“What didPapáhear?”
“He knows who posted the bounty on the dark web on Humberto’s behalf. Alejandro chatted with him this morning.”
Another dead man.
“Does the hit still stand,Tío?”
“Yourpapátook care of that after meeting with Alejandro.”
“Enrique, how much did that cost your family? How much was my life worth?”
“Florencia, your life is priceless. Money is no object when it comes to family.”
I sit up and look at Pablo before leaning to whisper in his ear.
“Did he just give us his blessing?”
I sit up again, and he nods. He brushes hair back from my ear and brings his lips to it.
“I’m glad he gave it, but we don’t need it.”
“Enrique, that’s kind of you to say. But I want to know what it took to cancel a quarter-million-dollar bounty.”
There’s a pause before Enrique answers. “Two and a half.”
Holy fucking shit!
Two point five million to keep me alive!
“Florencia, yourabuelo’slooking for you. Ernesto found out about the order. He wants you to go to him.”
“No.”
The answer flies out of my mouth before I realize I’m going to speak.
Pablo squeezes my ass gently. “Flora, we can protect you when you and I go back to Bogotá.”
“I don’t want to see him. Not now and not for a long time. Maybe never. I wouldn’t have had mercenaries from who knows what corner of the world after me if it weren’t for him. Does he really want to be sure I’m safe? Or does he want me away from your family? Does he want to make sure I can’t tell anyone what happened?”
I’m watching Pablo and waiting for Enrique to answer. When neither of them responds, I wonder if those are questions they won’t answer or if they expect the other to speak. Pablo’s hand was resting on my ass, but he strokes it again.
“Probably yes to all of those,chiquita.”
So much for that being private between us.
“It’s safe for you both to leave the cabin. I’d like you to come home.”
Cabin?
If this is a cabin to Enrique Diaz, what the ever-loving hell is a house? The palace in Colombia?
Home?
Does that mean Bogotá? I just said I don’t want to go there.
“Flora, we can go to your apartment and get whatever you want before heading to New York until we can finish this.”
My brow furrows. That’s a lot to take in from one sentence.
