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“He knows where she is now. It doesn’t make sense for you to quit.”
“Are you and Zegas on the same wavelength?” I sank down into the mattress. “How about I’m tired of it taking me away from my family? I need to be around to watch her when he resurfaces. You know as well as I do that crazy fucker is coming back.”
Daniel sat on the edge of the bed and lowered his voice. “That’s what I want to talk to you about.”
“We need more security in this place. Or maybe we should just get the hell out of here for a while.”
“I fucked up by not taking him out before. The complication was her brother. And I kind of figured someone else would have killed him by now.” He scrubbed his face with his palm.
“This isn’t your fault.”
“I’m ending it. Until he’s gone, she can’t rest.”
“You aren’t going without me.” I sat up straighter.
“Though I’d like to finish it myself, I’m sending someone.”
I blinked at him a few times. “Remind me not to ever piss you off.”
“I can’t imagine ever being more angry at anyone than I am at myself right now.”
“You were right.” My head hit the headboard. “To try to keep me away from her. If it weren’t for me, this never would have happened.”
“We’ve put her in compromising positions before. All those trips. We were careless being out in public. Someone could have easily photographed her.”
“If I’d known…”
“Before I send anyone, I need to know about her brother. Does he need to be eliminated too?”
Had my life really become bullet wounds and assassination plots?
“Carlos? He seemed to be looking out for her. And he had an easy opportunity to kill me, but he didn’t.” I thought back to that night at the Connecticut airstrip. “After I got shot, things were kinda fuzzy, but when he shook my hand, I saw his pain and guilt. It’s like it was etched in his face. I might be wrong, but I think it had everything to do with Muriella.”
“He was the one sending us those coordinates,” Daniel said with certainty.
“Before you send somebody, you might want to find out what he did with his father.”
“I’m going to wait anyway before I give the order. They’ll be expecting something. I want Calderón to get comfortable enough so he doesn’t see the hell coming his way.”
I nodded curtly. This had to be done. The fucker deserved nothing less. But I still didn’t like anything about the situation. “She talking to you?”
“Not really. Vivian thinks she’s in shock, that it hasn’t really sunk in what happened.”
I didn’t believe that. Muriella had withdrawn into herself, was quiet, even for her. “Keep an eye on her.”
“Like a hawk.” He put a finger over his mouth and ran it over his lips a few times. “I hate to ask this, but would you consider finishing this movie. If you quit, there will be a shitstorm of people after you trying to figure out why. I’d rather keep Muriella away from that.”
“You think if I act normal, the paparazzi will too?” Once again, circumstance was dictating my life.
“I do.”
My jaw worked. “I want to know when you do something.”
“You’ll be the first.”
When he left,I picked up my phone and sent a text to my lawyer.
Buy me two weeks vacation and I’ll finish it.
