“Thanks, man.” As he hung up, he felt like he’d achieved what he was meant to do.
A short while later, Luca peeked into the living room and saw Annette sleeping on the pullout sofa. Dawn was watching from the dining room table.
“How’s Annette doing?” he whispered.
“She’s sound asleep.” Dawn suppressed a yawn, and Luca wrapped his arms around her.
“You should be sound asleep too. Why don’t you get some rest?”
“I’m not going to bed until all this is done.”
“This one is just like your mom.” Antonio grinned, lifting his chin at Dawn. He carried a full coffeepot out of the kitchen and set it on the dining room table’s trivet.
“Who’s just like me?” Gabriella strolled out of the kitchen with a tray of mugs and spoons, plus cream and sugar.
“Dawn is as stubborn as you are.” He softened his statement with a kiss to her cheek.
“Good,” Gabriella replied, winking at Dawn. “We need to be that way to handle the Fierro men.”
Dawn chuckled at their banter. Luca hugged her even tighter. It was good to hear her laugh.
“What about Butts?” Dawn asked Luca.
“He’s been arrested along with Ice and Carla. He was calling himself Blue Wolf as a code name.”
“He’ll be out on bail and on a plane to Mexico by tomorrow morning,” Antonio added.
“We can’t let him get away with it! He’s going to escape.” Dawn’s eyes were wide with alarm.
“It’s okay,” Luca said in a reassuring voice. “We have a little surprise for him when he gets to his destination.”
“A surprise?” Dawn tilted her head, a gleam beginning to flicker in her eyes. “What sort of surprise?”
“I’ll tell you later,” he whispered.
“You know what I just realized?” Antonio said.
“What?” Dawn and Luca asked together.
“The blue sheep just took down the blue wolf.”
Luca rolled his eyes, then couldn’t help laughing anyway.
* * *
Two days later…
“Room service. How may we help you make your dreams come true?”
“I’d like a deep tissue massage, and make sure you send in the same girl as last time. Then in one hour, I’d like another bottle of champagne, a steak rare, and a slice of your chocolate mousse cake.”
“I’m sorry. The masseuse you had last time is off. I have someone else you’ll like just as much.”
“Are you sure?”
“Positive.”
“All right then. Send her up.”
