Chapter Eighty-One

I go on to meet up with Austin out of the medic tent, he, Rez and Rex are lounging beside his slick black car. At the sight of the vehicle I have flashes to when I first laid eyes on it.

Austin was a lot meaner then, stoic, stiff and efficient at his job. An all round scary man really. 

I realize now that he's a lot tamer compared to the elements I now find myself mixed up with. Fawn, although she plays, is not to be trifled with. I still can't get over the image of Rey sucking up to her at the Museum.

My eyes land on Rez and I wonder if she has also tamed the older man. From what she told me about his scar, I think it's safe to assume he knows his place on the pyramid of power.

At the same time I find it underwhelming. Rez I mean, he was the first and final obstacle in her subjugation of the Rivera family and their men. But watching him laugh and converse so freely with Rex and Austin conflicts with the image I've painted.