Chapter 27. Distraction

I find myself with Lucia, but it feels like I am here with her while they talk about things. Something is happening or has been hidden, and I won't let Dario pretend like it doesn't matter.

Half an hour later, he walks out and grins at me. He knows something. I watch him walk over and sit next to me.

"So?" I look at him, waiting.

"So, we're going out later." He winks at me, and I laugh.

"You know I didn't mean that, Dario. What was said?"

He sighs, and I watch Lucia walk away.

"Dario, you can't keep secrets from me, not when it's about me!"

"It's not about you, though." He grins at me.

"Really? It has nothing to do with me, Dale, or Taylor?"

"Dale and Taylor, yes, you...no."

I groan. "So it is about me, what?" I sit waiting. "Dario, just tell me!"

"Fine. This Mad Hatter guy is an assassin, hard to find or trace. If he knows, then things are complicated. Regardless of what we're