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“Hey, hey,” he says. “It’s the drivers!”

Chapter 15

Sebastian

Mimi throws my hand down instantly. I go to ask what’s wrong, then see Carlos.

“Hey, hey,” he says. “It’s the drivers.”

Mimi and I both pause for a second before going forward. “Carlos, what're you doing here?” Mimi asks.

“Luca told me to come get you guys. Said everything went well.” He’s grinning despite everything. “Said Leandro was happy with you two and everything.”

I feel like we’ve been set up. Is this another trick from Sophie and Luca? To send us back into a trap? Or to teach us to be careful? The paranoia of the trip is getting to me.

“So how was it?” Carlos asks.

“Good,” I say.

“Bad,” Mimi says.

We both look at each other quickly, and Carlos laughs.

“I get it,” he says, pointing between us. “I bet Sebastian made you listen to those corny classics the whole drive up.” He throws an arm around his sister and grins. “She just doesn’t like your music, bro. She never has.”

Mimi grins. “Yep.” She laughs nervously.

Our nervous energy seems to be lost on Carlos, he seems too happy. We begin walking to the exit, and he directs us to the quick parking bays at the end of the terminal. “I got us a spot here. Got one of those taxi signs from Luca’s driver. Magic.” He laughs.

Surely shoveling crap and condoms off a dock isn’t this much fun? Or has he been taking the drugs while protecting them? Why am I so damn pessimistic?

I’m afraid, that’s why.

“So how has working for Luca been?” I ask.

“Pretty good. I thought at first, with the way you were talking, I was gonna be shoveling shit or something. But I’ve been doing a fair bit of work for him. He said that because of you, he put a bit of faith in me.” Carlos takes my hand and shakes it. “Dunno what you said bro, but thank you.”

I smile, and it escapes my face as soon as he looks away, I trace a quick eye to his sister. The whole time we’ve been away we’ve been fucking like rabbits. We’ve practically fallen in love and spent the evening having the best sex in the world.

Meanwhile, Carlos thinks I’ve helped him out majorly…

We sit in the car, and Carlos takes away the taxi sign. We reverse out and are soon heading out of the airport. I’m so in my head I’ve missed half the conversation, only when Carlos pauses for an answer do I realize this, though.

“Yo, Seb!”

I shake. “Sorry, just tired.”

“That's fair, man. Mimi says she didn’t do any driving. No wonder you're wiped out. ”

“Hah, yeah, well it was a big van, you know. A bit awkward with a few of the turns.”

“And the fucking radiator is being impaled!”

“You heard?” I spin quickly, but Carlos is laughing.

“Course I did. The whole fucking family has. Luca was up half the morning trying to get a hold of Reggie, they hadn’t spoken in years, I guess. Had to pay him a fair amount.”

I sink into my seat. “Great, that’s all I need.”

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