Page 76 of Emerald

Bile rises. He let his sons fuck me.

Unknown Name: She looked like she enjoyed it the way she was moaning.

Manuel: The girl is fucking kinky.

Unknown Name: No shit. It’s fucking hot. She’s so fucking perfect. You’re one lucky bastard to have found her.

Manuel: She’s the best I’ve ever found. I’m not sure if I want to let her go in with the other girls. She’s too special.

Unknown Name: Damn right she’s special. If I found that woman first, there is no way in hell, I would let her join those whores. She’s priceless. I’d be making her my mistress and making her serve me. She’d be my secret weapon. Can you imagine all the favors you could procure because of her fucking mouth and cunt.

Manuel: Right? That’s exactly what I’m thinking. Except my fucking wife decided to come back from Europe for the gala disrupting my plans.

Unknown Name: Why the fuck is she coming back?

Manuel: Checking on the boys. They are men now they don’t need her anymore.

Unknown Name: Give her some money and she will soon disappear again.

Manuel: Exactly. Except Pedro likes her, otherwise, I would put my foot down.

Unknown Name: Fuck. You’ve got no choice. Is your girl coming to the after-party?

Manuel: Yes. She will be at the gala.

Unknown Name: How did you swing that?

Manuel: That gringo who owns the beach bar down in Tulum, she’s staying with him. Family friends.

Unknown Name: She’s not fucking that guy, is she?

Everything in me stills when I read that text.

Manuel: No. There’s no way he would cross me. He does seem protective of her which I appreciate, you know how these ex-military guys are. Loyalty and shit.

Unknown Name: Yeah. You think he’s going to be a problem?

Manuel: No. He understands how the rules work down here.

Unknown Name: You don’t think he will have questions if she disappears?

Manuel: No. I’m playing this one differently, like you said, she’s special. I am going to make her fall in love with me. I’ve already asked her to move in after the gala once my wife has gone. Once I have her heart, she’s going to convince her friends and family she’s in love. How can they say no to her happiness?

Unknown Name: But doesn’t her friend know who you are?

Manuel: Yeah. But he needs money to expand his business to more locations up and down the coast. That’s what he told Rosita when he fucked her for a ticket to the event.

He knows Nash did that.

Unknown Name: Guess he didn’t realize how much she likes dropping to her knees for you and spilled his secret.

Manuel: Rosita is so desperate. She’s no better than the whores in the villa. She thinks one day one of us is going to make her our mistress or woman, and she can live a life of luxury. She’s not worth it.

The villa? What fucking villa? Where is this villa? I click search on my phone for villa, to see if anything pops up. There are messages and emails about the villa but no actual name. Shit. Maybe Nash might know. Or I’m going to have to somehow work it into a conversation without raising suspicion.

Unknown Name: She should stick with fucking Gringo cock.

Manuel: So true.

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