Reckless by Samantha Love

Author:Samantha Love [Love, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

6

I don’t hear from Diego for several days. José keeps tabs on the dates and times of when the planes carrying the high-ranking drug suppliers will be landing, but he keeps getting the same response: soon. He’s been lurking in the shadows of the criminal world, bribing people for information and trying to make new contacts while Nick and I have been crawling up the walls at the Dragonfly. The college kids are still here, and I’ve half-wondered whether they’ve made it a permanent refuge.

“Go fish,” I tell Nick.

He tosses his cards into the muck. “I’m done. I can’t play these stupid card games any longer. I have to get out of here.”

“José told us to stay put.”

“I don’t care what José said. If I don’t get out of here I’m going to lose my mind.”

I smile. “Is straight-laced Nick defying an order? Let me get a camera, so I can capture this rare moment.”

“Don’t call me that. You know I hate it.”

“That’s precisely why I said it.”

Nick tosses a card at my face.

I swat it away and punch him.

“So where do you want to go?” I ask.

“Anywhere. Let’s hit up all the lame tourist spots and buy worthless keepsakes. It will be fun to pretend we’re on vacation.”

“You don’t have to convince me. I was ready to leave yesterday. So, on this fantasy vacation of yours, are we supposed to be husband and wife?”

Nick considers this. “Nah. That’s too predictable. We both didn’t know each other before. Fate brought us together on the plane. Since you were late for your flight, you had to be reseated next to me. By the time we landed, we were both madly in love and we haven’t spent a moment away from one another.”

“How romantic!” I throw my hand across my chest. “A chance encounter with straight-laced Nick. How could a girl resist?”

“Very funny. So you want to go or not?”

“Sure.”

We walk to the Plaza de Armas, which is right around the corner from the hostel. It’s a large square with a fountain in the middle and a gold statue on top. We look around for which sight to visit first.

“There’s an Inca temple down the road, but the Cathedral of Santo Domingo is right here,” Nick says.

“That’s fine with me.”

We wander through the cathedral. It’s quiet and dark, packed with tourists whispering and pointing. The air is thin and cold.

“Do you ever go to church?” Nick asks me.

“Only when I was a kid. My dad went every Sunday.”

“It didn’t rub off on you?”

“Not really. I think he thought if mom was gone then there must be heaven and a god and all that.”

“And you?”

“I came to the opposite conclusion. Why, Nick? Did you recently get religion?”

We watch a group lighting candles and offering prayers.

“Nah, I’m not a churchgoer, though I admire people who are.”

We leave the cathedral. Or rather, I leave and Nick follows.

Outside, Nick spots a vendor and runs toward him. He purchases a rose and offers it to me.

He kneels before me.

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