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“Yes. I never get out.”
“No travel?” I asked.
“A little.”
“Where’s your favorite place you’ve been?”
She shrugged.
“My favorite place is Gozo.” I smiled, and she did too.
“I am happy you like it here.”
“We’ve got a problem,” I heard Poseidon say through the comms.
“I’m moving in,” said Oleander.
“Is everything all right?” Charlene asked.
“No. Um, my daughter. I forgot I was supposed to meet her. She must be worried. I have to go.”
“Magnet, what the fuck are you doing?” Ares seethed.
“Move in, take her into custody,” I responded as I ran toward the restaurant.
27
SCHÖN
“Oh! Good morning!” Francesca said when I walked in. “Welcome back.”
“Thank you,” I said, walking toward her.
She smiled. “I am happy to see you.”
“I couldn’t stay away. I love your food so much.” I patted my stomach. “So does the baby, I think.”
Francesca cocked her head and put her hand on my arm. The warmth I felt from this woman had to be real. I was convinced more than ever that she had no idea the kind of life her oldest daughter had led.
“What would you like?”
“Hmm. Breakfast? Do you serve breakfast? By the way, your English has gotten even better since I was here a few days ago.”
She smiled and reached out to cup my cheek. “Yes, breakfast. What is your favorite?”
I tried to think of something that would be quick so she didn’t have to be in the kitchen. “A pastry? I’ve been craving sweets.”
“Yes, yes. You sit. I bring your pastry.”
I sat down at the same table I’d sat at before and took out my notepad and pen.
“Schön, abort. Abort. Do you hear me, Schön? Abort,” I heard through the comms.
I grabbed my bag and stood to run out, but I was too late. When I looked up, Mrs. Strousberg was standing a few paces away with a gun pointed directly at me in her hand.
“Schön, how nice it is to see you again. And what a coincidence, at my mother’s restaurant.”
“That is a coincidence.”
