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“I could watch them change this time. I’ve never seen it as it happened. It was incredible. It was like watching into day,” I said, still mesmerized by her eyes.
“That sounds really complicated. I for sure didn’t do that on purpose,” she said, laughing,
I kissed her gently. “You’re amazing.”
Sorinating
Adrik
The guys were waiting on us as usual when we came out from the bedroom. She seemed like she had more energy this morning than she’d had in weeks. I didn’t have to wait on her to walk slowly down the hallway. The guys noticed she was brighter this morning, too.
“You look much better this morning, gazelle,” Misha said. He smiled at her, but was clearly surprised as well.
“I feel better this morning. First time I haven’t been in a fog when I wake up in a while,” she said. “I might actually want real food this morning, too.”
Misha looked around at everyone else. “Thank God you’re all here to witness it this time. I can’t handle the pressure of how to document these milestones in her life,” he said.
For the first time since she’d been hurt, she laughed without grabbing her ribs. I could feel the dull ache that was constantly present there, but no sharp pains this time. It was a nice change. “Let’s make a deal,” she said, turning to me. I raised my eyebrow at her, wondering what she had in mind. “If I can eat real food for breakfast, then we can try Andrei’s idea of Misha using both of us to find Sal, as well as Martin. I want to know what those two are doing,” she said.
“Deal,” I said. I also wanted to know what those two were doing. If Martin was trying to make a deal with the Mexicans behind Trino’s back, that could put Trino ?n even more danger. The smile that she gave me when I agreed made my heart stop.
“How did you know that Trino and Martin were disagreeing on what to do with the Mexicans, princess?” Ivan asked.
“It just popped in my head. That’s how it works for me. Trino was thinking about it, probably trying to decide if he should bring it up or not. Given his reaction, I think he’d decided to not bring it up, ” she said.
“His guys think she’s a witch now, too,” I said, laughing.
Andrei laughed. “I noticed several of them made the sign of the cross. At least we don’t have to worry about them around her now. They won’t want to be around her.”
“Did you have the same thing pop in your head, Andrei?” Stephen asked. “I know you knew Trino was lying when he made excuses for Martin not being here.”
Andrei nodded his head. “I didn’t get as many details as Sephie, though. I knew they’d had an argument, but that was all I could tell. She filled in way more details and Misha confirmed when he said Martin wasn’t in Colombia.”
“It does make me nervous if he’s not in Colombia. I wanted to ask Trino if he knew where Martin was, but he clearly didn’t want to talk about it,” I said.
“We can find out more after breakfast,” Sephie said, grinning at me. Andrei got up to make her the usual bowl of broth, since that seemed to be helping the most right now.
Viktor had been busy on his computer since we walked into the kitchen, likely trying to find the connection between Ricardo and the Mexicans he’d mentioned the night before. His phone beeped, indicating food was waiting for us. He started to get up, but Stephen put his hand on his shoulder. “I’ll get it. You keep working. I’d like some real answers today,” he said as he got up to get food.
After Sephie managed to eat half her breakfast, plus the entire bowl of broth, she got up on her own from the kitchen island. She motioned for Andrei and Misha to come with her. She glanced over her shoulder, asking the rest of us, “Sal first or Martin first?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.