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“What do you mean?”
“It’s not for you to know yet.” He waved his hand dismissively.
“That still doesn’t explain why I’ve been barred from the facility.”
“Because you’re no longer in charge of it, of course.”
“We had a deal, Sergio. The drug facility wasmine.”
“So it was. But only because your drug ideas worked. Now they no longer do.”
“It was stillmewho invented this recipe. You can’t just throw me aside.”
“Can’t I? Try me.” He winked.
Noelle clenched her fists as she took a deep breath. Panic threatened to suffocate her, the implications swimming in her mind.
She’d gotten rid of the other drug because it had been too powerful—too addictive, but also too deadly. They’d only had one subject who’d survived the testing, and he’d suffered grave mental issues from prolonged use. If Sergio was trying it again… If he was trying it on Raf…
No, he couldn’t do that.
“No.Youtry me,” she told him, staring at him unflinchingly. Raising her gun, she pointed it towards him.
“You can’t kill me, remember?”
“No, but I can maim you.” She smiled. Before he could reply, she aimed right next to his head. The bullet whizzed past his ear, close enough that it scraped his flesh.
His eyes widened in shock as his hand went to his ear, feeling the blood pour down his neck.
“Reinstate my privileges, Sergio. I’ll get your damn drug done.”
“You’re playing with fire, Noelle. One of these days you could simply disappear and your family wouldn’t be able to say I did anything.”
“Really? You think I’m that easy to take down?” She scoffed. “Just like you, I have contingencies in place. If anything happens to me, there’s an entire file with everything that goes on at the hacienda that’s going straight to the Mexican authorities.”
“As if that could scare me,” he laughed.
“I didn’t say there’s only one copy,” she raised a brow. “The FBI will receive one as well. I happen to know you’ve been in their sights for years, but they haven’t had anything to convict you with.”
At that, Sergio finally shut up. His face contorted in anger and she had no doubt his first instinct was to strike out.
“As you wish,” he gritted out. “But you will leave your moralistic views at the door and you will continue with the drug I’ve chosen. Is that clear.”
“Perfectly” Noelle rolled her eyes. “Now inform the staff I’m to be given full access.”
She didn’t wait for him to reply as she signaled Lucero to leave. Turning, they both headed out of Sergio’s apartment and back to Noelle’s.
“That was… I don’t know if it was brave or foolish,” Lucero mentioned once it was just the two of them.
“Me neither,” Noelle sighed. “But you heard him. He’s using the other drug. If they administered it to Raf…” she trailed off, swallowing hard as pure fear enveloped her.
“You’ll be able to check it out for yourself. Don’t lose hope.”
“It’s not about hope, Lulu. You haven’t seen what that drug does.” Noelle shook her head. “Mortality rate is over ninety percent because the body can’t metabolize it after a certain period of time. It’s so addictive, you need to get more and more until your heart stops.”
Lucero grimaced.
“What about this new version El Señor was talking about?”
