<div style="text-align: center">《 Hale 》<br/>
<i>Location: Abendblume conference room <br/>
Addressing: Sou, Alvaro</i>​</div><br/><br/>Hale watched Sou's reaction. It wasn't the same sort of desolate loss he'd seen on the face of his wife when she'd take a positive test, weeks later to have lost it. The woman in his proximity now wasn't upset that she wasn't growing life in her womb. She was upset that she'd tried to play him and had lost. When she started with the hysterics, Hale motioned for the men to grab her. Another moved to draw the curtains closed. With all that was going on, he doubted anyone would pay her a second thought.<br/><br/>"Rebel doesn't love you. If he did, he would have come to find you the second he heard me read off your name. You two would be making a plan together, in hushed whispers. But that is not the case. He doesn't want you," Hale said to her, whether the truth or not he figured it would rattle around in that pretty little head of hers and fester. He went back to his drink, letting her struggle and wear herself out.<br/><br/>"Alvaro!" Hale said warmly when the man stepped into the conference room. "It has been too long. You should visit me more often."<br/><br/>He motioned for someone to bring him another glass, then passed the decanter of brandy over in offering. For the moment the woman in the room was ignored as the two reminisced like old friends.<br/><br/>"Do you recall that evening we shared several months ago where I had talked about trimming numbers? Well, I did it," Hale explained with arms outstretched. The felon wasn't part of the normal activities and gossip didn't reach him. He frightened people, and for good reason. When Hale needed someone taken care of. Someone that crossed a line, he had Alvaro handle it. The man had a wonderful talent for it.<br/><br/>"So, the situation at hand. This young woman, a faithless slut, came in here today and tried to manipulate my sensibilities. To take advantage of my kindness. She threatened me. She criticized my work, and all that I take pride in. It's just not something that can go unpunished. The world needs to understand her true colors. She is not a good woman. She is a liar, and I wasted a good pregnancy test on her. I'm fairly certain she's not crying tears of a lost child." Hale shook his head. It was a shame she had not been truthful, though he supposed it was better to be done with her before she herself less expendable.<br/><br/>"I'd like her marked as the manipulative skank that she is. Take all the<i> creative</i>liberties you'd like.. You are an artist and I trust your vision for her." By that he didn't care what Alvaro did to Sou so long as she was permanently inked in some way.