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58

Hani

“Five…four…three…two…”

“Wait! What makes you think Mimi knows where whatever the hell you’re looking for is?” I asked, desperate to keep Hoshi distracted from his deadly countdown. “She’s just a child.”

“Mmmph mmm,” Mimi grumbled, clearly offended.

Chae didn’t say anything. Her eyes were glued to Hoshi, and I was surprised he hadn’t caught fire from the flames shooting out of them. The man had no idea the fuse he’d just lit. I only hoped my sister’s impending explosion wouldn’t get us all killed.

“Simple addition. Chae took the flash drive, and it disappeared. Only one other person in that house. The little brat who likes technology and stealin’ stuff.”

“Chae told you it disappeared?”

“No, Santy Claus did,” Hoshi said, rolling his eyes.

“Did it ever occur to you that Chae is hiding the flash drive? Maybe she took it to cut you out of the deal.”

Both Chae and Hoshi were now looking at me. I didn’t know if I’d made things better or worse, but at least the gun was pointing at the floor. I dropped to my knees and attacked the knot on Mimi's wrist.

“Don’t listen to her,” Chae said seeming to come back to life. “She’s just doing what she used to do with our parents. Trying to manipulate you.”

“I hate that shit,” he said, raising the gun once again. “Now where was I? Five?”

“Nine?” I suggested weakly.

“You have to go to the bathroom,” Chae announced to me.

“What?”

She gave me a hard look. “You have to go to the bathroom,” she said again before turning back to Hoshi. “She got her period. You don’t want to shoot her and get period all over the place, do you, Kwon?”

“Gross. Don’t tell me that woman stuff” he complained, looking like he was about to vomit.

“I’ll take her to the bathroom, and we’ll get the kid to talk about where she stashed the drive,” she said with a pointed look in Mimi's direction.

“Then I’ll run out and get you some of that fried chicken that you like.”

Chae was definitely up to something. She had that crafty look on her face.

And I definitely hadn’t gotten my period.

“That’s more like it,” Hoshi said, satisfied that his woman was back in line. "I wasn't really going to shoot you, darling."

“I know you’re under a lot of stress, baby,” Chae said as she dragged me across the room toward a door marked RES OOM. “Take a break. Drink a beer. We’ll be right back,” she called over her shoulder.

She shoved me through the door into a bathroom that needed to be hosed down with a truckload of bleach.

“Take your clothes off,” she said when the door swung shut.

“What? Chae, we can’t leave Mimi alone with him. He’s insane.”

“I’m gettin’ that. Now take off your clothes,” she said, dropping her pants.

“You’ve lost your mind. This isn’t just another bad decision with horrible consequences. You’ve gone off the deep end, haven’t you?”

“For fuck’s sake. I’m not trying to have incestual relations with you. We’re trading places. He’s not gonna let you walk out of here and get help. But he’ll let me leave.” She stripped her shirt off over her head and threw it in my direction. It hit me in the face.