CHAPTER 34

CHAPTER 34

SANDRO ARRIVED AT HOME and tried to keep quiet so as not to wake up his son, but he felt that there was something wrong and the light came on by itself.

— Are you okay, Mr. Palmeira?

Sandro kept the most absolute calm while looking at that old man sitting on his couch pointing the gun at him.

— Your control over your feelings is impressive, Mr. Palmeira, for a moment I thought I saw the most absolute fear in your eyes, but I see that you are calm.

Sandro smiled.

— Can I help you?

— I know you've been assigned a special assignment by a beautiful FBI agent.

— What a hot woman, huh.— He tried to change the subject so he could think of some strategy.

He shook his head happily nodding at his comment.

— We are married, I can honestly say that you really are the most beautiful woman in the world.

Sandro nodded awkwardly and swallowed the dry joke in addition to a liter of saliva.

What a ball-out I gave it now...

— Can I seat?

The man motioned with his hand for him to choose the spot.

— It's your house, you can do what you want.

Sandro nodded, still trying to decipher his tormentor's every move.

— Thank you very much, and… if you know everything you say you know, you should know that I'm not armed and that my martial arts techniques aren't very good, so there's no need to use that.

He sat on the couch and for the first time in his life felt uncomfortable on it.

— So...— began Sandro, — sir...

— I know you know my name, it's impossible for my wife not to have mentioned my name at any point in their conversation.

Sandro smiled.

— Carlos Mendoza...

— Perfectly … Now that we know who we're dealing with, let's get down to business.

— What can I necessarily help you with?

Carlos crossed his leg and lit a cigarette and puffed toward the ceiling.

— I have a counter-offer, I know what the FBI offered you and I want to offer you three times more to work with us, just an addendum, you don't have to reject their proposal, just accept ours too and it will be of great value.

Sandro listened attentively to the man's proposal.