LORENZO’S POV “You did what?” I looked at my cousin like he had grown a second head. “Technically, I wasn’t lying,” he shrugged, taking a drag from the cigarette dangling between his fingers. “You just keep getting crazier and crazier each day, Raphael,” I stood up, pacing his study as I couldn’t seem to stay still. “Looking back, I think the news actually helped the sedative work faster, because in no time she fell asleep,” he replied in a nonchalant tone. “The poor girl was probably in shock,” I sighed, perching at the edge of his desk. There wasn’t a response to that, not like I was expecting one. “How is it going on Dwayne’s end?” he asked, suddenly after a shot interval of silence switching the topic altogether. My shoulders sunk in on themselves, “Same as yours. He couldn’t

