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I looked down to see who it was –
And my stomach sank.
“Who’s Aurelio?” Lucia asked as she read the name on the screen. She could tell by my face that I wasn’t happy.
“My cousin,” I said. “He and my uncle are behind everything that happened today.”
Her eyes widened. “Your uncle and cousin are trying to kill you?!”
“Yeah.”
“Wow, and I thought I had a rough family…” She paused as the phone continued to vibrate. “Are you going to answer it?”
I didn’t want to…
But I decided that wasn’t really an option.
I answered the call and put the phone to my ear.
“Aurelio,” I said neutrally.
“Massimo. What, are you in a fucking wind tunnel?”
I was driving pretty slowly – the posted speed limit was low since we were still inside the town’s boundaries – but the air coming through the broken window was getting picked up by the phone.
Which meant Aurelio could probably figure out I was in a car.
He might have initially thought I was in a boat, but there weren’t any water sounds.
I cursed myself for not thinking of it sooner and stopping the car to talk to him –
But there was nothing I could do about it now.
“Yeah, I am,” I said. “What’s up?”
“Did you have a nice morning?” he asked sardonically.
Was he quasi-admitting to what he’d done?
Or just being his normal dickish self?
“It’s had its ups and downs,” I said neutrally.
“I’m sure.”
Okay, he was trolling me. It was obvious at this point.
“Why don’t we drop the pretenses and skip the bullshit.”
I was halfway expecting him to say I have no idea what you’re talking about –
But he surprised me.
“Sounds good to me.”
“Excellent. By the way, I enjoyed shooting your mercenaries. Do you have to pay anything extra to Wagner when you get their men killed?”
If it surprised him that I knew where he’d gotten his hired guns, he didn’t let on.
