"What do you mean, gone!" came the voice bellowing through Bubba's phone. "How could you let him escape? I give you one simple job and you go and screw it up! I thought I hired a professional and I got worthless piece of…"
"Alright, boss. I got it." Bubba interrupted. "I messed up. But uh, it's not just that Leo is gone. He took the diamonds too."
Bubba heard the man on the other end breath deeply. The boss was clearly pissed. With Leo dead, no one would ever know about the missing money. Everything had been set up so perfectly and now it had all gone to waste.
After a few minutes of silence, the voice on the other end spoke up again. "Leo duPres is no idiot. He knows showing up alive would expose us and put his family at risk. As long as he is in hiding, we can't make a move."
"I don't get it, boss. Let's just go after his wife. That'll get him out in the open."
"Bubba, Bubba, Bubba. Think with your head, not your botox injections. I know duPres and he won't put Greenlee in danger. That's why he took the diamonds. He has something we need and that we can't expose ourselves to get back. We touch her and we have no chance at getting those diamonds. No, we need to wait for duPres to make a move."
"But we don't know where he is, boss. He could be back with his wife by now anyway."
"Have you been listening to a word I've said, Bubba!" yelled the man in frustration. "He won't put her in danger. If everyone knows he is alive, we are exposed and nothing is stopping us from going after his family. Got it!"
"Sure, boss," Bubba tried to appease him, all the while his own ideas running through his head.
"Now listen carefully, Bubba. Leo won't go to Greenlee so he can protect her. But he's going to slip. We can count on him to contact her, trust me."
"You sure about that, boss?"
"I told you. I know duPres. He's a sucker for that girl. I'm going to keep an eye on her. Leo will turn up, and then we kill him and take back those diamonds without a soul knowing about either. Stay where you are, Bubba. I'll call you with new orders soon."
That was the boss' great plan? Bubba wondered. Lay low and watch Greenlee? Not enough action involved there, and Bubba was all about action. He walked into the kitchen of his cabin and grabbed a stake knife. Holding it up to his eyes, he thought about how he was going to get Leo and the diamonds out in the open. The boss was right, duPres was a sucker for that girl. Get to her and he won't be far behind. Bubba kissed the knife with a smile. "Beautiful Mrs. duPres," he snickered, licking his lips and he looked at his reflection in the knife. "I'll be seeing you very soon."