Chapter 89. The First Job

Sitting next to Wellington in the car, Giovanna could still hear the strange man's threat and for some reason that she still didn't know, she knew that he would be able to kill Wellington if she didn't do what he ordered. His motive wasn't clear to her. He said that a friend of his was frustrated that Wellington had refused his offer, could his friend be hiding something? Come to think of it, Holland had offered him an offer he couldn't refuse. She pursed her lips. She wasn't the problem. It was Wellington. Maybe he was engaged or something. She didn't know any details about his life. She had never asked, because that would have opened the door for him to question her too and they would have begun to exchange confidences.

The cab arrived at its destination and Giovanna allowed Wellington to go up to the room with her. She still didn't know how to dismiss him and was thinking of a solution that wouldn't offend him, when the memory of