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My eyes widened and his handover my clit
"Not very wet," he remarked in a low, careful voice "You must have missed ht places to touch, the right places to tease Still, I felt nothing in my heart And my body, my body only wanted to run and flee I wanted to tear off my skin and burn it He felt like a monster, a wicked reptile of cold leathery scales, a creature from my darkest dreams He would not win me over here
Perhaps if I let hi I could feed his delusion Not too h I willed htly into hiel," he said, and I could feel his erection growing against my ass His hand loosened on my mouth and I took the opportunity I bit down hard on his hand and he yelped, letting go ofainst the cold concrete Everything began to spin, stars and strea to get up
By the ti under me, I heard the shake of metal, the rip of duct tape I screarabbed me by the hair at the top ofers finding my mouth He stuck the duct tape across my lips
"Camden can’t hear you now," he whispered in the dark
My heart sank at that Had I been a fool to think that Javier was the only one in the house?
The light in the garage went on Javier had one hand against it, the other gripped arounda ha into them Just before they toppled onto me he yanked me backward and out of the way and stuck a handcuff around one wrist
What are you going to do with arbled
Javier set ood look at him He looked almost the same, maybe in a more expensive suit, all black, his hair shorter and neatly trirey that were threaded through it, and he had a shiny new gold watch on his wrist He reeked of power and deceit Of confidence
I could only guess as to what that ?" he said with mock sympathy "You really think I came here for you?"
Quick as a whip he spun er door handle of the Mini Cooper I collapsed against the door, slu cooler in the corner and pulled it out toloudly on the cement He took a seat on it like ere about to have a little chat and brought out a gun fro it over in his hands My eyes watched it fearfully I was dumbstruck with complete and utter terror
He looked up and frowned atto hurt you I only came here to do a little business transaction"
I stiffened and he grinned at me
"Oh don’t worry," he said "I’m not after your money I’ve never cared much for that No, what I’m after are hed and looked around hi with me You could have had it all Instead you’re in a shithole in America Do you knohere I aine, with views as far as the eye can see I have privilege now More than that, I have … prestige What Violetta said abouta cartel nobody cares about? Oh, I wish she could see me now I took over for Travis And more than that, I took over from the Morales I am at the top Where I always should have been" He leaned forward, elbows on knees and looked me dead in the eye, face coel Where the fuck did we go wrong?"
Where do I begin? But as the point You could tell Javier so a million times but unless he saw the reason, unless he believed it, it didn’t ht the sky was red instead of blue, it would be red Everything I could throw in his face he would justify in some psychopathic way
"I really did love you," he said softly Then he straightened up and his eyes were unreadable Blank "But there are sos that last longer E that gets people’s attention and you’re reive her your heart, and you won’t be remembered six years later Love doesn’t last But eo on And on And on Even if just in history books"
He got up and started deliberately pacing back and forth, toying with the gun I had to wonder if Camden was okay Because if he wasn’t … God helpabout cartels," he said with an air of superiority "It’s all about expansion And you get to expand by thinking ahead Mexico is bloody Mexico is war But I love it So what do I do? I go across the border and find the itty-bitty A trades and grow-ops and I take over I get here first, before the Baja Cartel Before the Gulf I expand I get s,of Mississippi before Now I have Southern California Or, at least I’e operation that needs, uh you never needed that with ht in front of ainst the dirty concrete floor "Look atto you"
I slowly raisedto do anything I wanted to see it
His lips twisted into a sick s Let’s call it a peace offering You see, the Madano brothers were really upset when Caht him back and handed him over, well they’d be more likely to do business withwith fear until the roo fuzzy
"I know you don’t like that," he went on, "and I’et close too close to anything To anyone I was just trying to spare your heart frohts on Camden froths you’d go to save your Gus, it all … fell into place And I wouldn’t be where I aht now if I didn’t act on opportunity I know you knew that once How important opportunity was to life"