Page 37 of Massimo

I settled for just spanking her a second time.

SMACK!

There was another shocked pause –

And then she started hitting me with her little baby fists again. “I’m going to pop a fucking CAP in your ass for that, you – ”

But I barely heard her.

Because at that moment, my worst fears came true.

A man walked out of a doorway at the far end of the hall.

He stood out from all the college students. He was in his 30s, shaved head, Slavic features, black shirt and pants.

No helmet or body armor, so he wouldn’t immediately give himself away –

But he did have a long black trench coat draped over his right shoulder and arm like some sort of opera cape.

A trench coat on a sunny day in the middle of June?

He was hiding something under there –

And it didn’t take him long to reveal it.

The Russian shrugged off the trench coat. As it fell, I saw his assault rifle pointing at the floor.

Ordinarily, I would have gone for my Glock – in fact, I’d thrown Lucia over my left shoulder to keep my gun hand free –

But I could draw or I could move.

The stairwell was just five feet away.

And while I didn’t think the mercenary would fire on me while carrying the Widow’s granddaughter, I had no guarantees.

So I moved.

I darted for the staircase as the Russian started to lift his rifle.

I was already through the doorway when I heard screams behind me in the hall.

The students must have seen the gun –

But their screams were drowned out by a burst of gunfire.

BRATTATATAT!

The gunfire stopped –

Followed by more screams and the THUD of a body on the marble floor.

Roderigo, most likely, though I didn’t take time to look back and confirm.

I was already clattering down the stairway as fast as I could go.

I simultaneously reached under my jacket for my gun holster.

Lucia was screaming, “OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD – ”

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