*Elexis grabbed the company's BMW 7-series and is back on the road to keep an eye on the weekly meetup in a mall parking lot.*
*Everything seems fine until the meet is raided by flashing red and blue strobes*
*Some flee, others stay calm.*
*The police seem interested in a familiar silver Veilside RX7, which Eddie's kids fixed up. Since the officers are running at it with handguns drawn.*
*The driver is arrested and taken away in a black Chevrolet Tahoe.*
*She calls up Kevin to inform of the bust. Then Rosso to tell him of the potential return of a car*
*The RX7 is towed.*
*A week later an investigator hits by the showroom and asks for the jobs done on the vehicle.*
*The investigator is interested in talking with Eddie's kids. Later Elexis is suspected of using illegal employment tactics.*
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*At the interrigation table*
"So you hired Jay and Peter without forming out an employment agreement and payed them the minimum monthly wage for small jobs?" *The inspector asks dressed in the most copy-pasted and worn out looks imaginable* "Five hundred dollars for a chip-tune?"
"I didn't hire them, rather I bought their services. These kids are wonderful IT guys and it's no different than paying a programmer for a few lines of code for a car radio or a couple of kids putting up a lemonade stand"
"But you know it's illegal for an adult to use child labor without forming a contract, which would insure tax and responsibilities"
"Tax?" *She is becoming angry* "They're 17 years old and you want to get tax dollars off them?"
"It's how our current constitution says. You cannot buy services from underaged individuals without paying the 20% tax."
"Our showroom is already sending out $20,000 tax every month, does it really matter if two kids asked and consented to doing small jobs? I've never asked them to do anything else than fix electronics errors and dig out and put together the proper paperwork for the cars."
"That much for such little work does spike curiosity. There must be something else they must be doing."
"I'm a successful bitch. I just wish for them to be insured and confident when they find legal work or go into college. Take it as me sponsoring them."
"Sponsoring.. I guess that's a good enough reason. But still there are the safety rules."
"I confirm that they followed all the safety rules. They own work clothes, proper working tools, and safety gear. Once they finish college or come to work legally, I'll change those out with company equipment."
*Elexis knows this legal talk is a waste of time. Peter and Jay's only danger if ever is a paper cut. They mostly sit around on laptops with wires running into the car and tap in numbers while listening to japanese pop music.*
*The police man smiles and chuckles to himself while fiddling his pen lady-like* "Alright, I'll write out the report and we'll send you the decision in about a week."
"Alright, farewell."
*She leaves the station and drives home to her condo, picking up a watermelon on the way.*
*The evening is spent watching Gaki no Tsukai torrents while eating cubes, drinking cider and vaping*