“But you know, don’t you?”
“Of course, I do,” Napoleon said as the driver passed through the gates at Palais de Plaisir. Security opened the door for Rain, and she was escorted in the building. From there, she was introduced to Nakeisha and told that she would escort her to the office where Black was waiting.
“Come,” Black said when Nakeisha knocked on the door.
She opened the door and announced Rain. “I have Ms. Robinson to see you, Mr. Black,” Nakeisha said and followed Rain in.
“Hello, Rain,” he said from behind the desk.
“Hey, Black,” she said, glad that he didn’t call her Ms. Robinson. To her, it meant that she wasn’t in trouble. And if she was, it wasn’t that bad.
“Have a seat,” Black said, in a tone that made Rain less confident in her status.
“Can I get you a cocktail, Ms. Robinson?” Nakeisha asked.
“Patrón, neat.”
“And you, Mr. Black; would you like one as well?”
“Thank you.”
As Nakeisha went to fix the drinks, Black looked at Rain for a second or two and then he smiled.
“How was your flight?”
“Great. I love to fly,” Rain said.
“Yeah, me too. Jake says your landings are getting better.”
“Today was a little shaky, but yeah, they are,” she said, as Nakeisha handed her a glass and then she placed Black’s on the desk.
“Can I get anything else for you, Mr. Black?”
“That will be all, Nakeisha, thank you,” Black said, and waited until Nakeisha closed the door before he spoke. “Tell me about you, Carter and El Decreto de Guerra.”
Fuck.
“Carter’s been hunting Damián Custodio for having Reese killed, and Geno and Smoke getting shot, so one night, we rolled by Mar Y Tierra, he was there, shots were fired, but he got away.”
“And?”
“And we torched one of his warehouses.”
“You know I know about the warehouse, right?”
“How they know it was me and Carter that hit their warehouse?” Rain needed to know.
“They had camera’s, Rain.”
“I didn’t think about that. It wasn
’t a planned operation. We were just gonna ride by there and see if he was there.” Rain smiled. “Burning the bitch to the ground just seemed like a good idea at the time.”
“You’re idea or Carter’s?”
“Carter’s.”
“I saw the video.” Black laughed. “Great shoot out. Especially the part when Carter comes running out blasting under heavy fire,” Black said enthusiastically. “Very exciting.”