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“Jefe, how’s your sweet angel?” Trino asked when he answered the call.
“She’s home now, Trino. She’s still in a lot of pain, but she’s going to be okay,” Adrik said. We could hear Trino cursing in Spanish on the other end.
“And Armando? Have you killed him for it yet?”
“No, he’s currently suffering for what he did to me,” I said.
“Miha. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to hear your voice. I’ve been worried about you. I’m relieved to hear that you’re going to be okay,” he said. Trino was rarely 100 percent serious when he talked, usually only when he was angry, but he was incredibly genuine when he spoke to me.
“Don’t go all soft on me now, Trino,” I said, trying not to laugh too loudly. “There’s still the matter of how dramatically you’re going to end Massimo.”
Trino laughed. “He thinks I’m going to let him live. He doesn’t know about Anthony and Lorenzo yet, but he will soon enough. Everyone will soon enough, as soon as Jefe gives me the okay.”
As Trino was talking, I heard background noise that wasn’t the usual background noise from Colombia. I heard someone yelling in English and cars honking like he was in the city. I looked at Adrik, who hadn’t heard it, and mouthed, ‘Keep him talking for a minute.’ Then I motioned for Misha to come to me. We stepped away slightly from Adrik, so Trino couldn’t hear us.
“I want to try something. I think Trino is in the city, can you see him?” I asked Misha as I took his hand. He got his faraway look in his eye and suddenly we could both see Trino. In the city. He was with Gus and Oscar. We could also see Trino’s normal security guys with him. We could see him talking to Adrik on the phone, then it was like someone hit the fast forward button. We could see him outside a house, but hidden, watching as packages were delivered. He was like a kid, excited to play a prank on someone. Misha squeezed my hand and said quietly, “That’s Sal’s house.”
“Oh, dear God, I know what he’s doing,” I said. I felt Misha squeeze my hand and knew that he had also seen what Trino’s plan was. Once I let go of Misha’s hand, the vision stopped for both of us. I walked back over to Adrik and whispered in his ear, “Ask him if he wants to meet while he’s in the city.” Adrik looked surprised, but glanced to Misha who confirmed it.
As the conversation was wrapping up, Adrik said, “And we should meet while you’re here. It’s not often you make it to the city.”
“Dios mio, how did you know? No one knows I’m here yet,” Trino said, completely surprised.
“Have you met Sephie?” Adrik said, laughing. “Literally nothing gets by her.”
“How did she know?”
“If I told you that, I’d have to kill you, Trino. And I’ll be incredibly offended if you’re here and don’t at least stop by to say hi,” I said as Adrik put one arm around my hips to gingerly pull me closer to him.
“Miha, it’s because of you that I didn’t tell Jefe. I didn’t want it to be too much for you. You need time to heal,” he said.
“I appreciate your concern, Trino. But I’m fine. It would be good to see you again,” I said.
“Miha, how could I say no? I should come before I let Sal know about Anthony and Lorenzo. It’s going to get crazy after that, I’m sure.”
I put my hand over my mouth, so I wouldn’t say anything and give away that I knew what his plan was. Adrik looked at me curiously. Misha was also trying to hold in his laughter. Adrik finished the conversation, then looked to both me and Misha for explanation. I started giggling and couldn’t stop myself, so Misha had to answer. “He’s going to deliver their heads to Sal’s front door.”
Adrik’s eyes went wide, looking straight at me. “How do you do that?” he asked.
“We saw it while you were on the phone,” Misha said.
“No, she knew that was happening this morning, before I talked to Trino. She said that’s what he was going to do after our shower,” Adrik said. The guys all looked at me now, still giggling but now holding my ribs.
“Apparently, Trino’s flair for the dramatic is something I’m clearly tapped into,” I said.
“We should tell him to record it, so we can show it to Armando. He’s still holding out hope that they’re going to come save him,” Ivan said.
Trino stopped by the building a few hours later, with Gus and Oscar. I was surprised to see Chen with them as well. Instead of bringing all those people to the penthouse, I assured Adrik I’d be okay in his office for a while.
“Chen, I’m surprised you’re here too,” I said as they walked into the office. I hadn’t sat down yet, as I didn’t want to be rude when everyone walked in. Chen clearly looked relieved to see me and walked toward me. Of course, Adrik was by my side, with Ivan and the rest of the guys close by as well. Chen glanced at Adrik, who tried to put him at ease right away. “It’s good to see you again, Chen,” he said, extending his hand to him. Trino walked in soon after Chen, so Adrik kissed my temple gently and walked to him. Chen took the opportunity to hug me, but not before Adrik warned him. “Gently,” he said sternly, as he walked away.
“How are you, my girl?” Chen asked quietly.
“I mean, I’ve been better, but I’m here, so that counts,” I said, smiling at him. “I see you’ve met Trino finally.”
“Yeah, you were right. Good dude. They told me they were coming to see you, so I wanted to tag along. I almost called your giant secretary to check on you, but I didn’t want to be a bother,” he said.
Viktor was close enough that he heard Chen. “It wouldn’t be a bother, Chen. You can call anytime,” Viktor said. He winked at me when I turned to smile at him, which caused Chen to relax a little more.
