Chapter 40

Sebastian felt his head ache.

He was in a meeting room and faced some buyers of the merchandise he himself had been tasked with picking up.

He was sick of all the talking, the guns drawn, and the smell of Cuban cigar smoke.

"I'll have a hundred." one of the men spoke, staring into Sebastian's eyes.

"A hundred and twenty for me." the other spoke.

Sebastian just gave the signal for Pietro to follow and fetch the goods for both of them.

Like him, the men also signaled their subordinates to collect the payments.

"Forty thousand." one of them smiled, opening the suitcase for Sebastian to see.

Again, Rivera made a sign. Katy was there. She walked over, making the men look her up and down, and retrieved the first suitcase.

She sat a little way back, using a bill counting machine to confirm the amount.

"Would you like another shot?" Sebastian fetched the bottle, making the men raise their crystal glasses.

The second bag had a few ha