Luxury and Larceny, Part 2 by Dream Collins

Author:Dream Collins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 7

I don’t know what I’m doing. What if he needs real medical attention? What am I supposed to do? Am I really thinking about killing Lisbon Sandoza? I’m not built for this. I can’t do this. China’s thoughts ran rampant in her mind as she stood in front of the mirror fidgeting with the nurse’s scrubs she wore. Yes, she was premed at UCLA, but she had no real experience. She hadn’t even begun her intern year yet. She had never practiced medicine on anyone. It was all textbooks and curriculum, but now things had gotten real. She was in over her head, and she was terrified. The sound of Cinco entering the room behind her caused her to turn towards the door. She hated him. The sight of him made her stomach turn.

He walked over to her and pulled out his cell phone. He held the screen up to her face. “Remember what’s at stake here,” Cinco said. A video of her mother cooking in her home played before her. Tears accumulated in China’s eyes. Cinco had goons on her unsuspecting mother. Her father had already been harmed because of her. She didn’t want her mother to come to the same fate.

“Please…”

“Don’t beg, just do your part. As long as you do what you supposed to do, your sweet, dear old mother will remain clueless that it’s killers at her door,” Cinco said. “If you even think about running or calling to warn her, she’s dead. Now let’s go. The nurse’s car is outside.”

China hesitated as fear filled her eyes. Cinco chuckled.

“Relax. The trunk has been cleaned out,” he said, with a sickening look of amusement.

Once inside the car, notions of running filled her mind. Fight or flight. It was instinctive. She wanted to save herself. It’s a big world. I can go somewhere far, where Cinco will never even think to find me, she thought. The love she had for her mother prevented her from being so selfish, however. She wouldn’t run, and Cinco knew it. He would never have given her access to a vehicle if he thought she would. She was stuck at his mercy. The GPS took her directly back to Sandoza’s estate, and this time the guard buzzed her through the gate without question. Sandoza stood waiting for her at the top of the driveway. He was suave as always, hands tucked in the pockets of his designer slacks, a serious expression on his face but a look of gratitude in his eyes. China cut the engine and stepped out of the car.

“Welcome, and thank you for taking me up on my offer,” Sandoza said as she approached him. She carried only one bag.

“You pack light,” Sandoza noted.

“This is all I have,” she replied. “I don’t come from much.”

Sandoza nodded in understanding but quickly changed the subject. “This way. Let me show you where you will be sleeping.”

He led her down the east wing of the massive mansion and into a large bedroom with en suite marble bath.

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