Greed (The Deadly Sins)

Shy sat down in her chair and picked up the phone to call Patrick to tell him what happened. And then she did the last thing that she wanted to do.

I gotta call Michael and tell him that he was right.

Chapter Seventeen

“Who?” Black asked, when Shy called him in Port Saint Lucie.

“Andrade Ferreira?”

“Shit.”

“What’s wrong?”

“I wish you would have told me that’s who Valencia put you on to.”

“What?”

“Andrade may be a simple tobacco farmer, but the rest of his family are The Comodoro Cartel.”

“Oh, shit.”

“Yeah, oh, shit.”

“That’s what the DEA asshole was doing there.”

“You think?” Black exhaled. “I’ll be back tonight.”

“No, Michael. I don’t want you to cancel your meetings. This is nothing but the DEA fishing. They don’t have anything on me … because there is nothing,” she laughed. “It’s like Patrick said, you and I have been playing nicely in our own sandbox lately. Stay and finish your business.”

“You sure?”

“Yes, I’m sure.”

“Okay. But I will be home tomorrow night.”

“Good. You’ve been gone too long.”

“I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

“See you tomorrow,” Black said sweetly and ended the call. “Fuck!” he shouted and slammed his fist on the desk, causing Deana and Jaila to look at him like he had lost his mind. But that was only natural because they’d never been exposed to this side of their boss. They had never seen him in protect-Cassandra-at-all-cost mode.

His first call was to Rain. She was in her office with Carter and Geno, talking about Rex Steward and who he could have been protecting. And as Rex feared, the names Jaylinda Harvey and Hareem Epps were being discussed.

“What’s up?”

“Two cops questioned Cassandra about the murder of Andrade Ferreira. See what you can find out.”

“Who the fuck is Andrade Ferreira?”

When Geno heard the name Andrade Ferreira, he felt a cold chill all over his body.

“He’s a tobacco farmer, but his brothers and the rest of his family are The Comodoro Cartel.”

“That’s not good.”

“Not at all. See what you can find out. I’ll be back in the city tomorrow, and I expect you to know everything about this,” Black said, and without another word he ended the call. Rain