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Chapter 7
Stefan
Oddly enough, it starts raining a few minutes before my helicopter is supposed to take off to the coordinates that Lajos gave me. “Will this short storm stall us at all?” I ask my pilot, who is quick to respond.
“No, sir. We’ll be fine. It’s not that bad out. It’ll take us about twenty minutes to get to this location. Although, if you’d prefer us to hold off, we most certainly may.”
I wave my hand up, speaking into my headset from the seat beside him. “No, I’d like for you to get to the ship as quickly as you can. Thank you, Silva,” I state his last name. Silva is one of the men who’s been with me the longest. He doubles as part of my security detail and my pilot. Of course, many men need men like him these days. Overly qualified for his position to keep me safe. The man can fly anything from a helicopter to an F-5EM.
Silva chuckles. “It seems to me like you’re eager to get there. Have you done something that I’m not aware of?”
While Silva may be one of my most trusted men, I don’t have to tell him everything I’m doing. “You’re right, I am a bit keen,” I pause for a moment, deciding on whether or not I should give Silva any more information. He’ll see what’s happening soon enough, so I continue. “I had Lajos get something for me.”
Silva presses a couple of buttons and looks around, grabs the cyclic stick, and up we go. Meanwhile, he scoffs. I can already tell he’s annoyed I brought Lajos up in the first place. “You know I respect you as my boss. However, as a friend, I think you are dumb as shit from time to time. You love to get into bed with snakes, Stefan.”
“Well, it’s a good thing I’m a mongoose, then.”
“You can view this as a joke all you want, but I don’t trust him. He’s hiding something, Stefan. I can see it in his eyes.” Silva isn’t one to give me his personal opinion very often. He knows when he should speak and when he should probably shut up, which makes me take what he’s saying seriously.
“I am not afraid of a man like Lajos. He isn’t threatening in the least bit, and I doubt he ever will be. It doesn’t really matter, though. He’ll be handled tonight.”
“Handled?” Silva cocks a brow and looks at me for a moment before returning his eyes back to the sky.
I chuckle into the microphone. “You should know me better, Silva. Lajos told me he damaged my product, and now he’ll have to pay the ultimate price for that.”
“Ah, of course you’re going to kill him.” There’s a hint of worry in Silva’s voice that I can sense. I can only wonder why it’s there.
“Mhm,” I murmur, looking out the window. The sun has just begun to set, and the night sky is upon us. We’re flying directly over Rio, and I can tell the city is booming with life. Condos and penthouses have their lights on, and on the streets, I can see neon lights coming from some of the best nightclubs we have.
“Just be cautious with him. I have a nasty feeling that shit isn’t exactly the way it seems. I can’t explain it, but I know a weasel when I see one. He’s hiding something.”
“I appreciate your input, but I’d love it even more if we could get to the ship. I have to collect what’s mine. Plus, we should get off the ship as soon as possible after I do what needs to be done.”
“You’re talking about killing him.”
“Why, yes, I most certainly am.”
Our conversation ends with me chuckling and then turns to dead silence. I scan my eyes through the night sky, trying to spot the cruise ship. I can see it from my peripheral, with smaller boats leading up to it and a helipad awaiting my arrival.
Lajos normally conducts his business far from Brazil but comes every now and again. The only reason he came this close is because of what I needed from him. As we descend down on the helipad, I ponder what I’ll say, or how I’ll manage to kill him. I brought a knife, hiding it within my jacket coat pocket. On my left side, I have a shoulder holster, paired with a beautiful gun that’s already loaded, ready for whatever mayhem might come my way.
Silva brings the helicopter down and starts pressing buttons. I hear the blades start to slow down. “I’d ask that you w. . .” He stops speaking almost immediately, knowing that I’m not going to wait until the blades come to a complete stop. I remove my headset, unbuckle myself and turn back to look at him.
“Stay here. I’ll be in and out as quickly as possible.” Turning, I head out across the pad and go down the small set of stairs. I spot Lajos only one level below me on some sort of deck.
“It’s been a long time, my dear friend!” he greets, extending a hand. He’s full of shit thinking that we’re friends. The two of us are nothing more than two individuals who must speak and use one another from time to time. Lajos takes a look around me, narrows his eyes, and before he even speaks, I know what he’s going to ask for. “Where’s my money?”
“You mean the money for the product that was supposed to be unharmed,friend?” I use his term against him, waiting for whatever response he’s trying to put together.
“She is perfectly healthy. Nothing that hasn’t already healed.”
I tsk at him. “You don’t see my point, Lajos. I expected her to be untouched, completely unharmed. This didn’t happen. Instead she’s been tainted and now I will have to put weeks of mental work in when before I wouldn’t have. How is a girl who has been put through such a traumatic experience like this supposed to trust me now?” I explain, thinking that if he understands what I’m getting at, I might just allow him to live.
“Yes, your girl was touched, but she would only be touched if she was causing issues for my men. This is the general rule when we get new girls in. If they listen, you don’t touch. If they fight you, you make them understand they are the weaker link. My man was not supposed to touch your girl, and thus he paid for his life. Now, I have one defiant woman who cost me a good man and you jumping down my throat about the whole situation. I have told you it’s handled, and still you bring it up. What more do you want from me? If you want her to be free for you, it won’t happen. If you only knew how much I have to pay the men that work with me.”
I unbutton my suit jacket and slip my knife into my left hand after I quickly scan the area. There is no one in sight, and I doubt I’ll be caught with the actions I take. Given the surroundings, I have the perfect plan.
Lajos is as dumb as a doornail, making me wonder how he’s existed this long in the life of crime. I smile, laughing to sell my deceit. “Ah, you know how I love to fuck around with you!” He too begins to chuckle and moves in towards me, extending a hand as any shady businessman would. Only, he doesn’t know what’s about to greet him. As I extend my right hand out to him, my left dives into his neck, going through the other side.
