Chapter Seventeen
A FEW DAYS LATER, WE had a meeting with Luca’s sister. It went without saying that Luca and I would go, but I hadn’t been expecting the entourage I ended up with. Yet Hayley insisted our excursion was safe enough for her to tag along. Carter, oblivious to danger as usual, jumped at the opening to invite himself as well.
Tony waffled on whether or not to come. Recent experiences had made him cynical, and uncharacteristically cautious about meeting with legends. In the end, he decided to join us at the last minute, just as we were about to head out without him. This earned him various expressions of disbelief from each of us.
“Shut up,” he said, even though no one had said a thing. “I just don’t want to be responsible for saving you guys when it all goes to shit.”
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