“Bellandi isn’t getting the acquisition,” I say, voice breaking. “There’s nothing left to bargain for.”
Nothing.
Then desperation rips through me, and I blurt, “I’m pregnant.”
His expression doesn’t change.
“I’m having twins.”
His smile widens.
“Three birds. One stone.”
My babies.
Terror goes white-hot.
I cannot die here.
I keep the exam table between us, moving when he moves, forcing him to go around it, trying to buy a second where there isn’t one.
Where is Antonio?
Chapter Forty Five
Antonio
We’re almost to street level when the comm crackles.
“Movement’s gone. Subject took off eastbound. No visual.”
I slow. Vito looks at me instantly.
“What?”
I press two fingers to the comm. “Say that again.”
“Bellandi’s man peeled off. He’s gone.”
We hit the bottom of the stairwell and push outside.
Nothing.
Empty sidewalk. No car. No watcher. No lingering shadow.
I scan the street once.
Twice.
Vito turns toward me at the exact same second it hits.
“It was a lure,” he says.
“To get us away from Elsa.”
Then her scream tears through the building.
My name.