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I cut in, smiling sweetly. “No, Don, you’re the one who’ll be getting out of that seat, out of this company, and getting straight into handcuffs, by the look of things.”
He glances from Carmen to me and to the chaos on the floor, his eyes wide with murderous rage and fear. He bends to the floor, and for an awful second, I wonder if he’s bending to grab a weapon, but no, he’s frantically picking up the spilled CDs.
“There’s no need for that. I told you, those are copies; there’s more out there.”
“What the fuck do you women want? Money?”
“I told you. Justice,” Carmen breathes, a satisfying smile on her face.
“And a little bit of revenge,” I add. I check my watch. In a few more seconds, the door bursts open, and about a dozen armed police enter.
The next few minutes are a blur and end with a thoroughly intimidated Don getting cuffed, being read his rights, then dragged off to the station, his face pale with fear.
“What a coward.” I mutter. But I knew that already.
Carmen nudges me. “It’s over.”
“It’s just starting,” I think. “It ends with him in prison. Or dead, if Antonio’s promise is anything to go by.”
Carmen puts up her hands as if counting. “Forty different women. Antonio does have a point, after all.”
I nod “True.”
“I have to say, Stella this has been the most exciting couple of days. I almost don’t want to go back to boring old Mendoza.”
“Your twin babies will miss you.”
“I know” she laughs…
“Carmen, what time are you set to leave?”
“Antonio should be taking me back later.”
“Great, just enough time for a little treat.”
“What is it?”
“You’ll just have to wait and find out.”
We spend the next couple of hours in Whirlpool for some spa time.
“About time you two returned!” Ryan’s voice carries through the penthouse as soon as Carmen and I return.
“I know, baby, we couldn’t resist getting some spa time after that nasty business.”
Ryan pulls me into his arms and kisses me softly “How was it?”
“I can tell you there’s nothing as satisfying as watching justice and revenge served in one, then getting a full body massage to loosen the tight knots,” I say.
The look in Ryan’s eyes challenges me on that note. I incline my head and shrug in response, and he smirks.
“I still can’t believe you chose to sit it out, Ryan,” Carmen says, dropping onto the couch.
“I’d only end up getting charged for assault if I laid eyes on him Besides, that was your moment. You two needed to see it through. Antonio here has been waiting for you for the past hour, you know.”
As if summoned by Ryan’s words, Antonio emerges from the library.
“Hey Antonio,” I call in greeting.
