“So use this for all our arrangements,” Selena said as she handed a card to Rain.
He looked down at it and exclaimed, “A fucking Amex Black Card?” He raised his shocked gaze up to her.
She sighed as she explained, “Ok so, since I have not stipulated the payback to him, Quanto said he did not like owing me or anyone for that matter. He believes in power and strength and owing someone puts you at a weakness. So he had this card set up for me. I went into it online and made it mine, so he has no connection to it really.”
“I’m sorry but I have to ask,” Henry cut in. “If that is the Centurion Card, also known as the ‘Black Card.’ I happen to know that it’s available only by invitation for high-net-worth individuals, requiring a $10,000 initiation fee and a $5,000annual fee or something ridiculous like that. It is renowned for its premium concierge services and high spending capacity. So my question is. How in the hell did he just like… give you one of those? Your credit line would have to be a minimum of 100k.”
She shrugged. “I didn’t ask.”
I stared at her and asked, “Can it be—”
“—tracked?” Rain cut me off. “No. Unless the CIA gets a warrant issued by theactualJustice Department of the United States. Then no.”
“The great thing about it is that I have rarely used it,” Selena told us. “So it will pay for this whole thing. Plane tickets, hotels, food, and transportation.”
Henry smiled as he rubbed his hands together. “Ok, now we are talking.”
“It is not arealvacation, Sir Gullible,” Rain said with a shake of his head.
Selena now cut in too, “But we need to look and act like that is just what we are doing.”
We all looked over at her.
“We will be on vacation,” she clarified. “Not tracking missing kids.”
Rain studied her. “Yes, I see.”
Henry looked over at him as his emerald colored eyes glinted. “Well, I don’t see. Thisisa mission and her tone makes me feel nervous.”
“It is a vacation among fourgoodfriends,” Selena announced. “Carlos and I will be newly wedded.”
I stared at her and stammered, “N-newly…”
She laughed. “That will be our cover.” She then looked over at the two men. “And you two will be a couple.”
“A couple of what?” Henry asked her.
“A couple. Like um… you know?” Selena hinted.
“No, we donotknow,” Rain replied, although the hard look in his blue eyes said differently. “So you had better explain it to us.”
Henry chuckled, then he halted and snapped his head up. “Wait a minute here.”
I grinned and smothered my glee over this.
“You mean a gay couple?” Henry asked with a gasp.
I laughed and clapped my hands. “Maldito! Chingar, that would explain to everyone why you two are bickering all the time. Great cover!” I turned to Selena and raised my hand.
We slapped our palms together in a high five.
The two men sat and stared at us with very hard expressions on their faces.
“No God damned way,” Rain growled.
Henry nodded. “For once, I can say that Rainmaker is absolutely right.”
“It would be the best cover,” I told them.
