Gush stood in kitchen cutting shark into sushi. At a table sat Ivan Smirnoff. As soon as Gushi placed the plate down Ivan grabbed the portions and shoved the into his mouth as if her were a wild animal.

Gushed raised his sword and brought it to the man's neck. Ivan was caught off guard and din's dare to move an inch.

“Please appreciate the food I prepare with respect, Master Ivan. For food is meant to be savored not to be devoured by a bear."

Ivan nodded.

Gushi bowed and left.

***

“I still don't know who that son of a bitch did it." said Ivan.

“Who boss?" said Ringo.

“The Gates."

“Fuck the Gates. If I run into him again I'll kill him."

“No I will play him in the tournament, and then you can kill him. I need to know who is the best. Still if I could just figure it out. How the fuck did the Gates do it."

***

As the white van with Vegas Sushi logo pulled out the Angus Steakhouse parking lot, the van almost ran in Gates and Sunny in the Cadillac.

Gates had to swerve from being hit. He stopped and saw Gushi behind the wheel. The man knows Sushi but hell if he can drive.

“I thought they were going to kill you." Sunny said still feeling Gates eyes burning her.

“I'm touched."

“So the next time someone threatens to kill I'll just let them."

“Don't do me any favors, toots." Gates saw the steak house. He was impressed. Leon was moving up in the world. It was right near the Vegas Strip. Leon Brown was going legit.

Gate figured it was easy. Go into the restaurant. Open the safe and switch out the ledge."

When he parked the car, Sunny began to get out of the car.

“What do you think you're doing."

“We are going to go in and get the book."

“I work alone, babe."

“Don't call me, babe."

“I don't need you messing things up for me anymore. So just and stay in the car."

Sunny watch Gates disappear to the back the restaurant. Curiosity killed the cat. She opened the glove compartment. She found Gates license. She found a plastic gun and a small box. She opened it and there was bullet with the name Gates on it.

Her phone rang. She saw it was Rico. She wanted to talk to him so badly. Her life was spinning more and more out of control. She wished Rico was there to fix it.

“Hello?" She said. There was a moment silence, and finally she heard Rico's voice. It was frazzled and scared.

“Sunny. They're going to kill me." said Rico. “Sunny I need the money. Listen I have to tell you why came to Vegas. I made a bad deal.”

“No Rico this was a plan for you."

“Sunny, what's wrong with you, don't you hear me, they're going to kill me you have to bring back the money." It was the money he wanted. He didn't give a shit about her hit was only the money.

I love you."

"So what's the deal with Sheek?

“Nothing Sunny just come aback please come back I love you I was always good to you."

“I don't know what you got planned, Rico, but it's my money. You'd be nothing without me. I'm through with you."

“Sunny don't do it, please baby, I don't want to die."

Sunny hung up the phone. She cringed and hugged Toto. She felt for Rico, She dint' know what the right thing to do was. She wiped her tears and hid the ledger book in her purse.

***

Gates climbed upon a dumpster pushed the bathroom window open and crawled it. It was easy. So easy, way to easy. There was going to be a piece of cake. This was going to be easy.

He walked thorough the bathroom cracked the door and out and looked around and saw Sunny Bunny in the lobby.

"Damn' it woman, I told you to stay in the car," he mumbled.

"Aye, Gates came to try the steak you motherfucker."

Gates turned around and saw Ringo and a couple of security guys. He backed away.

"Ah the American cowboy." Said Paul.

Gates stepped back to the wall. There was no place for him to run. This was not goint o be pretty.

Ringo told the other guys to grab gates. They held him and Ringo punched Gates in the stomach.

Gates hunched over but instead of groaning from pain he began to laugh. Something about being hit just felt so good. I's almost as if he needed a good beating. Gates got up and Ringo came back with another blow to his Ribs and Gates laughed again.

"Ringo you hit like my sister you fucking pussy."

"Okay cowboy feel this one."

"No, Ringo, not the face." The punch was coming "Not the face." Gates felt ht punch felt his neck jerk then eve3rthing went black.

He didn't know how long he'd been out. But when his vision restored, he got up only to find Ringo and the security team were on the ground bruised and battered, unconscious. Gates looked at his fists and they were covered in blood.

"Whoa, that never happened."

He looked over at Ringo who was out cold.

"I told you not the face."

When Gates went back to the car he didn't find Sunny."

He did find Toto and her purse.

***

Sunny had been met by a server, and she asked to see the manager. She was informed that the manger was no in but one for the owner was in.

Sunny found Ivan still eating sushi

"Hi, I'm Sunny, I'm interested in being a waitress at this fine establishment." Ivan was bit speechlessness for Sunny's beauty simply captivated him. "Well can we talk about the job," Sunny said, coming up to him and tapping his chest, flirting.

Ivan quickly smiled. "come into the office."

***

Gates looked through Sunny's purse. He found a locker key. He wondered what she could have there. Perhaps it was the rest of the money.

Gates saw a ledger land in his lap. He looked up and saw Sunny.

"How did you get the book?”

"That' my little secret." Sunny said.

Gates couldn't believe it.

"And you were going to bail on me. Nice touch, cowboy."

***

When Gates made it back to Leon's Place of Casino, Girls, Beer and BBQ, Leon was standing outside smoking a big fat cigar and Sunny was learning against the hood of his late model Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.

The two men looked at Gates as he drove up in a very violent way fro the parking lot at Leo's place was not paved so as Gates did figure eights he kicked up a cloud of dust that engulfed both Leon and Snuff making them cough.

"Gates you fool, what the hell you doing your getting my suit dirty." Gates parked the car and got out like he meant business. He went up to Leon and grabbed him by the color and slammed him hard against a parked van.

"You set me up you son of a bitch?"

"What you talking about." Leon said.

Snuff tired to come to Leon's defense.

"Back off Snuff or I'll have the Las Vegas PD put a cap in your ass."

Snuff backed away for he knew Gates had connection with the Vegas PD and they would do anything one for their own or a former one.

"You never told me your business partner was Ivan."

"Ivan? he was there?" said Leon.

"Don't play with me Leon, how could you do into business with a guy like that."

"It's all legit, its just a steakhouse."

"Does it mater..." Leon broke out of Gates grip. He walked way from him.

"Look I didn't tell you cause I didn't think you'd do it. Sometimes when you want something you have to make a deal with the devil." Leon went up to the Cadillac hood and lovingly rubbed the hood. "Because God ain't listening cause he's just too busy or he done' want you to have it."

Sunny had been sitting in the car all along and she saw the way the man head touched the car. It's all in the details, the little things that add up to the big ones.

"Ivan was not suppose to be there. I swear." Leon could only wonder what the man was doing at the steak house. Leon' was lost in thought till Gates slapped the ledger to his chest.

"you got the book, How did you?" said Leon.

"I got the book," Sunny said.

Leon looked at Sunny and then at Gates.

"The girl showed you up, cowboy, what gives?"

"I had a little trouble myself." Gates said.

"How did you do it ?"

"she's all hush hush about it." Gates said. Leon skimmed the book.

"What can I say?" Leon said

"You can tell us where this guy Sheek is."

"Gates go to hell."

"What, hey we had a deal."

"No, go to hell." Leon pointed North. "hell, gates, hell." Gates looked out at the desert. Hell was a part of desert called The Valley of fire and hell was a part where there was a rock formation in the shape of a pitch fork called the devil's pitchfork.

"wait till night then Follow the lights."

"What lights?"

"that' all I know."

"Great risk my life for this cryptic shit"

"The girl got me the book, Gates, she risked her life, you well, who knows what you were doing." said Leon.

Gates got back in the Cadillac and sighed in disgust. He tried to crank up the car but it wouldn't start. Sunny reached over and turned the key and the car started.

"All it needs is a woman's touch."