VEDA

Four days.

I only had four days to make Luca change his mind.

I paced the hall upstairs, the book in my hand forgotten. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe it was something else they were talking about. It was totally possible, right?

But no, I'd distinctly heard Mario's name. And how many Marios could there be?

Well, there was only one way to find out.

Taking a shaky breath, I peered down over the railing, looking for Lisa, but I didn't see her. Hoping she'd gone on an errand, I snuck quietly down the stairs on bare feet and tiptoed down the hall to Luca's office. As I approached,...