Dimitri POV
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Walking into my office I see Mary sitting in one of my office chairs. When she hears my footsteps she turns around with a smile on her face.
” I completed everything you requested of me. I even got off Scott free and nothing will lead back to you.” She tells me in a happy tone.
I nod as I walk around taking a seat in my chair in front of her. ” Yeah, well there is just one thing that needs to be discussed before I let you anywhere near Amara or Sadie.”
She gives me a confused look with a raise brow, ” Which is?” She asked softly.
I open my desk drawer on the top right and pull out my cigarette box. ” Who do you actually work for? Even I notice you aren’t a normal CNA nurse.” I say pulling a cigarette out the box and pressing it into my lips.
Grabbing my lighter from my jack pocket I light the cigarette and take a long drag.
Staring back at Mary I watch panic spread across her face, before its quickly replaced with fake confusion. ” I don’t know what you mean.” She says in a calm tone.
I scoff, ” I think you know exactly what I mean. So you can either cut the bullshit or I can send right back to Wisconsin. I am not allowing you anywhere near Amara or Sadie until you convince me otherwise.” Letting out a puff of smoke I stare at her waiting for an answer.
She lets out a sigh, ” Fine, I will tell you the truth but it can’t get out who I really am.”
I left my right brow at her, ” What is it?” She gives me a stern looks, ” I mean it! No one can know!”
” You a undercover cop?” I ask beating around the bush. She laughs, ” God no! But I can understand why you asked me.” I let out a sigh, ” Get to the point or I am kicking you out of Detroit. I don’t have all fucking day.” I snap at her.
I don’t have the patience to sit here and run around in circles with her. If she is a cop or working undercover for any type of government facility. She is gone I don’t want to deal with a spy.
” Okay! I was once an assassin. I use to work for this man named Marcus Graves. He ran an underground fighting ring. Along with other activities that involved me taking out his competition. I was raised by Marcus and trained at a young age I ran away from him three years ago. Which is why you can’t let him know that I am here.”
I stare at her in silence as I put my cigarette out in the ashtray. ” I am aware of who Marcus is and I fucking hate him. However you being an assassin will benefit me. You will be in charge of keeping Amara and Sadie safe but only until I verify your story.”
She shakes her head, ” You said you wouldn’t tell!”
I laugh, ” Did you actually hear me say those words?”
She shakes her head, ” Well, no bu-”
I cut her off, ” There are no buts, besides I need to verify what you just told me is true. I am not allowing you near any of my girls until I know the truth.”
She shakes her head again, ” Marcus will force me back home! I am begging you to not tell him!” She says raising her voice at me.
I remain calm as I stare at her, ” Marcus isn’t going to take you. He knows to not step one foot in Detroit without my permission or to fuck with me. It doesn’t matter how many assassin he has working for him.”
I watch as she slowly starts to relax and nods, ” I am sorry for raising my voice, but please don’t let him take me back home. He will punish me for running away.”
” He isn’t going to take you but I still have to verify your story.” I tell her as I pull my phone out of my jacket pocket.
I stroll through my phone until I find Marcus’s number. I click on his number and put him on speaker. After hearing the phone ring twice Marcus answers on the third ring.
” What did I do now?” Marcus asked the second he answers.
” I need to know if you had an assassin working for you named Mary. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a scar on her left wrist in a shape of a snake.” I tell him.
I hear him sigh, ” Yeah, I do. She ran off a few years ago. You catch her breaking in or stealing?” He asked.
” No, but how do you know that she is one of yours?” I ask him.
He laughs and I know he is most likely smirking. ” Because that scar on her left wrist is what I give her. She was my venomous snake and she made that scar on her wrist fit her perfectly. I would like to have her back.”
I laugh, ” No, actually I am keeping her. I just wanted to verify her story. Which you just did for me so I will thank you for that.”
I hear a loud bang from the other end of the phone. The old fuck must have punched something. He always did have a a short temper and doesn’t like when people take his things. Mary must be good at her job if he is this pissed off.
” She doesn’t want to go back to you and I think she will be more useful here.” I tell him.
” I trained that little brat! She is mine!” He yells at me through the phone.
” I don’t fucking belong to you! I am a person not a killing machine!” Mary screams into the phone.
” I took you in and fed you! I raised you! I trained you! You are mine!” Marcus yells into the phone.
I watch as Mary eyes start to fill with tears. ” You may have trained her, but she doesn’t want to go back to you. I have no obligation to bring her to you either. She will start working for me tomorrow and you will keep out.” I tell Marcus and hang up before he can say anything else.
Putting my phone back in my pocket I hand Mary some tissue I had in my office from when Liam was sneezing and coughing a month ago.
Mary takes the tissues and wipes her eyes. ” You want me to murderer for you now?” She asked in a sad tone.
I shake my head, ” No, I want you to protect Amara and Sadie like I originally told you.”
Hearing a knock at the door I look up to see Lucia walking in.
Right on time.
” Lucia, take Mary to the house so she can see Amara and Sadie.” I tell him.
Lucia nods, ” Yeah, I can that. I finished up everything I needed to do. I even did some of your work.” He informs me.
” You did some of my work?” I questioned him.
Lucia nods, ” Yeah, I figured you didn’t want to be here all night.”
He is right I don’t want to be here all night. I want to be home with Amara and Sadie.
” Thanks, but you didn’t need to that.” I tell him.
Lucia just smiles, ” I did it anyway.” Watching as Mary gets up from the chair and walks over to Lucia. ” I am ready to leave. When you are ready.” She tells him as she throws the tissues in the trash can I had next to the door.
I nod, ” They should be having dinner around this time. I am sure Mary is hungry from the trip over here.”
Mary nods, ” Dinner sounds great and I am ready to see my best friend and Sadie.” She tells me with a soft smile.
” Alright, lets go.” Lucia says placing his hand gently on Mary’s lower back as he exits my office and shuts the door behind.
Tonight is going to be long.
Lucia may have cut my work load in half but I am still going to be here for a few more hours I have a bunch of shipment papers to go through.
I suppose I can take some of the paperwork home with me, but I should try to get a majority of it finished here.