Except Chad was anything but stupid. But she didn’t know what his play was.
However, he did. And would be pushing her internal buttons to get the reaction he wanted. Damn him! He should not know so much about her.
But not daring to do anything other than play out her role, she forged ahead.
“I’m not jumping to my death on some childish dare by you!” She stabbed her finger at Chad this time. “Her? Maybe. You? No way in hell!”
“Buc-buc-bu-caw!” Chad crowed as he circled again.
“It won’t work, you know,” la Capitana said almost conversationally. “I’ll shoot him first, if you like—it might be a kindness. But I won’t be distracted so easily.”
“Aw, and I had such high hopes,” Chad stopped like a deflated little boy.
Then he dove to the pavement and shot Silva.
At the same instant, Tanya
