Gabriel wanted to smile while he listened to his sweet girl but he found himself frowning instead. He wanted to tell her everything but even a girl as smart as she was at her age she wouldnâ€™t understand all the details. Part of him was hurt because he couldnâ€™t explain everything, but he would do his best to get back into her life, to rescue her for those horrible people who have abused her and kept her from doing the things she wanted. He could tell that she was an intelligent girl for her age, just as he would have expected her to be; she has always had that glow in her eyes that told him she would be smart. She needed to express that more, let that intelligence shine. He loved how in control she seemed to be, how she seemed to take after her mother in that sense, but it also reminded him of her mother and that angered him.<br/><br/>It was a shame that Angel knew nothing of her mother, that they had kept her in the dark. He briefly wondered what else had been kept from her.<br/><br/>â€œYour motherâ€¦ that bitchâ€¦â€ Gabriel spat the word. â€œI donâ€™t know why you care about knowing anything about her, she did abandon you. She gave you up to save herself. I on the other hand, have been fighting to see you ever since that day. It took a long time to track you down.â€ He said calmly as he could, some bitterness still seeped out into his deep voice when he spoke in spite. â€œIâ€™m not expecting you to trust me, in fact Iâ€™m hardly surprised you donâ€™t remember me, but I can say that Iâ€™m not like that incompetent mother of yours who abandoned you and did everything she could to hide from her past.â€  Standing from the bed he smiled at Angel. â€œYouâ€™re going to come with me, like you should have years ago.â€ He said to her softly. No way in hell was he going to let them take his dear Angel from him again; he was going to do everything in his power to ensure that.<br/><br/>Looking to the woman and Butch, his demeanor then suddenly changed and his voice became sharp, intimidating, â€œI need you two to prepare the van and make sure our little escape goes unseen.â€ The two nodded and then did as they were told. If they didnâ€™t they knew the boss would have their heads mounted over his fireplace.<br/><br/>-------------------------<br/><br/>A favor?<br/><br/>He snorted to hold back a laugh. How dare they threaten him with blackmail that really wouldnâ€™t threaten him anymore he thought to himself as he moved his tongue around in his mouth. The taste of alcohol lingered a bit. He didnâ€™t owe anyone a damned thing that he knew of, and he could have sworn that debt had been paid off years ago. Either way this little request amused him to say the least. Pretend to be someoneâ€™s husband? And he gets what he wants and money will pretty much handed to him where he would never have to work again? He would be richâ€¦ that would be nice. If there was something that he was a sucker for, it was money. Not booze not drugs, not even women, but money, and it has gotten him into quite a bit of trouble as these people seemed to know about oh too well.<br/><br/>Looks like he was not getting out of this any time soonâ€¦ â€œFineâ€¦â€ He said. Of course not only was he taking the offer for the money, but for theâ€¦ other benefits as well. â€œIâ€™ll take your offer. Now if youâ€™ll excuse me Iâ€™m going back to sleep.â€ With that he ended the call and crawled back into bed.<br/><br/>-------------------------<br/><br/>â€œI know you donâ€™t really want to be involved in this but I will pay you whatever you want if you help us out. Thereâ€™s beenâ€¦ I really donâ€™t know how to explain it but people have not been happy lately and they must be silenced before the media starts sticking their nose further where it doesnâ€™t belong.â€ Jonah continued. â€œThere are several people I know of, and I know you will take care of them.â€ The conversation has been going on for about ten minutes now and worry was still clear in his voice as he slowly filled Azrai in on the details. He sounded almost distressed and definitely worked up over this whole thing. Who could blame the guy, considering he just discovered his best friend was killed in the back of some warehouse. Who wouldnâ€™t be upset over the death of a friend? In his own way Azrai was upset as well since the guy had been someone for whom he has done jobs for years now.<br/><br/>There was silence as Jonah took a deep breath to calm down a bit; a small change in the manâ€™s expression made him wonder if the guy was going to cry. The other people in the room remained quiet. He really did not like these people but he did want to trust that Jonah knew what he was doing bringing strangers here. Strangers in his living space always made him feel uneasy and he always kept his guard up in case they were to try anything. They were looking at him like they were expecting him to say something, adding to his discomfort, like hawks eyeing wounded, dying, or potential prey. Maybe they were expecting him to make some false move. The feeling was mutual if that was the case though at the moment most of his attention was currently focused on Jonah, he also watched the men out of the corner of his eye.<br/><br/>When Jonah didnâ€™t speak up again, Azrai decided to take this moment to get a word in, â€œTell meâ€¦ exactly how many people will I be silencing?â€ Ok, maybe more than a word.<br/><br/>â€œThree off the top of my head.â€<br/><br/>â€œThree?â€<br/><br/>â€œIf more show up weâ€™ll let you know.â€ One of the strangers spoke up. It was the more intimidating one, his tone pretty much saying that he shouldnâ€™t question so much in spite of Jonah filling him in on quite a bit of information. â€œFor now we are going to give you the essential information and then let you know when to make your move.â€ Now that was not something he wanted to hear. People telling him what to do was not uncommon in this line of work but these people seemed demanding. He felt if he screwed up a second time they were going to end up and carry out their day like he never even existed, and it was these types of jobs that she was not fond of. While he was not worried about screwing up he had a feeling that these people definitely had more to them than Jonah had told him.<br/><br/>â€œVery well. I will do what I can.â€ Hopefully that was enough reassurance.