CHAPTER 23

Simon Lee

The night I had planned was going down the drain. Laura ended up on the dance floor and wouldn't put down her glass of drink. I knew she was doing this to punish me and I didn't like seeing her so upset. The fact that she couldn't admit our relationship in public bothered her. Our disagreement the night before had left me at a loss. Even though we promised to talk, and she had already forgiven me, I still felt like she was upset with me. But worst of all was the call from Santiago. I didn't like the guy, for obvious reasons. He'd been hitting on Laura for a long time. Matheus had warned me about this and I had to control myself every time I was face to face with him, in the Phoenix missions. Now the bastard was surrounding Laura again, but my sixth sense was telling me there was something very strange about that call. Even though Jonny had assured me that he was indeed in New York, something was making me suspicious about his intentions. And besides, I wasn't going to let La