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My body hungers for her.
We should tell her mom. If I knew Freya felt the same….
“So,” Kenny says once I’m done summarizing the situation.
Julie told us the truth last night, explaining about the phone call.
“This Mike… does he have a surname?”
“Lancaster,” Julie murmurs.
Kenny glances at me, probably reading my face. “What is it?”
“That’s a British name, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, Mike’s British. Didn’t I mention that?” Julie asks.
I sit up. “Would you recognize his voice?”
“Definitely.” Julie dismally stares as if reliving past horrors. “Why?”
Taking out my phone, I navigate to the folder where I’ve saved the audio files. Then, clicking play, Mr. Red’s voice fills the room, explaining the job before last.
“As you can see if you review the files, he’s more than earned this, Felix. He deserves it.”
Julie shudders as if the voice has become physical and it’s invading this room.
“That’s him.”
“You’re sure?” Kenny says, one hand clenched over the other, looking ready to do something and do it now.
“Yes,” Julie replies. “I only spoke to him a couple of nights ago, remember.”
“So much for being some neutral broker,” I growl, thinking of what Julie said about her dad.
The gas explosion. He didn’t deserve that…no amount of jewels, money, anything would earn that fate.
Yasmin winces. “I’m sorry.”
I turn to her, shaking my head. “We’ve been over this. It’s not your fault. As long as you promise to come to me if you’ve got a problem in the future.”
“I will.”
“Then you don’t need to keep apologizing.”
“But if it wasn’t for me,” Yasmin says, “you would never have had to work with him.”
“That’s true. But it’s also true he’s a sadistic lunatic who probably enjoys this on a warped level. He would’ve found somebody else to mess with if it wasn't us. At least now, we have the chance to stop him.”
“Why didn’t you stop him before?” Julie murmurs.
Everybody is caught up with Julie’s revelation and Yasmin’s situation.
Still, I don’t want to blame this on my sister.
“He did it for me,” Yasmin cuts in when I hesitate. “For Felicia. We had no reason to believe Mr. Red was a liar. Honestly, this whole thing makes my head hurt. Not just because of how evil it is. But it’s like there are wheels within wheels within wheels.”
“It’s okay.” Kenny smiles at her. “It seems the situation is this. This Mike, Mr. Red, he’s got it out for you, Julie.” He glances at Julie, then looks at Yasmin again. “For you, Yasmin, it was all about the money. He purchased your debt and wanted to take his chance to recruit somebody of Felix’s skills. He could’ve gone on with the charade.”
