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“Where’s all the money? Maurizio had more accounts than he could keep track of,” Santino said, typing something on his phone.
Lucius shook his head. “I handed all the accounts over to the CIA.”
Santino’s head snapped up. “Are you insane? Why would you do that? You deserve some of it.”
“I don’t want a cent of his dirty money.”
Santino blinked a few times in quick succession, as if he had to assure himself this was actually happening. “He had a few legitimate businesses. You could have taken some of those earnings.”
“I still have money in my US accounts. I’ll be fine until I can find another job. Don’t worry.”
Santino sputtered and turned to me. “List all the accounts. There has to be one this idiot missed when he handed everything over.”
There had been the one regular transaction that seemed out of place, but I’d been too scared to say anything in Guyana. But now that I was safe, there was nothing stopping me from mentioning it. “Maurizio must have had an account in the US as well, because he deposited money into it every month.”
Lucius frowned at me. “He was paranoid about taking money into the States. He’d never have had an account here.”
I worried my bottom lip. “Who was he transferring money to, then?”
“There was no name attached?” Santino asked, looking about as surprised about the account as Lucius.
“There was, but it was a company. Hills View Berries. I thought it was an alias.”
Lucius got up, his movements sluggish, his face clenched. I sat on my hands to avoid ushering him back to bed. He was a grown man, after all.
He shuffled over to the table to get a water bottle. “Why would he transfer money to a berry farm?”
I wrung my hands, knowing there was one person who could follow the money and get answers. Lucius wouldn’t like the suggestion, but I forged on anyway. We didn’t have many options. “You need to ask him for help.”
Teeth clenched, Lucius sank into one of the rickety chairs. “He won’t give it.”
Not ready to give up, I leaned forward. “You don’t know that.”
“I know Gunner. Once he’s done with someone, he’s done.”
I knew he wouldn’t hear me out. And the last thing I’d do was go behind his back, betraying his trust again. I had to convince him to let Gunner help. Because one way or another, we had to find out why Maurizio would have made regular transfers to an account in the States.
Chapter26
Lucius
My ribs ached,and I was too hot in the small room. The urge to see my daughter was overwhelming. She was my little girl. She was a part of me as much as Everleigh.
I hadn’t seen her in over a year. I wondered if she still remembered me. “I need to pick up Sofie.”
Everleigh handed me more pills and water. “First, you need to rest. You’ll freak her out if you show up looking like this.”
I hadn’t told her about Sofie yet, but she didn’t seem surprised. “You know, don’t you?”
She gave me a tentative smile. “I met her when I was at the Locked Security offices. She’s gorgeous. And your spitting image.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be. I understand why you couldn’t have told me in Guyana. And we haven’t exactly had much time since you came back to the States.”
I didn’t deserve Everleigh. But I also wouldn’t let her go. I loved her. I’d fallen for her long before I was ready to admit it to myself.
“You’ll come with me?”
