Chapter 61

• Melina wakes up late the next morning to find the house empty and a bodyguard at her door. Everyone appears to have gone out. She goes to the mafia house in search of Thomas. She's hoping he hasn't already left for work. She wants to know what he has planned for the day of the exchange. Melina believes there is no way Thomas will go in blind, so she might as well know everything he plans to do that day if she can't persuade him to change his mind. Perhaps I can help in some way.
• Getting there, she finds his office and bedroom empty, so she checks the next possible place he could be, which is the basement. Melina asked Linda if he had gone to the office, and she said he was still at home.
• Melina saunters into the basement because the lights are dim. As she walks down the stairs, she hears Thomas' voice. Thank goodness I’ve found him. Following the sound of his voice, she finds him talking to someone she’s only ever met again in her dreams. She moves closer to the man, wondering if her eyes are playing tricks on her. Her mouth is agape as she stares at him standing across from Thomas.