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"Tony?"
Tony waved a hand at me. "Ssshh."
I frowned, my confusion growing bigger when Tony tilted his head, turning the side of it toward the double doors. "I hear a boat engine."
Boat engine?
My head snapped to Luca. "Do you have a marina at your beach?"
"No, it's just a small cove with a private beach."
"It's probably a Zodiac then," Tony stated.
Zodiac?
"It's an inflatable power boat," Tony continued, "one like they use in all those crime dramas. They are easy to use, they go fast, and they can be driven right up onto the beach."
I quickly looked at Luca. "Do you have any boats?"
Luca frowned at me. "A few. Why?"
"Get them in the water and to that cove. If whoever took Nico has a boat, they will use it to try and escape. We have to be able to catch them before they do."
Luca stared at me for just a moment before spinning on heels and running back down the hallway to where Franco stood barking out orders. I don't know what Luca said to the man, but Franco took off while Luca hurried back to us.
"Let's go," Luca said as he pulled his gun and then pushed the double doors open, stepping through them.
Not knowing what else to do, I pulled my gun and stepped out after Luca. When we started for the stairs that led down to the beach, Tony grabbed my arm and stopped me.
Tony nodded his head toward the edge of the cliff. "I'm going to take the scenic route."
"You're what?"
Before I could ask more, Tony raced over to the edge. He glanced back at me, shooting me a smirk, and then jumped.
"Tony!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
I fully understood Luca's anguish.
Chapter Twenty-One
~ Anthony ~
I winced when I heard Vito cry out my name. I maybe should have talked to him about what I wanted to do before I did it.
He was going to strangle me.
I kept my body close to the cliff wall as I moved from foothold to foothold. It was easier to climb something like this with a rope, but I didn't currently have one.
This also wasn't like the brick buildings I was used to climbing so I was going a little slower than usual. The limestone had a lot of edges sticking out, but I was still scaling a rock cliff. If I fell, I wouldn't be getting back up again.
I hoped I didn't fall.
I really liked breathing, especially now that I had Vito in my life.
I paused halfway down when I heard voices. Looking down, I spotted two boats just as I had thought, although I hadn't expected two of them. The boats were actually a little ways off the beach floating in the water.
What really freaked me out was the larger boat moored out at sea. If they got back to that boat, there was a large chance we'd never see Nico again.
