“Photos aren’t needed. Besides, what if Elena sees them on your phone?”
“Elena is never allowed to touch my phone.”
“Just delete the fucking photos.”
“And will be fun to watch Callaghan’s face when he sees—”
Casey pipes up, “What?”
I grab the phone from Andrian. He tries to grab it back, but I deflect his arm.
“You going to delete the photos?” I ask.
“Fuck you,” Andrian replies.
I throw the phone across the room, smashing it against the wall. I know the photos still exist in the cloud, but the phone was an MX-900. I know the software and have contacts with hackers who can access all of Andrian’s saved data.
“Chert poberi,” Andrian curses.
I dodge the right hook he throws at me, grab his arm, pin it behind his back and shove him into the wall.
“I said no pictures,” I growl.
Feeling him relent, I back off him. He turns to stare at me, confused and angry.
“What the hell?” he asks in Russian.
“Put your dick away,” I tell him.
His jaw clenched, he stares at me, probably contemplating whether or not to take me on. In all our years, we’ve never fought. We’ve argued. Andrian once struck me when I tried to pull him off an asshole before Andrian beat him to death for double-crossing us, but other than that, we got along better than most married couples.
In Russian, I say, “We should focus on the exchange, make the call now and get this shit done with.”
Andrian looks to Casey and replies in Russian, “And if Callaghan doesn’t cooperate, then we fuck her up good.”
“Go. I’ll be up in a minute.”
Pulling up his pants, Andrian grabs his busted phone from the floor and heads upstairs.
Once he’s gone, Casey asks, “How does he know my name?”
I put on my own pants. “What are you talking about?”
“He just said ‘Callaghan.’”
“So?”
“What did he say?”
“That he wanted to fuck you later,” I answer nonchalantly. “You want a shower?”
“Yes! I’ve had cum oozing out of me for hours. But what was all that shit with the photos? He said he was going to send them to my dad.”
“That turn you on?”
“No! Gross! But he said—”
“You want this shower or not?”