87: Babe

Camilla blinked. Did she hear Alek right? He continued staring at her, waiting for her to speak. No, no. He couldn’t do that.

“What?” she said.

“You don’t know about this, Cam.”

“It’s too risky, Alek. They will know.”

Camilla’s heart thudded. The excitement from editing the pictures flew out of the air vents. Murder was nothing for him or his men, but she didn’t like knowing he had to commit it. With Papa hell bent on kicking her out of Sin City, murdering one of his closest friends was a horrible idea no matter what he had done to Alek or her.

“Why?” she asked, knowing she might not get an answer.

There were some things he would never tell her for her safety. She wasn’t so sure if she enjoyed knowing about Viktor’s impending death. She had learned enough from him to know Viktor wasn’t a good man, almost as dangerous as her father-in-law.

Alek’s we