Montez sat with his back against the alley wall and his hands still bound by pnuema suppression cuffs.
Hailee stood over him with her arms crossed and Thadeus leaned against the opposite wall, watching silently.
"Talk," Hailee said.
Montez sighed. "Fine. You want the whole story? I'll give you the whole story."
He looked up at the night sky.
"I was head of defense at Zhao Corp. It was a stable and good paying job where I got to save lives." His jaw tightened. "Then one day, out of nowhere, me and half the staff got laid off. Company got bought out and became Azzuri Innovations overnight."
Montez's tone was bitter. "I spent a while looking for work, Anything. But nobody wanted a washed-up defense coordinator from a failed company. My savings ran out, expenses piled up and I was about to end up on the streets."
He paused.
"Then an old friend contacted me. Someone I knew from my military days back in Fortizo. Said they had a good paying and under the table job."
