said. “All the signs pointed to him, but come to find out, it was Letov all along. He lost a lot of business thanks to you bugging him. He had to flee England. Therefore, he blew up the house you were in for a job, then he sent his son after Sean. Only, that backfired. And then, he spent the next five years planning this.”
“But, he didn’t come after me,” Randy said.
Emma looked at him and it was a bit eerie. Her eyes were so similar to Sean’s. “He had his revenge on you. You were shot. And, you didn’t kill his son. Sean did that. That was far worse than losing business and pretty much being exiled to Croatia. Losing his one child—at least the one he claimed—that was too much. He blamed Sean.”
Sean nodded. “Then, he started to dig. He must have been pretty good at it because everyone here thought my father was dead. He followed the trail to Thailand and discovered that my father was dead, but he had left a child. He found Emma and kidnapped her.”
“And that is how we got here.”
“But, wait, if Letov wanted to draw you in with Emma, it seems his plan failed,” Randy said. “You didn’t even know you had a sister.”
“No. And that didn’t make sense until Lassiter and I worked it out.”
Emma snorted.
Sean smiled. “Okay, Emma really made us work it out. If he had said he held my sister, I wouldn’t have believed him. I knew my mother didn’t have any other children. I also thought my father died.”
“You would have assumed it was a trap,” Randy said. “At that point, he had to come up with another plan.”
Sean nodded. “Yes. He used one of his identities and hired Lassiter and requested me.”
“And that isn’t odd?” Del asked.
Emma frowned and opened her mouth, but Sean stopped her.
“Not really. I’m well known in that area of the world; plus, I have connections. He also offered a shit load of money.”
“Just like the Philippines,” Randy murmured.
Sean nodded.
“I’m still confused. What was the plan if he trapped you? And why didn’t he trap you?”
“The plan was for me to watch whatever he had planned for Emma. Knowing his penchant for torture, it would have been bad. To answer the other question, I arrived a day early so he wasn’t ready. Or, I should say, his men weren’t ready.”
“So it failed miserably,” Jaime said.
“In a way, but the man is clever and just came up with another plan,” Emma said.
“You don’t have to make it sound like you admire the man,” Sean said.
She shrugged. “Listen, to spend years doing this, he has to be pretty smart.”
Del gave her a strange look, but Emma didn’t notice.
“Okay, now we have to figure out where he is and if he is coming here,” Sean said.
Emma shook her head. “There’s no figuring it out, Sean.”
“You said that he was smart. Smart people don’t let their emotions rule,” Del said.
“They do when they have nothing left inside them to continue on. His whole life these last few years were about making Sean pay.” She looked at Sean. “Are we going to force his hand, or what?”
Sean gave his sister a sharp look. “What do you have?”
Emma drew in a deep breath and straightened her shoulders. Randy got the idea that she was trying to gird her loins. “He’s here. On the island. I picked it up right before Delano showed up.”
Cold fear slithered down Randy’s spine. “ Fuck .”
“No,” Emma said. “This is what we wanted. Letov never leaves Croatia. He hides there for the most part. The fact that he’s here means he’s restless. He made a mistake coming to Sean’s home.”
“And he will do something stupid,” Sean said. “It’s what we have wanted all along.”
“Right, then, what’s the plan?” Jaime asked.
Randy looked at Sean and understood immediately what he had planned on doing. His heart sank, and he understood why Sean wouldn’t discuss the future yet. He had a plan that might make that impossible.
“Now it’s time I get used as
“But, he didn’t come after me,” Randy said.
Emma looked at him and it was a bit eerie. Her eyes were so similar to Sean’s. “He had his revenge on you. You were shot. And, you didn’t kill his son. Sean did that. That was far worse than losing business and pretty much being exiled to Croatia. Losing his one child—at least the one he claimed—that was too much. He blamed Sean.”
Sean nodded. “Then, he started to dig. He must have been pretty good at it because everyone here thought my father was dead. He followed the trail to Thailand and discovered that my father was dead, but he had left a child. He found Emma and kidnapped her.”
“And that is how we got here.”
“But, wait, if Letov wanted to draw you in with Emma, it seems his plan failed,” Randy said. “You didn’t even know you had a sister.”
“No. And that didn’t make sense until Lassiter and I worked it out.”
Emma snorted.
Sean smiled. “Okay, Emma really made us work it out. If he had said he held my sister, I wouldn’t have believed him. I knew my mother didn’t have any other children. I also thought my father died.”
“You would have assumed it was a trap,” Randy said. “At that point, he had to come up with another plan.”
Sean nodded. “Yes. He used one of his identities and hired Lassiter and requested me.”
“And that isn’t odd?” Del asked.
Emma frowned and opened her mouth, but Sean stopped her.
“Not really. I’m well known in that area of the world; plus, I have connections. He also offered a shit load of money.”
“Just like the Philippines,” Randy murmured.
Sean nodded.
“I’m still confused. What was the plan if he trapped you? And why didn’t he trap you?”
“The plan was for me to watch whatever he had planned for Emma. Knowing his penchant for torture, it would have been bad. To answer the other question, I arrived a day early so he wasn’t ready. Or, I should say, his men weren’t ready.”
“So it failed miserably,” Jaime said.
“In a way, but the man is clever and just came up with another plan,” Emma said.
“You don’t have to make it sound like you admire the man,” Sean said.
She shrugged. “Listen, to spend years doing this, he has to be pretty smart.”
Del gave her a strange look, but Emma didn’t notice.
“Okay, now we have to figure out where he is and if he is coming here,” Sean said.
Emma shook her head. “There’s no figuring it out, Sean.”
“You said that he was smart. Smart people don’t let their emotions rule,” Del said.
“They do when they have nothing left inside them to continue on. His whole life these last few years were about making Sean pay.” She looked at Sean. “Are we going to force his hand, or what?”
Sean gave his sister a sharp look. “What do you have?”
Emma drew in a deep breath and straightened her shoulders. Randy got the idea that she was trying to gird her loins. “He’s here. On the island. I picked it up right before Delano showed up.”
Cold fear slithered down Randy’s spine. “ Fuck .”
“No,” Emma said. “This is what we wanted. Letov never leaves Croatia. He hides there for the most part. The fact that he’s here means he’s restless. He made a mistake coming to Sean’s home.”
“And he will do something stupid,” Sean said. “It’s what we have wanted all along.”
“Right, then, what’s the plan?” Jaime asked.
Randy looked at Sean and understood immediately what he had planned on doing. His heart sank, and he understood why Sean wouldn’t discuss the future yet. He had a plan that might make that impossible.
“Now it’s time I get used as
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