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“So, where to, boss?”

My phone buzzes and I check the reply email

You’re alelcoaff, old friend :)

The coordinates follow below I show Santiago He s I’ve never been before Looks like I’ll be stocking up on whiskey!”

“Let’s get going,” I order

We board the plane and the pilot gives Catalina one last quick look over before turning around He practically skips to his flight deck The happy fool—if I didn’t like hio Thank god I didn’t, because he’s the only one who can get us to where we need to go

“Wait,” Catalina speaks up, when Santiago has disappeared I turn around and head to the cabin “Where are we going?” She scurries behind me, but stops e slip behind the cabin door I can sense her shock, and I immediately knohy There are only four seats in the entire cabin of this huge jet—it’s otherwise stripped clean; definitely not the luxurious flight I’

“Where are all the seats?” Catalina asks, naively Her innocence is alht now

“We gut our planes todown into one of the seats

“Do you always fly like this?”

“Never This plane isn’t for transporting people, but my jet is at the airport, and that’s too close to the city”

Catalina sits down next to ainst hts race through my mind and I know if I can’t control the is doomed

“Are you okay?” I ask her once, trying to cal my brain

Catalina’s curious eyes are suddenly filled with heaviness She looks down at her feet “I’m fine at least, physically,” she whispers I knohat she ot to be a least a little sore

“Well, you’re going to have plenty of tiot work to do” I pull my phone back out, but I can sense that Catalina isn’t done with me yet She ha