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2024-10-29 19:42:56Marek: ‘Good morning.’
Ten minutes later.
Marek: ‘Ria?’
Another ten.
Marek: ‘I’m going to tape the phone to your hand when I get back.’
Marek: ‘Ria seriously.’
I pursed my lips and opted to call him back rather than text.
“I swear, Ria, I gave you a simple instruction. To keep your phone on you at all times.”
Sighing, I laid my head down on the table. “I know. I’m sorry. I was downstairs and…”
“You went downstairs. With no way to track
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“Kam…”“I’m on my way, brat. Have your men let me in.”I nodded to Aleksei who started to type. He looked at me again. “There will be someone to escort her. The premises has been cleared. There were only seven of the them. They used an apartment on the 26th floor to then climb up the side of the building to the top. We don’t have camera that high up.”“The speakers?”“Bluetooth. One of their phones was connected. Zann confirmed one of the phones they stripped from the ones in the living room had music playing.”“The cameras?”“Looped.”I hadn’t told Rosaria or given her access to the camera’s set up in the house. My hope that she wouldn’t be freaked out about it. Though, I will admit tuning in a few too many times to watch her paint for hours at a time.“Mrs. Baranov!” Despite his worry a
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I took a few gulps of the liquid. “The Italians managed to get an entire team into one of our building that’s dead center in our territory. They managed to go unnoticed, unmarked, and then attacked our own family. Trying to take Rosaria back and if she wasn’t such a damn fighter, they would have succeeded. She took down seven guys. With a bunch of fucking knives and probably a stolen gun. The fuck we doing, Aleksei?”He sighed and took a drink of his own poured glass. “YA ne znayu. Vozmozhno, my stali myagkimi.” [“I don't know. Perhaps we have become soft.”]His admittance didn’t help any. If anything, it made me angrier. I downed the rest of the whiskey and slammed it on the desk.“Plane?”“Fueling now.”I nodded. “Poydem.” [“Let’s go.”]“Yes, pakkun.”I glared at him. “Not today, Al
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I unbuckled the seatbelt and stood up, looking out the windshield. Sure enough, Lorenzo had pulled up against a brick wall that was part of the closest neighbors boundary. Tapping him on the shoulder, I walked to the back between Keenan and Marek. With a flick of a button, the top of the van started to retract back. I pulled down the metal ladder and climbed up.I had a perfect view of the guards house and the gate . My lips pursed and I stepped back down a couple stairs.“This will be fine. Their numbers went up though.”“Cause he’s back.” Lorenzo pulled out a laptop from the door and opened in. “Yeah, it’s nearly empty inside the house.”I nodded and looked over the top of the van again. “Confirmed location?”“In the study. Ferrari is also in there.”Smirking, I shrugged. “Two for one I guess.”“You need to ensure that he doesn’t run.” Marek added and I looked down at him.Frowning, I dropped down and took hold of the bulletproof vest he was putting on. I shook my head.“You’re not
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