Like he wasn’t above using a knife, but it just hadn’t been the right time.
Normal people didn’t talk like that.
I glanced up at him.
Great bone structure, dark hair, green eyes, but that distinct Italian olive undertone to his skin.
This wasn’t a random savior.
This was another Grassi man.
“Are you R?”
“R?”
“Milo put someone in my phone with an R. R and D. And I met D tonight.”
“Remo, sweetheart. Now listen, you’re gonna have to do something right now. How good are you at conjuring up tears?”
“Right now?” I asked, already blinking them away as the adrenaline waned and the pain started to really set in on my arm.
“While it’s fresh, I need you to call the cops.”
“What?”
“You call the cops, say you don’t know what happened but a man collapsed on the sidewalk. Then say where. Tell them to hurry. Sound upset. Then hang up. That’s it.” Then, giving me a calm, reassuring look. “It’s not a lie. It’s not a crime. You’re just being a Good Samaritan.”
He handed me a phone.
I reached for it with sweaty, shaky hands and dialed.
I hitched my breath.
I let the tears flow.
Then I did what I was told.
When I was finished, I held the phone out to Remo, who quickly ripped out the SIM card and tucked it into his pocket.
“That was perfect.”
“But… why?”
“Because we can still save this if we’re smart.”
“Save it? He was going to rape me.”
Pain sliced across his handsome face.
“And if you never want to go back to that place, I understand and don’t hold it against you.”
“How could I ever go back?”
“Well, your boss just took a hefty dose of drugs. The kind that are gonna make everything that just happened pretty blurry. You can rewrite it, if you want.”
“How can you rewrite something like that?”
“He was crazed. Something was seriously wrong. He was grabbing you, hurting you, saying wild, crazy things that made no sense. And then he collapsed. You rushed away to find a phone to call the police. When Frank wakes up, he will be confused. He’s… rewriteable. So we rewrite him. If he doesn’t remember why he was actually pissed, I’m betting on him at least faking regret at hurting you.”
