“Andres said he told the young woman from Suriname to stop talking to him and he walked away,” Eduardo said with a smile.“The others were just not to his liking, and one he said she smelled weird and he couldn’t go to bed at night next to whatever that scent was.”
Ryanne started laughing.“He has a really dark sense of humor.”
He paced the floor a bit more and stopped in front of her.“The conversations we've been having over the past six months have given me insight into him.I've grown to truly respect Alita.She also notices how Micah and I spend our time together, having entire conversations where we say nothing.Never realized anyone noticed that.”
“We all notice it,” Ryanne said.“Eddie, how will we pull this off?They are due at Uni in three weeks.They want a wedding on Thursday?They actually booked the church.How are we going to pull this together in five days?”
“He likes simple, therefore, so is the process,” he told her.“Monday, you take Alita to Medellin to find a dress.I take Micah to Bogotá for the closing and secure the keys to the flat.Tuesday evening, Yuñior, Diadra, and the kids are in the air with Andres and Alita’s family.”
“About that...her name should be on the deed as well,” Ryanne said.
“It is, in her maiden name,” Eduardo replied.“I was going to do it anyway, but Micah beat me to it.He said in case they sell it, she will get half of the proceeds.”
“What about the furniture and a vehicle?”
“We'll get them an IKEA gift card,” he said.“Yuñior said he'd buy Micah a vehicle.As a wedding gift, I will purchase a little shit box on wheels for her as a wedding present, and it will be at the flat when they return from the honeymoon with a sappy big red bow on it.She'll like that shit.”
“You're buying her a car?”
“Yes, and you're buying her wedding dress to marry our son, plus some furniture for that amazing flat,” Eduardo said.“I will use my contacts in Bogotá to have bedding delivered for the three bedrooms so when they return the beds will be there, but they will need to get the rest.”
“Eddie, you like this, don't you?”
“Sí,” he said.“I didn't get to do this for Yuñior or Andres or even myself, for that matter.I lived here and went to Uni.I attended class during the day and worked the fields in the afternoon, falling asleep in my bed trying to study and write research papers.I also had to contend with a crazy ass wife who liked to party with my brother.The life I wanted for my sons, he is going to get to live.”
“Will there be pushback from the cartel?”
“How could they?Micah is providing service to the countries, he is marrying a girl from Argentina, and he shall be attending college in our own country,” Eduardo countered.“Again, he is outflanking them because he knows all the rules.He met with each young woman, showed them how they were unevenly matched, and pointed out the imbalance.He's so much smarter than any of them give him credit for, especially Eleon.”
“Ten toes down as the kids say,” Ryanne chuckled.
“Yeah, I'm thinking about getting ten toes down in your love,” he said with a wink.“We can get started on some freaky shit before we go to sleep.”
“Some freaky shit?”
“Hell yeah,” he said, removing his shirt.“It shall be, how do you say, ah, si, hell a fun.”
“Listen here, Sir,” she said, pulling her gown over her head and sliding back on the bed.“You’d better be careful and watch out for that hip.”
“Ain't a damned thing wrong with my hips,” he said, laughing as he slid into the bed beside her.“You need to be worried about the damage I'm going to do to yours.”
