The Refuge

You there?

You're fucking dead.

You hear me?

I said you're fucking dead.

Yeah.

Markus, it's Zander.

You ready for this one?

This guy, he's named Dixon Jones.

His picking up little over

one million cash dollars near downtown.

He goes there two hours from now.

This job is simple for you.

Get cash from him,

and bring to me at loading dock near port right after.

I be there three hours.

Don't be late.

Questions?

No.

Good.

In few minutes, I text you address

and vehicle make and model he will be in.

I also text you picture of him.

Don't lose these things,

and delete this number and text after I hang up.

What's up?

I double checked the cash.

It's all here.

This is good.

Now I owe you.

You stay safe out there, Markus.

Yeah.

Markus, it's Frank.

You there?

Yeah.

How you doing?

Life treating you well?

I can't complain.

That's good to hear.

I got something for you,

something I think will grab your interest.

You got a minute?

Yeah, what do you need?

It's better if we talk in person.

Can you come down to my place?

What time?

Say in about an hour or so?

All right.

Thanks, I'll see you soon.

Thank you for coming by, Markus.

It's been crazy busy around here lately.

Now I know I asked you earlier, man,

but how'd that job go with Caesar you did a while back?

It was fine.

What do you want?

Typical Markus, man.

I like your style, man, your sense of business,

always straight to the chase.

Now I know you're not gonna ask me

how things have been on my end. (LAUGHING)

All right, all right,

I'll cut straight to the chase.

I won't waste any more time.

There's a man by the name of Vernon Boyd,

ex-convict, bank robber, murderer,

served 10 years in the state penitentiary

for beating down a man with a metal bar.

He also never paid me in full

for a job we did down in South America.

He owes me a lot of cash (MUMBLING).

How much?

Easy peavy, don't worry about that.

Word is, him and his guys hit a casino

and walked out with $12 million.

Could have been more, man,

but the cops showed up earlier than expected.

This is a big moneymaker, Markus.

It's something I know you'd wanna be a part of.

What's this?

Everything you need to know about this guy,

his picture, address,

warehouse where he does business from,

how many guys he's got working for him,

what he drives, wife's middle name, everything.

It's everything, if you know what I mean.

When do you need it?

As soon as possible.

I told you I was going out of town

in a couple weeks,

and only call me if you have any questions.

Once you get what I need,

no evidence of this guy.

Understood?

Okay.

Right on, Markus.

Always a pleasure to see you.

I thought I heard you left town for good.

Nah, I've been around.

You know, you and I, we're in a risky business.

Staying low key's not easy,

especially around here.

Do you remember what happened to that guy

I hired to do that job up in Oakland?

Yeah, I do.

He was good at everything he did,

just like you,

maybe a better driver, though.

I'm just fucking with you, Markus.

Lighten up a little bit, man.

Now you've come a long way from when you first started,

and I commend you for that.

Haven't seen too many people do that around here,

but just don't get cocky, man,

and you'll continue to do well.

Don't you ever, ever mistake my kindness for weakness.

We good?

Yeah, we're good.

Well, then that's all I got, man.

Who is it?

Frank.

What type of job?

Money till.

What's he offering?

His typical.

His typical?

Yeah, his typical.

Look, it's getting late,

and I got to run to the airport to pick up Tommy.

I don't really have time

to discuss any of this.

I'll call you later, okay?

All right, sure.

All right, hit me.

I've never been any good at this game, man.

I try.

I try pretty damn hard.

Yeah, I remember you giving me a few pointers

back in the day,

but I don't think it's paying any dividends.

Maybe one day though, huh?

So when do you leave town?

Not till the end of the month.

Word.

Guess that's when business slows down for you?

Yeah.

You know, I'm not always that busy myself.

My wife and kids, they keep me plenty busy,

and I like staying busy,

but with work, you know what I mean?

Always a good thing.

Making a steady income is a necessity for me,

and this business is tough, Markus,

very tough business.

I think about it from time to time,

get the fuck out,

maybe work in something steady, something safe.

People can get hurt,

and I know you know.

I've been doing this since I was age 17,

lost my youngest brother when I was 20.

Julian.

Yeah, Julian.

You know he was shot by some of Victor's boys

from south of the border,

a deal we had lined up in Glendale?

It's his fault though.

I gave him his instructions perfectly,

and he didn't listen.

I know.

I know you know,

but the reason I bring this up right now

is because I want us synchronized

for this job and any job that we do in the future.

I tell this to anyone that I do multiple jobs with.

I wanna go home at the end of every job.

We all do.