* During this time its exactly one month after Croatia*

*We find our group waking up in there respective rooms or homes in lovely Las Duedas where the rain hasnt let up in 2 days*

*Svetlana finds herself already in her office prepping Mr.Klaznikovs daily shedule and paper work for him at her desk in front of his seculded office on the top floor of The Red Star Casino*

*Lissa, Anna, and Tommy find themselves at their condo gradually waking up after each reciveing a text from Alexi for a meeting around 11am*

*Liam is already awake as he was getting some early morning beers with his New drinking Buddy Sam...seeing as Tommy no longer drinks Liam quickly called up a mutual friend of his and Tommys. Sam downs a bear and spills some on his brightly colored Hawaiian shirt *

Sam= Ahh dam it..*takes a napkin to clean himself off* so Liam whats this new boss of yours like?? Oh and by the way thanks for inviting me up here...things were getting a little nutty down in Miami *drinks beer*

*Connie wakes up at Angelita and Frankies house seeing as her and Angie went to a wine tasting the previous night with Frankie..Frankie who brought Carmine along so he wasnt bored to death spent the rest of the night informing Carmine that this was a tasting...not a chugging*

*Gets up, takes a shower, finished getting ready, and grabs some breakfast before heading over to the casino for the meeting. Still wearing mostly black and gray but slowly transitioning back into color.*

"...mmnnfff...meetings..." Lissa changes her alarm to go off at 10:30 and falls back asleep, half covered by blankets, and with her pillow over her head to block the sunlight coming from the window.

Unless sufficiently bothered, she doesn't get up until 10:39 (the snooze button was so inviting) when she finally wanders out, takes a quick shower and gets ready in approximately 15 minutes. (Needless to say, her idea of ready was a T-shirt and jeans that were "probably" clean and with her still-damp hair tied up into a ponytail.)

5 minutes was plenty of time for her to drowzily wander over to the casino and punch (literally) the elevator button up to Alexi's office.

*after waking up Tommy takes a shower and shaves putting on a black polo shirt, kahki pants and equips his ankle holster and puts on some shades*

*Tommy gives Liam a call to meet over at his condo*

Tommy= "hey Liam its Tommy...how are you and Sam doing..well listen come on over well head over to the meeting together alright..besides seeing this is your first day working for Alexi..best not be late.

*Tommy hangs up the phone and walks over and pecks Anna on the forehead*

Tommy= Morning kiddo

*Continues to walk down the hall and opens up Lissa's door and shakes her awake*

Tommy= Hey..we got company coming over *looks over his sholder and gives her a peck on the forehead* ...now rise and shine silly haha

*Tommy finally sits down and pours himself some milk*

Liam: "Well, Sam, I tell ya. Mr. Dante was a nice enough sort, just being in charge of an international company means sometimes having to deal with rough people, ya know?"

Sam: "Oh-ho-ho, I know, believe me. One time Mikey and I had to help a rich financier out with a kidnapping problem in Miami, and..."

Liam motions for another round of drinks, on his dime, which makes Sam pause to smile happily.

Liam: "I understand, an tis exactly that sort of ting I worry about for Mr. Dante. Already had to foil a kidnappin attempt once, and after that, I told him that if he wants ta be secure, he needs ta TRUST his security. When he said he had things he needed ta keep private, I said then why don't ya hire some private security. My new boss, Alexi, seems ta have his head on straight when it comes ta security...."

Sam laughs jovially and runs his fingers through his graying hair.

Sam: Ain't THAT the truth. Y'know, you can NEVER be too security conscious.... In fact, I was just thinking.... while I'm here in town, I could really use a fresh set of wheels...."

Liam: "I thought you had that Buick?"

Sam: "Yeahhhhh, well.... I may have had some car trouble in Miami.... What do you say, can you help me out?"

Liam winces and glances side to side.

Liam: "Well, I'll see what I c'n do, ta be certain. Where are ya stayin right now?"

Sam: "Oh, with a lady-friend I see whenever I'm in town, but you know how things are, it takes a few days to get from the 'where have you been for eight years' stage to the 'sure you can borrow my car' phase."

Liam raises his glass and toasts Sam, who happily responds in kind.

Liam: "Ta women, eh? Unfathomable creatures, truly."

Sam leans in conspirationally.

Sam: "Sure, but where would we be without em?"

Both laugh and return to drinking. Eventually, Sam has to run along to patch things with his lady-friend, so Liam, after realizing he has been stuck with the bill, finishes his Guinness, and heads off to work.

< gets up >
< does her hair and make up and gets dressed >
"Damn I'm hot!"
< pokes Connie (unless she's got company) >
"Wake up! We gotta meeting! Want me to do your make up?"
< does Connie's make up if she wants >
< puts plenty of ammo and Franky's derringer in her Bag of Useful Items, err purse >
< gets in her almost new car >
< goes through the car wash >
< drives to the casino >

*Frankie walks downstairs and looks at Angie and Connie sitting by the kitchen table*

Frankie= You didnt go in the basement...right? *nods his head very tired and pours himself a glass of water* Alright Connie well seems like the boss has taken a shine to ya. So it seems your joining us in this meeting as well. As well as Tommys friend Liam.

*Continues to walk over to his couch and sit down and picks up a unwired detonator and starts flicking it on and off..more or less out of habit*

Frankie= I wonder what its about.

*meanwhile after some time passes Liam shows up whenever he decides to or after he does what he needs to at Tommys condo to go to the meeting together*



*meanwhile wih

"Nah, it smells like gun oil down there. Haven't been down there since you taught me to use a gun."

(From the chat: Angelita has 2 new mannerisms. She washes her car a lot and she goes to the pistol range a lot.)

Unfortunately Tommy's gentle shaking and kiss on the forehead weren't sufficiently obnoxious enough to wake her up so Lissa goes through with her original plan, the idea of having company not bothering her in the slightest.

Morning. *Starts making breakfast for Tommy and possible guests. When Tommy walks back in.* So... What do you know about this Liam guy? Connie doesn't appear too happy to see him. *Looks at Tommy in between flipping a pancake.*

*Connie wakes up with a start at the feeling of being poked in the side, looks around like a husband in a jenny's house, jumps up and hurries out the door*
*After calming down, she checkes her messages, apperance and walet"
Uh, meeting, right. How much did I drink last night? Feels like 6 or 7 pints. Unless its like that one time...nah, I swore I'd never do that agian! Right, on to the meeting.
*starts mumbling about "getting that bloody name right", and starts walking towards the casino, grabbing breakfest on the way*

A Taxi pulls up outside the building Tommy asked Liam to meet him at, and Liam MacNamara steps out of the drivers-side backseat. He is dressed in a nice suit-jacket with a white shirt, the top-button undone, and an untied tie hanging around his neck. As he turns to look up at the condo, he puts on his shades and runs his hand through his hair. The other rear door opens, and Sam steps out, still talking to the driver in Farsi.

"He says it's fifteen eighty..." Sam says, looking at Liam without any shame.

"Yeah, shure." Liam says as he hands the driver a twenty and steps away from the car. "I keep hanging-out with you, Sam, yer shure ta put me in the poor-house."

"Hey-hey, don't be like that, Liam. I'm just a little short right now. You know I'm good for it."

"What I do and don't know about yer way with a bill, Sam, is between me an God, now let's go see if we can find Tommy, and get ta work so's we can both put some green in our pockets. I even brought the boy a good-luck Guinness.."

"Yeahhhh, great, only, you know Tommy's given up the sauce, Liam, so when he turns you down, why don't you slide that bottle down my way, huh?"

"Plenty ta go around, but yer right, let's be on our best behavior. An dtuigeann tu me?"

"Yeah, I got you."

The Taxi drives into the distance behind them as they turn and start to look for Tommys apartment.

Not knowing her way around town, Connie keeps following the few things that seem famillier. As she gets in to the residential district, she mumbles something about how this can't be the right way, and suddenly notices Liam and some other guy walk towards one of the buildings. She realizes that it's Anna's house and makes a bee line for the door. She then attempts to slip in quietly and heads up stairs to take a quick shower and change, totaly barrowing Anna's clothes. After that she heads down stairs and sneeks into place next to Anna.

*Feels someone brush by and does a double take as Connie sits down at the table.* Connie?! When did you get here??? Are those my jeans? *Laughs and puts some pancakes and sausage on Connie's plate along with a glass of scotch before pouring one for herself.* By the way Lissa's gonna be ticked when she sees you're wearing her shirt. I've had it in there for ages but she'll remember it when she sees it. *Laughs at the mental image of Lissa's expression.* Your er- I mean Liam will be here soon. Are you sure you wanna be here? *Sits down with a plate of her own and finishes the glass of scotch before starting to eat.*