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"I don't really have much of a choice. I'm not letting him kill Jackson."
"I swear I didn't know it was him," I blurt out.
Alyssa shifts her gaze to me. "Lou-Lou finish telling me about your involvement with Ford."
I can feel Ricardo's eyes bore into me as I clear my throat. "Like I said, he tried to get in my pants and he knew all this stuff," I say, hoping Ricardo catches my drift and figures out it was DeLuca behind this and it was all a trap. Just like last time.
When he narrows his eyes I quickly continue, "Anyway, he offered me a deal. He said that he would set it up so that I could kill DeLuca. But seeing as he was FBI, he would make sure it wouldn't get pi
Ricardo starts pacing. "Fuck, he was playing you both."
Actually he was playing all of us. Ford was just the puppet and the messenger.
I'm about to open my mouth and tell him my suspicions but then I clamp it shut. There's no way to know for sure that Alyssa won't just snap altogether after hearing that and kill us both right now in the name of vengeance.
The best bet is to just do whatever she wants and go from there. Besides, all three of us have the same goal in mind.
Kill Bruno DeLuca.
"I guess that explains why he pla
Oh...now it all makes sense.
I notice the look of disgust on Ricardo's face before he says, "Trust me, sweetie. You really have no idea just how fucked up."
I don't miss the suspicious look that crosses over her face. "Ricardo, I need you to talk to DeLuca. Find out where he is right now. Tell him it's an emergency and you need him to meet you at the docks near Jersey."
"You want to do this there?"
"Hell, yes."
I can barely contain my excitement when she looks at me. "And after that, I need you to call Ford. Tell him the fucking jig is up and I'm holding both you and Ricardo hostage. Tell him to meet me at the docks, but warn him that if he brings Jackson it will be the last thing that he does."
I'm about to happily agree but Ricardo shakes his head. "That's not going to work. He's going to bring Jackson. Especially if he's already targeted him as the fall guy. Also, there's no telling what Jackson will do to Ford if he finds out he set him up. There could be a showdown between them."
Shit, he has a point. Alyssa's plan still puts Jackson in a dangerous situation.
"Well then get a hold of Jackson and tell him that something happened to me," Alyssa growls. "Say whatever you have to say to throw him off the course. Don't tell him about Ford just make sure he leaves."
"But you said he wasn't picking up his phone," Ricardo argues.
"I'm sure he has a special company phone that you can get a hold of him on," Alyssa says with a smirk that I want to wipe off her fucking face.