Page 68 of Forbidden Pregnancy
Of course a woman would be even smaller and easier to take down, but a grown man poses very little threat to me if he’s built like anything other than a tank.
I also haven’t had anything to drink, which he notices before muttering a single word.
“Fuck.”
He knows what’s about to happen.
“I’ll take it easy on you if you come with me,” I tell him. “We’re going to go for a little drive, but first I gotta wait for my friend.”
“You want me to just, what. Sit here?”
“Yes.”
“I could kill you,” Sal says. “I’ve got a gun.”
I don’t flinch and watch fear take over his face when he realizes that I don’t share that pounding adrenaline driving through him.
“You’re going to hand it over.”
I tap the bar where I expect him to rest it. Sal nervously glances around and removes his gun.
“You screwed up messing with our family,” Luigi says. “I don’t care who put you up to it or what you thought you were doing, but… surviving in this world involves a deep understanding of politics.”
Which won’t be necessary, since he won’t be surviving much longer.
“You should just get it over with.”
“Why should I rush, Sal? You have the rest of your life to be dead.”
I finish the job, throwing both dead men into the harbor shortly after two in the morning and send Michael a coded message. I won’t lie, I’m in a hurry…
Hopefully, Michael finishes his work soon. I want to see my wife. Lighting up a cigarette, I wait for a response from Michael that doesn’t come immediately, so I flip open to a photograph of my wife. She looks so delicious wearing that teal dress I got her… and that baby bump she had.Sexy.
I send Delphine a text message after I let Michael know I finished my task here. I haven’t heard from her and it concerns me that she might be over at Michael’s this late without sendingany word. Knowing Delphine, she might have fallen asleep on the couch or somehow fallen into worse trouble.
She texts me back immediately once I send her a message.
Me: Done.
Delphine: Not done. Michael isn’t back yet.
Me: I can’t wait to see you tonight.
We have a babysitter tonight, but I hate being away from the twins for longer than a few hours. The faster we finish helping out the family, the faster we get to go home to the twins.
Delphine: I can’t wait to SLEEP!
Me: Love you.
Delphine: I love you too.
Chapter Thirty-One
CC (Cosima Corsini)
Ihave waited for years to have this opportunity. The girls working the casino floor have been friends of mine for the past year. I met them all through Instagram, carefully stalking the casino workers and putting myself in the right place at the right time to befriend them all. It makes it easier to change in the employee break and changing room.
They don’t know why I need to be here and they’re good friends of mine, so they don’t even ask. I think Gennifer assumes I’m doing this for the tips, since it’s pretty much a competition amongst the girls here for who can snag the most. Gamblers are vulnerable and easily separated from their money.
