The Shadow of Deception

CHAPTER 44: LET THE SEARCH BEGIN

Marvin woke up in my arms. We were both naked. He stood up from the bed to wash his face and I followed him.

“You are awake too,” he said.

“You woke me up, you are too lousy and noisy,” I said.

“Says who?” he asked, laughing, walking toward the bathroom trying to tiptoe his way there.

“Says the dream goddess who I met in my dream. The dream you cut short because you could not be quiet,” I said, tip-toeing too and both of us laughing.

“Can I meet her, she must be as beautiful as you,” Marvin said.

“I killed her because she was beginning to like you,” I said.

Oh, I see just like you are going to kill Lisandro,” he said.

There was a sudden quietness in the room at the mention of Lisandro. I do not know how much of my conversation with Sancho he heard last night, but obviously, he had not forgotten about Lisandro. I did not know what to reply and I could not tell him anything about the Martinez Gang.

It is better he does not know. He looked at me expecting an answer and I looked at him as