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too,” TC chimed in.
     
    “I make three,” Ron added with a grin.
     
    Leo chuckled and shook his head as he turned toward the bar. Ron was an okay guy, when he wasn’t being a hot head.
     
    “Jamie said you had some questions about Lima 6?” Leo said as he sat down in front of Will.
     
    “Go ahead… I’ve got this,” Jamie said when he looked at her.
     
    Leo stood and gave a jerk of his head at the farthest stool. “What can I help you with?” he asked as he parked his butt on the stool.
     
    “Not questions, exactly. I’m just curious how you managed to clean up the town when the police couldn’t.”
     
    “I wasn’t here, but I can tell you what I know. You want it straight up?”
     
    “That would be preferable.”
     
    “My understanding is, the club made it clear that the drug mules weren’t welcome. Some of our guys did some time in county for assault.”
     
    “So they beat them up?”
     
    “Yeah. Beat the shit out of them, destroyed their vehicles, and dumped them both on the other side of the border.”
     
    “Did that work?”
     
    “In a lot of cases, yeah.”
     
    “And in the cases where it didn’t?”
     
    “Then… they took other measures.”
     
    “Like killing them?”
     
    “I didn’t say that.”
     
    “You didn’t deny it either.” 
     
    Leo leaned in closer. “They made it clear that drugs were not welcome in Vallecito. If the mules started killing each other… well, the problem started to take of itself, wouldn’t you agree?”
     
    “You realize that’s murder?”
     
    “I didn’t say we killed them.”
     
    “Look, Leo, let’s stop the tap dance, okay? Killing people is murder. Simple as that.”
     
    “Or casualties of war.”
     
    “We’re not at war!”
     
    “They weren’t? Maybe we should ask some of the people that were here. Ask them what they think. Let’s ask Jamie. Look, Will, neither of us was here. We can’t know what it was like. But I can tell you, drug cartels understand only one thing, and that’s force. Catching a mule and locking him up for a year or two isn’t much of a deterrent. Having your mule killed, is.”
     
    “But Lima 6 doesn’t kill the mules?” Will asked. When Leo didn’t answer, he continued. “That’s what I thought.”
     
    “We only use as much force as we have to in order to protect the town. The citizens of Vallecito have accepted that. They see it as an acceptable exchange. If you don’t…” Leo shrugged and moved to stand.
     
    “Leo, wait.” Will said. “I didn’t say that. I just don’t want to be involved with a bunch of thugs, that’s all. What happens to the drugs?”
     
    “We have a bonfire and roast weenies.”
     
    “I’m serious.”
     
    “So am I. Well, except for the weenies. It’s usually steaks on the grill.”
     
    “You burn it?”
     
    “That’s right.”
     
    “And the DEA doesn’t have anything to say about it?”
     
    “What the DEA doesn’t know, doesn’t hurt them.”
     
    Will paused while he thought. “Why? Why do you do all this? Jamie said you lost a couple of friends from this.”
     
    “Yeah. More than a couple. We do it because it needs to be done. Vallecito has welcomed us into their home. We’re just doing our part to make this a home worth living in.”
     
    “And Jamie?”
     
    “What about her?”
     
    “How does she figure into all of this?”
     
    “She owns a bar we like because she has decent beer on tap and good burgers.”
     
    “That’s it?”
     
    “That’s it. Well, actually, that’s not quite true. Sometimes she helps us with finances. The rest you will have to get from her.”
     
    “Finances? She launders money for you?”
     
    “You’ll have to ask her. But I assure you, there is no coercion involved. It’s not what we do.”
     
    Will leaned on the bar as he thought. “And if I wanted to help?” he asked suddenly.
     
    “Now I ask you… why?”
     
    “This is my home. I grew up here. I was gone before it got