Chapter 307
Cupid
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I dragged myself from the counting room into the bathroom to take a leak and wash my face. The morning had already settled according to my wristwatch, but in the underworld it was always this silent, the sky perpetually dark.
I sighed tiredly and walked back into the large hall where the men worked relentlessly, measuring out the drugs, pouring them into slim packets, packing them into boxes, ready for distribution.
They were only waiting for my final approval. We had taken pounds of it and rebranded it just enough to obscure the original markings, but I knew that wouldn’t conceal much if someone looked closely.
Tiredly, I raked my fingers through my hair and reached for the packet of cigarettes in my pocket only to find it empty. With a low groan, I looked up to see Desmond walking out from the other room. His hair stood askew, he was just as exhausted from the overnight task.
“You have a cigarette?” I asked.
He passed me one silently.
I accepted it and walked outside under the sky to take a long puff, breathing out into the cold air. Desmond came beside me and took the cigarette for a quick drag too.
“We’re doing this finally,” he said. “It hits the streets by the new year, hmm?”
I shook my head slowly.
“It’s still risky. Marlik had a point yesterday.”
He nodded.
“I agree. Feroz could be on the run. Or change his name and profile and relocate. He has the power and money to hide forever but he walked straight into H.O.W.L. and let himself be arrested. I’m not settled yet.” He looked at me. “Have you called Snow?”
I shook my head.
“Buried in work, I forgot for an instant I have a girlfriend.”
I pulled out my cellphone to check. One missed call from Almira.
I didn’t call her back.
I dialed Snow’s number instead. It rang… then stopped. I redialed. Checked my watch, eleven in the morning. Echo 6 had been given a few free days. She must be home.
It rang again. No answer.
Now I began to panic.
Quietly I opened the footage from the cameras I’d installed at the house.
There she was, seated quietly on the bed, staring into blank space. The phone rang beside her again. She didn’t pick up.
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Chapter 307
Desmond leaned in to see. When he caught sight of her, he looked at me in confusion.
“Is she okay?” he asked slowly.
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1 rewound the footage, rolling back through the night and the cold settled deep in my veins when I saw Rosella standing right on her doorstep.
My cellphone nearly slipped from my fingers.
“How did Rosella know Snow’s place?” I asked in awe.
Desmond looked at me briefly.
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