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I hold up my finger to allow her a better view and smile.
How long has Antonio had this?
I want to ask Amara more questions, but I’m not about to interrogate a child.
I’ll wait to do that with her father.
On my way back to the guest room, I stop mid-step when I spot a home office … and a computer. I glance side to side to make sure no one is around before easing the office door open and gently shutting it behind me.
Dante’s medical degrees hang along the walls.
A doctor …hmm.
I circle the desk and stoop down in front of the desktop computer, wishing it were a laptop that I could easily drag with me on the floor. I pull the keyboard off the desk and set it on my lap, and as soon as I hit a key, the screen comes alive.
And it’s password-protected.
Shit!
I type in my first guess: DrDante
Wrong.
ImnotaLombardithankGod
Wrong.
Just as I flex my fingers to try another, someone says, “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
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Right when I start trusting Gigi, I catch her sneaking behind Dante’s desk, trying to use his computer. And knowing her, she’s not trying to shop online or check the weather.
At the sound of my voice, she scrambles to her feet. I draw my pistol from my waistband while circling the desk and back her into the wall. My expression is stone-faced while she peers at me, and I raise the gun to her neck.
“I asked you a question,” I say as she nervously gulps.
“I was just, uh …” Her eyes are fixated on the gun. “Trying to Google something.”
“Google what?”
“The population of New York?”
“You expect me to believe that?”
“No, but can you please get that damn gun away from my neck? We both know you won’t shoot me.”
I trace the gun barrel along her neck with a featherlight touch. “Don’t mistake my past kindness for weakness, princess.”
“You won’t kill me with your daughter in the same home.”
“I have no problem killing someone,even in the same room, if you’re a risk to her.” I move closer until our lips touch. “Andyou using that computer, up to something sketchy, is a risk to her.”
“You know I’d never risk your daughter’s safety, Antonio.” She playfully licks my lower lip before sucking on it. “And if you don’t believe me, pull the trigger.”Another lick. “Shoot me.”
My testy wife.
Sometimes, I let her get away with too much.
