“That won’t happen,” he said. “You have my word.”
Like I could trust that.
“It better not,” I said. “I have some insurance as well, you know. If I go down with this, you aren’t going to live to regret it, capicse?”
“Since when are you Italian?”
“Do we have a fucking understanding?” I pressed, ignoring his comment.
“I already said it wasn’t going to happen,” he snapped back. “Now who’s being pushy?”
I folded my arms over my chest and stared at him.
“Where’s the drop off?” he asked.
“Just north of Roosevelt by the south branch of the river, the power substation, and the railroad tracks.”
“I know the place,” he said with a nod. “Where will you be?”
“There’s a building right there in the yard,” I said. “I’ll be on top of it.”
“Well, that’s nice and close, isn’t it? I take it you’re sniping again.”
I didn’t see any reason to respond to him, but I did watch him closely. There was something about the way he was sitting and the slight contraction of the muscles around his eyes that told me he was hiding something. Either he was trying to get me to let something slip, or he knew something I didn’t and was thinking about it intently, but I didn’t know which.
There was definitely something wrong. I felt it during our last in-person meeting as well, but I still couldn’t quite figure out what it was—something about the location or about sniping, maybe. I didn’t get the impression he was lying outright, but he was definitely keeping something from me—something vitally important.
“Why don’t you just spit it out?” I asked as I continued to stare at him intently.
His eyes tensed a bit more, and he reached for his drink—a distraction and delay tactic, most certainly. He didn’t respond other than to smile his nasty little smile at me before he got up and left.
I found myself wondering why his eyes looked so familiar, but shook my head to remove the thought. I’d never met him before—I was sure of that.
*****
The day before Jenna’s shipment was to arrive, I moved Lia and Odin to a nice apartment close to the area where the whole thing was going to go down and gave her instructions to keep everything packed up and ready to roll. I had my hopes up that all of this was going to go smoothly, and once Trent had Gavino in custody, I could just grab Lia and get the hell out of town. Once I had her safely away and Trent had turned over the evidence he had on me, I would contact Rinaldo and explain everything.
Telling Lia exactly what was going on didn’t seem like a great idea to me, so I had told her nothing about the shipment of people destined to go into slavery. Though I expected everything to work out, I didn’t want to get her hopes up. Surprising her by packing up and leaving the city behind us seemed like the better plan. I was getting excited about the prospect of leaving with her and Odin, though, and couldn’t completely hide th
at.
“You’re in a good mood.”
I kissed Lia’s cheek and grabbed her ass just for good measure.
“I like seeing you when I walk in the door,” I told her as I crouched down and rubbed Odin’s head. “You look fucking hot in the kitchen.”
“Is that mostly because you know I’m making you dinner?”
“Maybe.” I shrugged and laughed. I wasn’t about to explain how much being able to use my sniper rifle meant to me or how good it felt to have it close by—I was pretty sure she wasn’t going to understand. Instead of explanations, I played fetch with Odin for a few minutes while Lia loaded up plates with steak, green beans, and baked potatoes.
After dinner, I shoved all the plates aside and pulled Lia to her feet. With one hand, I bent her over the table as I unclasped my belt with the other. Her jeans and panties quickly found their way to the floor right before I entered her.
I loved to fuck her from behind because it gave me the perfect view of her ass. It was the most beautiful ass I’d ever seen, and I still hadn’t fucked it. I slowed down my thrusts a little as I sucked on my little finger for a moment.
“Do you know how much I want your ass?” I asked her.
Lia’s panting breaths were the only answer I received as I started thrusting into her faster.