Helios P o V
I was outside waiting for Gonzalo and Natalia to arrive. We needed to discuss the shifts for surveillance. Gonzalo had the good idea of grabbing two cars so we didn’t have to waste time driving people back and forth, sharing one. I’m a little embarrassed about what I said at the diner. I could have sounded a little bit less like a caveman when I tried to get her to stay back.
I don’t even know why I tried. I knew she would flip and insist on going, but everything in my head was just flashing to everything that could go wrong and the ways that she could get hurt. The need to protect her was overwhelming and I was beginning to understand it didn’t all have to do with my mission, my redemption. I was beginning to have deeper feelings for Natalia. Scratch that, I was pretty s
