“Hey Clay how are you?”  I asked smiling into the reciever.

“Uh good, good.  Mmm whats this about Carmen and a cop?”  

“Well I’m doing fine thanks.”  I said sarcastically.  He was to jumpy for his own good.  “I just wanted to call you guys and get an opinion.  Ky and I are going to come clean about the Carmen situation.  One of our really close friends is a chief officer.”  I explained.

“Oh um.  I don’t know about that.”  Clay said slowly.  He sounded… weird.

“Why?”  I questioned.

“Well.  Carmen’s dangerous and what use is telling that cop.  Your in Hawaii while Carmen them are here in LA.  I don’t see what your cop friend could do.”  He said trying to reason.  His voice was firm and I could tell he was trying to prove his point.

“Well uncle Arthur has friends in LA.  They can contact each other.  I have lots of information on Duck and all that shit.”  I said proving my point.

“Yes.  But you realize you could be endangering you life by doing this.  If you tell those bad guys aren’t just going to sit around and wait to be busted.”  Clay said in a stronger tone.  

“Clay if its my life verses multiple others.  I rather tell.”  I said.  Kyla sent me a look that told me she didn’t like that sentence.  I just turned my back towards her.

“Um well.  What about your friends.  Do you care if they get hurt?”  He asked.  

“Of course.  But what does that have to do with anything?”  I challenged.

“The more people that know equal the more lose ends to tie up.  Are you willing to endanger all those people.”  He said harshly.  I actually flinched.  “Look Ash.  If someone’s going to come at you with a grudge their not going to kill you.  What use would that bring them?  Their going to go after the ones you care about, the ones that know things they shouldn’t and serve no purpose to keep alive.”  He said more gently.

I hate to admit it but he had a point.  But so did I.  “But-”  I tried to say.