Page 98 of He is Poison

There was also somesimple salad, and toast sprinkled with herbs. Seth was an amazing man to livewith indeed. “Thank you,” said Domenico, digging in right away. “I always sayit’s not good to question people on an empty stomach.”

“Yeah? Worried you mightrun out of energy?” Seth rubbed his knee against Dom’s, as if he were cheeringDom on before a boxing match.

“Nah, but it sometimestakes too long, and I get hungry.” Domenico brushed his foot over Seth’s calfand winked at him.

“Let’s just hope shetalks, and we can forget about all this.” Seth sipped the coffee, his facedevoid of any worry. It was so endearing Dom wanted to fuck him right away, onthe breakfast table. But they needed to get shit done first. Pleasure had towait.

“Yes, as soon as shedoes, you will be safe again,” lied Dom and it was worth it, to see that smilewidening and reaching Seth’s dark eyes.

“Finish your food then.I think I’m ready.”

Domenico growled with asmile. “My, my, someone’s getting bloodthirsty after tasting proper meat lastnight.”

Seth blinked, his faceturning a delightful shade of pink. “Hey! It’s not like that.” He rubbed hisnape and looked away.

“Don’t get all resistanton me now. I enjoyed it a lot.” Domenico shoveled the last of his eggs into hismouth and smiled.

Seth poked Dom’s shinwith his toes. “Me too. It was hot.” He seemed as shy as a stallion ready to bemounted for the first time. Yearning for that saddle, but not ready to acceptit.

Domenico slid off hischair and with coffee in hand, circled the table, and pulled Seth’s head torest on his hipbone. “Youare hot.”

Seth looked up with asmile. “Let’s get out of here so my body doesn’t gocoldany time soon.Someone who doesn’t like us knows this address.”

Domenico downed hiscoffee, playing with Seth’s hair but eventually withdrew. “So right. Let’s go.”

Seth took a deep breathand got up. He followed Dom all the way to the door. The smile was long gone.Domenico stopped in his tracks and looked at him. “Do you want some menthol?The bodies might stink.”

There was no sign ofthat virginal blush on Seth’s face either, and he just shook his head. Domenicoshrugged and reached for the small box in his pocket, to spread some of thesharp-smelling salve under his nose. It stung his bruised flesh, but he didn’tcare.

“Just don’t puke allover the floor.”

Seth scowled at him.“Shut it.”

Dom rolled his eyes andwalked up to the door, unlocking it with ease. After only so many hours, thesmell couldn’t be that bad as bodies took time to rot, but he still didn’t wantSeth to make even more mess. After he put the stiffs into the cell the nightbefore, he’d moved them into a fetal position, strapped them with strings, andput them into a double coat of plastic bags, so that only the heads would stickout for an additional scare factor. The arrangements would make later transportmuch easier, and as long as the flesh was warm, he didn’t have an issue withhandling the carcass.

Salieri was curled up inthe opposite corner of the room and looked up at them with wide, reddened eyes.“Please take them away,” she whined. It seemed that two dead bodies wereexactly what they needed to unwind her tongue, maybe because it made thepossibility of her own death so much more real.

Domenico sighed,relaxing. He put his hands into his pockets and approached her slowly. “Thatdepends on you.”

“I’ll tell you who mycontact was,” she whispered and looked away. Dom heard Seth’s steps behind him.So he wasn’t running just yet.

“I’m listening.”Domenico yawned and kicked one of the bodies to check if it was as hard as itought to be.

Salieri’s lips trembled,and she turned away to face the wall. The nervous twitch in her shouldersbetrayed just how much she’d given up. All her hopes had been on the slimchance that they would release her. There was nowhere to run now. “It wasAngelo Pecora. But you can’t tell him I gave away his identity. Please, I willleave the country, disappear, I can do that,” she turned to her knees andcrawled their way, her eyes wide and desperate as they dripped with tearsagain, her voice high-pitched and whiny. Any other time, Dom would have laughedat her, but the name came as such a shock, he could just stare at her while hisbody refused to move. Angelo was the last person he’d suspect. They’d knowneach other for such a long time...

Seth came closer, intoDom’s line of vision. He cleared his throat. “Dom? Can we do that?”

The stupidity of thatquestion was enough to help Dom shake off the stiffness in his body. Hesnorted. He was banned from doing serious harm to the bitch in case her contactwas someone important, but that worry went out the window the moment she gavethem a name. “Of course not. You may kill her now.”

Salieri crawled rightback into her corner with a sob. “No, no, no, please, I told you what youwanted!” she cried.

Seth stood two stepsaway, stiff as a statue. “Should I bring the gun?” he whispered.

Domenico sighed, tryingto compose himself, and smiled at Seth. It was a welcome distraction. “Thatwon’t be necessary. I’ll show you how to break her neck.”

Seth didn’t smile backthough, watching Dom with eyes as glossy as virgin olive oil. The tension inthe room was thick, only broken by a background noise of resigned sobs.

Domenico put his hand onSeth’s arm and squeezed it gently. “She didn’t care if you lived or died,remember? Are you hesitating?”