33 Kill Lapuente (2/2)

She still did not trust him. ”Sure, and you open the gate and let me walk out so easy?”

”Um, no, it will not be that easy, but you seem to have influential friends who can afford a nice chunk of money to get you out of here.”

Sam was startled. Miguel and Anita. She frowned, had not both talked about bribing Lapuente? How the hell did Brutus come into play now?

Brutus watched her concentrated expression with amusement. He sighed. ”I know Miguel from the time I was in training, I got along with him very well, and I used to barbecue for him a lot, and Anita was very pregnant with the first child. It makes the best chicken in all of Mexico. ”

Sam dawned slowly.

”When Anita asked for a talk with Lapuente, I convinced her that I was the right person to negotiate with.” He shrugged his shoulders. ”Well, sometimes I can be very convincing.”

Sam laughed bitterly. ”Indeed, you can.”

He stepped to her and cupped her face with his hands. ”Oh, Sam ...” he sighed and spoke her name for the first time.

Sam resisted hearing sincere regret in his voice. The guy was crazy, like a shit-rat rat. She jerked back from him.

Brutus immediately raised both hands beside his head to show that he had no wrong intentions.

”Are we done here?” Sam wanted to know.

”At first, yes.”

Sam stepped through the door. She grinned. Someone had pushed Sam back into the game.