Page 204 of Bratva Jewels Box Set
“Does he feel the same way?” Zoe asks.
“Yeah, he does. It was his idea to send me home. He wants to keep me safe until Dmitri is found and taken care of.”
“You mean sent to jail,” Sophie adds.
“Okay.”
“What does he do?” Sophie’s eyes narrow on me.
“He’s a professional kidnapper, duh, Soph,” Mackenzie adds, shaking her head.
“Does it matter?”
“Who does he work for?” Sophie pushes.
“Himself.”
“He’s a freelance kidnapper,” Mackenzie adds.
“Where does he live?” Sophie questions.
“One of his places is in Italy.”
“One of his places? I keep getting men still living at home or with their girlfriends.” Mackenzie groans.
“You know being with him will put a target on your back, Grace,” Sophie stresses.
“Like I don’t have one now?”
“We all do. And we all will with the charity,” Zoe pipes in.
“Exactly. Especially once we start reuniting the girls and we make progress dismantling all those sex trafficking rings,” Mackenzie explains.
“You’ll want him on your side.”
“Seems you have it all figured out.” Sophie shrugs.
“Hey, no judgment,” Mackenzie warns her.
“I promise there is none. You’re right, I hadn’t thought about what happens when we start making waves with our charity.”
“What did you say?” I tease.
“You’re right. You are all fucking right. Okay. I was wrong. It’s rare so enjoy this moment,” Sophie says with a chuckle as we all begin to tease her.
“Well, I’m ready for a drink after all that,” I say.
“Good, because I have wine and champagne and other stuff the boys organized,” Zoe says as we all head out of my room.
“I can’t remember the last time we did something like this,” Mackenzie contemplates.
“We must have been kids,” Sophie adds.
“Maybe that’s the silver lining in this fucked up situation that we are all together again,” I add.
“Hell, yeah,” Mackenzie squeals as we arrive at the pool area where everything is set up for us. “Look, there’s popcorn, wine, and chocolate. Why don’t we start there?”
“Here,” I say, handing Zoe a glass of wine.
