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So I sit in silence and let Dax and King figure it out. I’m not sure what I’d have to offer anyway. I know nothing about killing a man.
But an idea popped into my head a few weeks ago and I’ve kept it to myself to ponder over it. I tune out Dax and King throwing suggestions at each other as I try to work out the logistics of my theory, but again, what do I know about killing a man?
“I might have an idea,” I decide to say quietly, because what have I got to lose? King turns from the window, an amused smirk on his face, and a scoff shortly follows.
My eyes narrow instantly at his lack of respect, but before I can open my mouth, Dax puts his hand up in front of King.
“Firstly, don’t disrespect Rori. I don’t care that we’re blood, King. I swear to God, I’ll hurt you.” King rolls his eyes before Dax continues. “What’s your idea?”
Dax turns to me.
“Well, like you said, Carlo is smart and he never goes anywhere without his guards, right? The only time he does is when he’s in his study.”
“What’s your point?” King says with a bored expression.
“King, you’re in there all the time with him,” I say slowly, but both guys just stare at me.
“You think I can just kill him in his study, inhishome and that’s going to go well?” King retorts, turning to look back out the window.
I want to say ‘well, it’s worth a try’ but know that won’t get me anywhere, so instead, I stick to my original plan.
“No… We drug him. Daily.”
King turns his whole body to face me now, his arms crossed over his chest, and Dax kneels on one knee in front of where I’m sitting.
“Rori, how are we going to do that?”
“Look, when Maxwell took me…” Dax flinches, but I continue. “They kept me dosed up on ketamine. Every day they put it in my soup and eventually, my body grew weaker. My mind started shutting off. I was forgetting things. A lot of things. Even now I couldn’t tell you exactly what happened.”
Except for the dripping on the drain pipe. That noise I have never been able to get out of my head.
“We drug him. Small doses, each day if we can. We’re all so close to Maria. We can approach her every morning before she takes him his tea or whatever the fuck he drinks. She doesn’t have to know. That’ll put her in danger, but we can weaken him and then make our move.”
Dax and King are taking in my every word.
“We might even be able to get some secrets out of him in the meantime. Who knows. I can keep an eye on him whilst he’s in the house and you two keep doing whatever it is he has you doing for him so he won’t suspect you. I can figure out a pattern of his routine to know when the best time would be to strike.”
“I could get you a laptop, set it up to the cameras so you can watch him around the house,” Dax says and I smile, excited at the prospect of doing something. “Carlo goes out for all kinds of reasons. We can get around his routine and when he’s out on one of his trips, we can do it then.”
“It’s not a bad idea,” King says, walking a little closer, and my stomach flips a little that he isn’t shutting me down. “However, Carlo doesn’t exactly drink tea. It’ll have to be his whisky or something. But where are we going to get ket from?”
I laugh, literally laugh out loud and King looks at me again with that simmer of annoyance. Once I’ve calmed myself down, I look him straight in the eye and lift my hands in the air.
“You’re fucking made men. Don’t you have like drug dealers on tap?”
Dax smiles and King shakes his head.
“You read too much.”
“Don’t act like it’s not true.” I smile at him and Kingfinallysmiles back.
“Okay, I’ll sort that out. Dax, you get Rori set up on cameras.”
I have to stop myself from bouncing in my seat.
Five years later
The bastard is still alive. Five fucking years later and we haven’t been able to take Carlo Rhivers out. Living under his roof whilst trying to plot his murder is harder than we thought it would be, all things considering.
