Chapter 13. Chess on a Yacht

Throughout the week, Carlos had two other tasks to do. Other than that, the only thing required of him were the lessons. He went over the important people, places, and situations so many times that he was finally starting to get the hang of it.

The organization was arranged in levels. Those who had ever seen the Man in Black’s face were called brothers; there were only seven of them, including Stones, Dahlia, and, to his surprise, Jasmine.

Below the brothers were the sons; there were only twenty-two of them. Below the sons were the cousins, then the friends, and then the friends of the family. He had to learn the entire structure with the aliases. No real names. He did a lot of studying on his own and went over the materials many times when he was free.

Some of his other classes included human psychology. He was taught how to read human behavior, from body language to eye contact, and even to predicting a person’s next move. Dahlia told him he was good at it—it wa