Renzo + Lucia: The Complete Trilogy by Bethany-Kris

Author:Bethany-Kris [Bethany-Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989658260
Publisher: Bethany-Kris
Published: 2020-08-02T18:30:00+00:00

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Renzo almost threw his cell phone to the ground in desperation when the second call he tried to make to Lucia didn’t go through. Somehow, his stupid fucking brain clicked that no, it wouldn’t be a good idea to destroy the only way he had to contact her.

Problem was, Renzo had only gotten Lucia a burner phone a couple days ago—she didn’t really turn the damn thing on unless he was out working, and then Diego mostly just used it to call him.

She didn’t have a reason to use it.

“Come on, pick up,” Renzo growled under his breath, redialing and putting the phone to his ear again. “Pick up, Lucia, fuck.”

A cab—empty, it looked like—passed him by on the street. Like he would if he was in New York, he tried to hail it as it sped on by. He could get to their apartment a hell of a lot faster by a cab than he could walking the several blocks. Instead of stopping to pick up Renzo, the cab kept going.

He swore under his breath, and flipped the asshole his middle finger.

Fuck you, too.

His mind was still thick with panic. His heart, pumping beats that echoed fear. He didn’t even know how he was able to walk without stumbling over each step he took, but somehow, Renzo managed it.

He was closer to Lucia.

Closer to Diego.

That’s all his mind cared about in those seconds.

“Pick up,” he mumbled into the phone again.

Scrubbing a hand down his jaw, his desperation peaked to an even higher level as he eyed the street and didn’t see another cab coming. Was he already too fucking late?

Was that what happened?

The call clicked.

Renzo swore his heart fell right out of his fucking chest.

Was that possible?

It felt like it.

“Ren?” Lucia asked.

She sounded out of breath.

He was. Just from hearing her voice, he felt like he couldn’t breathe. That’s not how it was supposed to work, though. Everything was better with Lucia. She made everything so much easier in his life.

Even breathing.

Not right now, though. Not when his worst fears felt like they were about to come to life, and there wasn’t a single damn thing he could do to stop it from happening.

He’d never felt so incapable.

So fucking useless.

“Lucia,” he mumbled.

“Sorry, I was outside with Diego. He was kicking his ball in the alley. I left the phone in the apartment.”

“Lucia.”

Her sharp intake of breath felt like a knife cutting him right to the bone. “What’s wrong?”

Renzo couldn’t make his mouth work—not properly, anyway. Not to tell her they were in danger, or what he had found at his uncle’s home. Not to explain the note that was still crumpled tightly in his fist even though it felt like it was giving him a million and one little papercuts just by holding onto it.

No, he couldn’t seem to tell her any of that.

Instead, he said, “Don’t fucking move, Lucia. Do not move.”

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