Page 130 of Original Sins (Dark Odyssey 6)

I rush over to him, and Henry who was already sitting opposite moves over too.

“What did you find?” I blurt.

“It’s on Ricco’s personal computer. It’s a file with contracts he’s made with people for hits. Look.”

Christian points to two files. One labelled Dante Ricci from three years ago and the other is for Donny. That one is from last week.

Jesus Christ, they’re planning to kill Donny too.

That’s what’s going on and fucking fuck, it’s the only thing that would be left for them to try to get the business.

How the hell would they do that though?

Donny has an army of those loyal to him. You would die before you could think to kill him.

But… I’m sure the same could be said for Dante too. Something is missing— a key piece of information. Yes Peter is behind it and killing Dante was easy enough with the trust they had for Peter. I think he would still need help though.

Curiosity makes me take the mouse from Christian and click into Dante’s file first.

I want to see if there are any details that will pull what I don’t know into the picture to complete it.

The contract comes up on the screen with details of how they were going to carry out the killing. Peter was to lure Dante into the woods under the guise of talking about the drugs he’d bought from Ricco. Ricco then took over and carried out the killing.

The contract lists the half a million Ricco would get paid for the job and another name instantly pops at the bottom of the screen—Marcus.

Fucking Marcus, Donny’s head of security.

That’s it.He’s the missing link and the help they had.

Christian points at his name on the contract too and Henry’s eyes fly open.

“Fucking hell,” Henry rasps. “They were all in it together. Come to think of it, the guy at the lake who was watching us might have been him. The build fits now that I picture him.”

Fuck. We never stood a chance.They were just waiting for the right time to strike. But there must be more.

“Someone else had to be working with them,” I state. “It has to be one of Cordelia’s guards. Maybe it’s not someone who’s there all the time, or they would have found us out long before they did, but it’s one of her guards for sure. That’s the only way Peter could have known we were there the other night.”

It’s not Tony. Evie told me he’s at Cordelia’s practically every day. But it’s someone though.

I come out of the contract and open Donny’s.

Marcus’ name pops again. His name is at the top this time and the contract is between him, Peter, Xiou, and Ricco.

They’ve all signed and agreed to split the business between them.

The next line states that they’re going to kill Donny today.

It’s fucking happening today.

I straighten up when I see that and something clicks in my mind.

Evie came here. She wouldn’t have just been allowed to do that. That makes no sense.

Marcus would know what Cordelia is like with her guards. He would have known the guards would ease up on security when it came to Evie too.

He would have also known that she wouldn’t ask him to allow her to see us, but she’d ask Tony and he would take her out of the house.

As Donny’s head of security and one of the guys tasked with keeping Evie locked away, Marcus would never have offered to drive her here himself. Evie would have probably been suspicious of such an offer, especially after Donny threatened to kill me and everybody I care about.

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