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The panic room was a large stone chamber with no windows. In case the shooter came back, no one wanted to give him a second chance.
…or, as I explained to the others, to give her a second chance.
Some didn’t take it so well.
“Your ex-GIRLFRIEND was the one who tried to kill us?!” Adriano yelled.
“I didn’t get a good look,” I replied, “but from the way the shooter moved, I’d bet good money on it.”
“Rachel,” Dario murmured.
It was a statement, not a question, but I nodded anyway.
“This is the one in MI6, correct?” Niccolo asked.
I glared at him. “That was supposed to have been between us.”
“If she’s taking potshots at us,” Niccolo snapped, “then I don’t really give a shit about keeping her secrets!”
“Wait – MI6, like James Bond MI6?!” Adriano asked, his eyes bugging out.
“Yes,” I grumbled.
“You had a girlfriend who was like James Bond?!” Alessandra asked, clearly impressed.
“More or less.”
“Why the fuck would MI6 want us dead?!” Adriano asked.
“I doubt the shooter wanted you dead,” I told Adriano, “or she would have killed you and Bianca when you were on your picnic.”
“…fuck…” Adriano whispered, realizing just how close he and his new bride had come to death.
Bianca huddled up against him with a whimper, and he hugged her close.
“Why would MI6 come after us in the first place?” Niccolo asked.
I sighed. “When they hired me – ”
“Whoa, whoa, WHOA,” Adriano butted in. “YOU worked for MI6, too?!”
“Briefly.”
“That’s so cool…” Bianca whispered, her awe temporarily overcoming her fear.
“NO IT’S NOT!” Adriano shouted, then turned angrily to me. “Why the fuck are you only telling us about this now?!”
“Dario and I knew,” Niccolo said.
Adriano looked at him like Niccolo had stabbed him in the back. “You knew, but I didn’t?!”
“It was on a need-to-know basis.”
“Well, I think I need to know right fucking NOW!”
Niccolo glared at Adriano. “Will you please be quiet so we can figure out how the hell we’re going to handle this?”
That just made Adriano angrier. “You didn’t tell me about this fucking shit, and now you want me to – ”
