Lib Novel Page 29
“We need her to come clean on why she’s here. If she’s a spy who somehow ended up with us, we need to know. And, she needs to be sent as far away as possible from Sergei.”
“And if she isn’t?”
I glance at the house behind me. “If she isn’t, you need to convince her to stay.”
“Stay where?”
“Here. With Sergei. At least for some time.”
“How the hell should I convince her to stay? Why would she want to stay with Sergei? Are they fucking?”
“No, I don’t think so.”
“What the hell is going on, Felix?”
I stop in front of the garage and look up at the dark sky. “Your brother is not doing good.” I take a deep breath. “He’s been losing it more often in the last few months, and is barely sleeping. It started getting worse a couple of weeks ago.”
“And you’re only telling me this now?”
“You’ve had enough on your plate.”
“We had a deal, Felix. You should have told me the moment he started getting worse. I sent him into the field for God’s sake!”
“I thought it might help!” I snap.
“It obviously didn’t! Did he tell you he offed Shevchenko on Monday?”
“What? No.”
“How bad is he now?”
“Up until last week, it was really bad. But it seems as if he’s getting better since the Sandoval girl came.”
“Explain.”
“She stumbled upon him while he was in a middle of an episode. Twice.”
“Jesus fuck. Did he hurt her?”
“Nope. Somehow, she managed to bring him back both times.”
“How?”
“I have no idea. She said she talked about her pajamas.”
“She talked about pajamas?”
“Yes.”
Roman laughs. “Well, they must have been a hell of a set of pajamas.”
“They were covered in pandas, Roman. Regardless, you need to talk to her. If she can help Sergei, we need to keep her here.”
“Have you been spending time with Maxim recently?”
“No. Why?”
“Because he’s usually the one with crazy ideas.” There are a few seconds of silence before he continues, “Okay. I’ll call Sergei tomorrow and tell him to bring his cartel princess over to the mansion. And she better not be a spy.”