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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 2, 2012 20:43:07 GMT 2
Cole trained his eyes on Bruno as he spoke, not really sure how to conduct himself. "You left your DTM ride to come do this?" He shook his head. "Foolish." He wondered if he was just making that up, and truly just made a stop in the U.S to show him up. After all, that was always his goal.
Cole's expression grew bleak when he asked about Manako, once again he tried his best to fight of the emotion. "He's dead." He stated dryly.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 20:51:20 GMT 2
Bruno smile went away once Cole said that Manako had died "I apologize, Cole." Then an awkward silence filled the air between Cole and Bruno. then Bruno spoke up and said "Alright Cole lets race. how about we race for $10,000 a two lap race." Bruno smiled and threw his hand out to shake.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 2, 2012 21:41:23 GMT 2
"He was a good, well intentioned person, and a great driver. He will be missed." Cole remorsed. He was surprised at himself that he was even hanging around here still, but he had to do what he had to do.
Knowing Bruno, Cole figured he brought something serious to the lot, especially considering how eager he was to race. He spied a silver M3 GTR race car in the near background and grew suspicious. Bruno was the only guy he'd know of crazy enough to bring an actual race car to a street race. "That M3 over there, that's yours isn't it?" He pointed. "Now don't try to pull wool over my eyes, I know that things got race slicks and the full weight reduction and everything, you really want to run that thing against basically a stock corvette? It won't even be a race man." He shook his head.
"So how 'bout this, we come back here in two days, I'll get a race car myself, and we'll race for 50 grand, for five laps." He smirked. "You just won the DTM title last I heard, you got the money." He said in a challenging matter.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 1:55:16 GMT 2
Taya shook her head and looked up at Cole. "Cole don't you dare." She said firmly. "Something up about him."
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 3, 2012 3:54:20 GMT 2
Stripping his attention away from Bruno he turned to Taya and whispered. "Him and I have raced for years, I know his game." He hoped he did anyway, it had been awhile since he last saw him after all, let alone raced him.
Remembering Taya's share of the winnings from last race, he reached in the passenger window of his car and pulled out a small bag, handing it to her. "That's 50 g's from the last race, good job babe." He rubbed her neck and then turned his attention back to Bruno.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 4:24:38 GMT 2
She took the bag and looked up at him. "Cole please." She begged and grabbed his hand. "Think about this." She whispered.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2012 17:14:52 GMT 2
Bruno looked at Cole and thought about the bet. Then finally said "Sounds like a plan 50 grand and five laps two days from now. I'll bring my M3 and you can drive any piece of crap car you have." as he smiled and he put his hand out to shake Cole's hand in agreement.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 3, 2012 20:14:06 GMT 2
He had to wonder what Taya saw that he didn't...although Bruno could come off that way to strangers as he well knew. It didn't stop him from wanting to show this guy that he still had it though.
"You're so on." He stated ominously and took his hand. A grin came to his face as he remembered an old friend of his from his professional days that had several race cars in his possession, now if only he could convince that friend to lend him one of those cars, he was in business. "You'll see what I got." He smirked at Bruno and then turned back to his corvette.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 1:29:46 GMT 2
Taya shook her head furious and got in her car and started it up and looked at Bruno wondering what he thought.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 4, 2012 5:46:44 GMT 2
Once he made sure he was out of earshot of Bruno, he looked up the contact to one of his managers from years back. This guy had a collection of race cars he'd take to tracks himself every now and then. The best part was, he was only an hour away from here.
He dialed his number, Kevin was his name, and waited for the other end to pick up, hoping it wasn't too late for him. A voice on the other line answered and Cole proceeded with his sales pitch. "Hey Kevin, how you doing man?" He said cheerfully. They talked for a few minutes as Kevin was both surprised and thrilled to talk to his old driver again after all this time, but soon enough Cole got down to the point. "So Kevin, the reason I called you was because I need to borrow your MC12 Corsa for a few days. There's this track day coming up down in Arizona and I'd love to bring something substantial to it." Of course, he couldn't tell him the real reason why he needed it, these cars weren't even street legal after all. "I'll pay you $3,000 and service it before I bring it back of course." He promised. As being the reason he called Kevin in the first place, Kevin gave into it and said sure, and that it'd be ready tomorrow. Cole thanked him and hung up.
He then decided to ask Taya why she was so bothered by his ex-competitor. So he walked over to her viper, saw that she was in it for whatever reason, and got in the passenger seat. "So what's got you all worked up about that guy? Though, I must say I don't care for him much either." He laughed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 6:17:06 GMT 2
She sighed and sat smoking another cigarette. "We just won a race and now you wanna risk losing all that money?" She asked looking at him. "Cole we need that money and it's not gonna help if you keep betting and lose. What if he's rigged something? I'm not losing you!" She said tears starting to form.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 4, 2012 6:28:26 GMT 2
Cole couldn't help but laugh, she had no idea how well off he was. "Do you have any idea how much my work with the mafia pays?" He paused. "On a good night I make over 100k, but I do that by betting fifty thousand, a hundred thousand, or more. I can do that because it's the mobs money, and as long as I keep winning, they just keep giving me more wager money, as long as I keep profiting them."
He let out a bit of a sigh, he was a little worried about her becoming very protective, especially once she learned just how deep his deal with the mob was. "That's the same risk you take with anyone. He and I may not like each other, but that doesn't mean we'll wreck each other."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 6:38:19 GMT 2
She sighed and looked at him. "I know that Cole, it's the fact that I'm behind on rent and if I don't pay it off soon I lose my place and the garage." She said softly. "And the more I try and pay the two off the more of a hole I get into which's why I'm stressing about the money." She said looking up at him. "Besides I wanna come watch you race and that night I have a double shift..."
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 4, 2012 6:48:39 GMT 2
Ah, that made a little more sense to him. Though he was a little confused at the same time, she made 50 grand herself as her share of the winnings, so he wouldn't think she'd have a problem with whatever he did with his 50 grand. "Well if you need any help, let me know." He reassured. "Money isn't much of an issue for me anymore."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 6:58:29 GMT 2
She nodded and sighed. "I owe so much on the garage that if I don't pay by the end of this month I lose it and the same with the house since they're the same property owner." She said softly and looked up at him. "If I lose that place I won't be able to hide my car, people've wanted to steal it more than once."
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 4, 2012 8:02:57 GMT 2
"How much do you owe on it?" His eyes rolled over to her, hoping it wasn't an atmospheric amount. He slightly raised his eyebrows. Her she was, on the verge of losing her house, and she was concerned about where to park the viper. Well, that's a true petrolhead, that's for sure. "If you were to lose them, your car would be the least of your worries, believe me." He huffed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 8:06:40 GMT 2
She sighed and looked over at him. "That is the least of my worries right now. I'd sell the damn thing if I had to." She said softly. "I owe 200,000 for both to pay them off together. But everytime I even get remotely close something bad happens and I have to use the money for something else."
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 4, 2012 8:14:55 GMT 2
"They want two hundred thousand by the end of the month? Shit..." He trailed off, that was a lot more than he was anticipating. Hoping she had at least some chunk of that covered, he asked. "How much do you have towards that now?"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2012 8:32:40 GMT 2
"What we got tonight plus a little I still gotta get for fixing up cars and shit. SO....not much." She said dimly and sat back tears forming.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Dec 4, 2012 8:43:04 GMT 2
Cole did a little math in his head to calculate just how much he had in his bank account, since he was too lazy to look it up on his phone, he was due another paycheck for his work soon as well. "Alright, 150k, I think we could find that before long." His left hand went over and massaged her shoulder.
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