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“If you’re not up for lunch right now,” Rafe says, “and you’re done confirming that you can’t escape my property, we can go for a swim instead.”
“I wasn’t—”
I catch myself before lying that I wasn’t thinking of escaping. Rafe must have seen my activities on a security camera or been told by one of his security peeps.
“I wasn’t done confirming,” I finish.
He gives me a half smile. “I like the honesty. I’ll meet you at the pool.”
I didn’t agree to go swimming, but that’s fine. Maybe a dip in the pool will help wash away some of the horror I still feel about what happened in Nanjing.
“Before we go swimming,” I say, “have you heard from Alessandro or my brother?”
“I haven’t.”
“Is Alessandro still around?”
“He hasn’t skipped town. I’m keeping an eye on him.”
“Can I try my brother again?”
Rafe pulls out his cellphone and hands it to me
“This is a nice phone. I’ve never seen it before. It’s so lightweight.”
“It’s a product of Superior Five Elements Technology, a Lee family corporation.”
“Why do you need to be part of a triad if your family owns a legitimate business?”
“That’s a different side of the extensive Lee family, and I’m several cousins removed.”
Still,I think to myself as I try my brother. The call goes direct to voicemail.
“Can I text him?” I ask.
“I’ll text it for you. What do you want to say?”
I hand him back his phone. “It’s Priscilla. Call me. It’s urgent. Also, I’m worried about you.”
When he’s done with the text, I add, “I feel like something’s happened to him. Even if he doesn’t think it’s me, it’s not like him to just unplug or ignore everything.”
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“MY PEOPLE ARE LOOKINGinto it already. It might speed things along if you have information that is helpful.”
I’m not sure I want Rafe’s people to find my brother. “I don’t think I have any useful information,” I reply.
“Let me know if you think of anything. We already know the flight he took and that he checked into the Vista Marina Resort.”
I frown. I don’t want them to reach Peter before I do. I’ve got to find a way to warn him. “How do you know all that?” I ask.
“That was easy, Priscilla. What kind of gangster do you take me for?”
A damn good one, I suppose.
He takes a step into my space. “It’s best not to hide things from me. I’ll figure it out eventually. And I don’t like it when people try to deceive me.”
Does he think I’m trying to deceive him?I worry. He stands so close that I don’t know if he’s trying to further intimidate me or kiss me.
