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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
‘OVERDOSE’ KAIBA
Once we enter the restroom, I snicker at Letty who fans her face. It’s obvious my brother has had an effect on her, even without them talking. For different reasons, he’s had an effect on me as well.
Letty touches the gold plate at my collarbone, reading my father’s name. I still can’t believe Manny gave it to me. It somehow makes me feel closer to my dadandhim. I know exactly what I’ll get for him. An identical necklace with his mother’s name. I only wish I had the original.
“This is beautiful, Dice. I’m so happy you were able to meet him.”
I turn to the mirror and finger the chain, “I know. He’s not at all like I expected. I pictured him being kind but only in an acquaintance kind of way.”
I spin and face her, my smirk back in place, “But I see I’m not the only one surprised at him.” I wag my brows at her.
“Yeah, yeah. He’s fucking gorgeous but there’s no way he’s a one-woman kind of guy and I’m not the sharing kind. He’s just nice on the eyes, a spank bank face and voice.”
“Gah! Lett, that was just way too much TMI. He’s my brother, you hound!”
She cracks up at the curl of my lip, not at all ashamed of telling me her private moment material. This bitch. I love her though, so I won’t throat punch her, for now.
I wanted to come in here for a minute of peace though, meeting Manny has been fantastic, but I feel like I’m going to wake up at any moment and this will be just a dream. He seems like the perfect brother and I don't want to easily get sucked into it. For all I know, the man is as corrupt and sly as any other Don and the rug will be pulled from under me.
Letty touches up her makeup in the mirror while I lean against the counter, sorting through my thoughts.
I trust Leo so I know he would tell me if Manny were not who he claims to be. From everything he’s divulged so far, Manuel is a man of his word. Working in the line of business they do, it’s easy to see who is loyal and who is not. Who will watch your back and who will stab you? Manuel, for all his arrogance and narcissistic demeanor, he’s as stand-up as our father was said to be.
“Ready to head back out?” Letty asks after a moment.
“Yeah. It’s really quiet out there, you think they’re waiting on us?” I ask with a furrowed brow.
We stand there quietly, leaning our ears toward the door like we’re trying to eavesdrop on a conversation.
“It is--” There’s a pop against the door. Not loud enough to be a knock but almost like someone popped the cork on a bottle.
“Fuck, Leo said the VIP was soundproofed. Do you think the restroom is too?” Letty says with wide eyes.
“It seems like it is. I can’t even hear the music. Do you have your phone on you?” She shakes her head and I mentally berate myself for not bringing mine.
“Shit. Whatever the pop was, it probably wasn’t good.” I pull Letty away from the door and around the wall partition before pulling my gun, “Stay back and stay low. I’m going to slowly open the door and check. Hopefully it was nothing.”
I don’t wait for her to reply, I just load a round in the chamber of my gun and slowly turn the lock. I hear a metallic slide behind me and look to see Letty with her own gun.
“If you think I’m letting your ass go out there alone, you’re fucked in the head, babe.” She nods to the wall beside the door, “You take right, I’ll take left. The room has no other exits so pay attention because if those bitch ass generals showed up with guns, this is gonna go fast.”
I nod to her and count to three.
“One...two...three.” I pull the door open and see the room in total chaos.
There are three dead men on the floor by the stage where a door I didn’t see earlier sits open.
A hideaway door.Fucking hell.
I glance around the room and see every person is fighting with one or two people. No one sees us as we run out, I don’t think about what I’m doing, I just see Jefa fight two big ass men on her own, I run to the closest one and shoot him in the back of the head, before turning the weapon to the next guy.
I stop when I see Jefa run up his body. Yeah, you heard right. Bitch literally runs up his legs, using the back of his head for leverage then wraps her thighs around his neck with such speed, I’m momentarily frozen. She pulls a knife from somewhere on her lethal body, and swings downward repeatedly, stabbing the guy in the skull.
Spinning away from her and the most grotesque scene I’ve ever witnessed, I spot Leo in a similar situation. Three guys are attacking him, but they haven’t been able to take him down.
He has brass knuckles on both hands and the darkest smile on his face. His eyes, while they’re always black, look even darker, like twin pits that lead straight to hell. They gleam as the three men all try to come at him at once.
