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When we got back to the
The next morning, the sky was thick with cloud and the air dank and clingy. Through an open window, the humid smell of the rainforest drifted in and settled in the bedroom.Andrea was gone.I didn't know where and frankly, I didn't care. It gave me the opportunity to get up and rid myself of him in a cold shower. I sat on the floor underneath the shower faucet and let the water fall onto my head and drip down my back. As I pulled my knees into my chest, I watched it disappeared in a neat stream down the drain in the corner of the shower.I stayed the
I took a few seconds to catch my breath before fumbling back into the warehouse. Javier's body was still in a bloody mess on the floor and Andrea had only got as far as rolling him onto his back. I gasped at the site of his pale grey skin and wide-open eyes before taking a deep breath and shakily looking in his pocket for a phone.Blood was still pouring out of his head and it got on my hands but all I could think about was calling Leo before Andrea could get back and find me.I eventually found his mobile, the screen was cracked, presumably from his fall and it only had one bar of service but I could still dial Leo's number.
Before the guard could get as far as examining the boxes in the boot, Andrea had jumped out of the car and shot him dead before aiming at the other five guards who had come to inspect the car. Before the first could even hit the ground, they were all dead.
Leo's POV"Gustavo Escobar," I said to Blair and Luca as we stood by the car parked on the side of a road that went through Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela that we'd been searching through for days for any sign of Ella. "She said
A day later, Andrea's leg was healing fast. He was still limping but when I redressed the wound in the early afternoon, it had reduced in size, new skin had grown, and he was in far less pain than the day before.It had been a relativel
Our tinted-windowed car pulled up in front of the entrance to a large hotel. The number of security guards was insane with every guest being checked and Identified before they were allowed through the doors.But they let Andrea straight
The next morning, we drove back to Venezuela and I soon found myself back in the first house, Andrea had taken me to.I shuddered as I entered the bedroom, the memories seizing me. The sheets had been changed and were fresh and neat, hi
It wasn't until midday that Jaime woke up again."Hola," I said. "Do you speak English?"