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"You have very good aim," my husband acknowledges.
"That's not the point."
"No?"
"He and Lynne don't deserve to die."
"Are you sure about that? Because I am not."
I knew it. "Please, Raff, don't do anything rash."
"I am not a reckless man."
"Not usually."
"Not ever."
"You took an entire day off from work and told your don to find someone else to do whatever it was he wanted you to do."
"I had more important things to do."
Sex. He never considered it a top priority before.
"Are you packed for your trip?" he asks when I don't say anything more.
"Working on it."
"How long will you be gone?"
He already knows the answer to that question, but I tell him anyway. "Two weeks."
"Your trips to New York are growing longer."
"No, they aren't."
"You used to be gone for only a week."
I roll my eyes, though he can't see it. "This visit is lasting two weeks so I can get to know my brother's intended bride and help with the wedding preparations."
My oldest brother has decided to get married and in typical Severu fashion, has given my mother and the bride three months to plan a wedding with hundreds of guests. I'm not sure the bride even realizes she's getting married yet.
Mamma said the dinner we are attending is the first time she'll officially be meeting Carlotta Jilani.
"I would prefer you kept it to a week."
"And I would prefer that Dolf and Lynne did not die in the near future, or ever at your hand."
"If I agree, will you return home next weekend?"
He's negotiating. With the lives of two sort-of innocent people.
"That is not fair. You know my family needs me."
"I am your family."
My brow furrows. "Is something wrong, Raff?"
"No."
