. I start up the truck and drive to Uncle Paul's. As I get there, I honk a few times and get out. I walk in, Tony is standing at the bar. He calls me over;

"Come with me, Ricky"

I follow Tony to the back of the kitchen. He hands me a bag and says to me;

"Here is the stuff that you needed. Don't lose it or don't get caught. My brother is on his way, you will take him with you today. This comes from Uncle Paul, as he is trusting you with his money"

As I am listening to what Tony is saying, Anthony, walks in and says;

"Are we ready?"

I look at Anthony and say;

"Why are we still standing here talking, we have a job to do"

We walk out and get in the truck, start it and drive off. Anthony asks;

"So, what do you have planned?"

As I'm driving, I start to explain what I have we are going to do.

Anthony looks at me and says;

"You do know that Uncle Paul loves his imported whiskey? If this pays off, Ricky, Uncle Paul is going to be very happy"

We get to the airport. Security stops us at the gate, he walks up to the truck and says;

"Where are you going?"

I look at him and say;

"I'm looking for Thomas at the office, we have a delivery for him"

Security looks at me, then looks at the truck, and says;

"Let them in"

The gate opens up and we drive in too the office. As we get there, Thomas comes out to meet us.

"Hey, are you Ricky?"

"Yes. We are here for a plane that is bringing in imported whiskey, I want it all. When is the cargo arriving?"

"We know of the flight, it should be here within the hour"

I hand him the bag of money and say;

"You heard from Uncle Paul what you need to do with this"

He takes it and puts it in his pants to hide it. He looks at me and says;

"If you guys want to pull this off, you will need to dress appropriately. In there is a locker room, you will find clothes there, hope some will fit.

We head into the locker room and get dressed. As we walk out, Thomas walks to us and say;

"Plane just landed, they are offloading it now. I have arranged that they bring the stuff straight to the truck, just open the doors for them and everything will be taken care of"

"They load the three crates in the back and the driver says;

"All set sir"

And drives off. I look at Anthony surprised and say;

"And there we go, now we can get out of here"

Happy that we got the stock, we drive through security as they wave us through without checking. We are so excited about this, I notice a cop car following us. I point to the mirror and say to Anthony;

"Cops man"

Anthony gets the guns out of the bag and hands one to me. The police switches on his emergency lights and says over the speaker;

"Driver of the truck, pull over"

We pull over and I get my license out. The officer walks up to the truck and says;

"License and registration please"

My heart starts beating faster, knowing that if he opens the back, it's not bread that we are delivering. I hand him the papers, he looks at it and says;

"Where are you heading tonight?"

"Is there a problem officer?"

"No, just doing a routine stop. Just hold here for a minute"

I look at Anthony and say, we need to do something and do it quickly if he radio's for back up... we're going to have much bigger problems. Anthony nods, I jump out of the truck, point the gun...