17-02-2020, 01:15 AM
They had no response. The fact that he hadn't raised his voice at all to tell them these things had caught them off guard.
"Good. Don't say anything. You've both said it all with your actions and the looks you been giving me all day and still are now. That's all right. Liking me isn't required. But I just saw the coolest lady I know fight everything inside her to not break down in tears in front of you, you, Lady Maria, and me over someone she never met and didn't know existed before today. Whatever you think of me and my motives, Detective Inspector, she's always done right by me. And whatever you think of them, Generalissimo, Her Countessness needs all of us right now. I'm sorry that she sometimes needs someone who might've shared a common experience or two in their lives to talk to. Ever wonder why, when she had that problem after the boys were born, she didn't run to my island? Cause I asked her that. She told me she knew I'd talk her into coming back, same as Troy, but he'd be nicer about it. And it'd be the second place you looked after his house."
Mander shook his head and walked toward the intersection of the halls to the way out and the one to his room. Before he rounded the corner, he stopped to look at them.
"I'd thought about asking you two if you'd like to have one more and talk about what else we can do for her. I think I'll go see if that Nunzio kid's off the clock yet instead. He's all right."
He turned and left the two of them. After anther few seconds of silence, they resumed walking toward the entrance.
"It has been a day of unexpected things." Hernando told his old friend as they carried on. "I'm not sure if I'm more irritated that he'd say such things to me or that he's completely correct."
"You watched the footage of the attack on Lady Maria as well." Luc told him. "We both saw him face down that tank and take a foolhardy gamble to kill one of them. The one on the machine gun; which could have ended her chase quite suddenly. He couldn't have known for certain that the gun would explode. He didn't do all that just to kill a Nazi."
"No." The Generalissimo replied. "He drew fire away from La Contessa and Lady Maria. So that we wouldn't have to wait for it to be fired at one of them to find out."
"That's what I saw as well. Perhaps we should be men, admit that he's right, and see if he's still up for that drink."
Ramirez nodded. They followed after him.
"Good. Don't say anything. You've both said it all with your actions and the looks you been giving me all day and still are now. That's all right. Liking me isn't required. But I just saw the coolest lady I know fight everything inside her to not break down in tears in front of you, you, Lady Maria, and me over someone she never met and didn't know existed before today. Whatever you think of me and my motives, Detective Inspector, she's always done right by me. And whatever you think of them, Generalissimo, Her Countessness needs all of us right now. I'm sorry that she sometimes needs someone who might've shared a common experience or two in their lives to talk to. Ever wonder why, when she had that problem after the boys were born, she didn't run to my island? Cause I asked her that. She told me she knew I'd talk her into coming back, same as Troy, but he'd be nicer about it. And it'd be the second place you looked after his house."
Mander shook his head and walked toward the intersection of the halls to the way out and the one to his room. Before he rounded the corner, he stopped to look at them.
"I'd thought about asking you two if you'd like to have one more and talk about what else we can do for her. I think I'll go see if that Nunzio kid's off the clock yet instead. He's all right."
He turned and left the two of them. After anther few seconds of silence, they resumed walking toward the entrance.
"It has been a day of unexpected things." Hernando told his old friend as they carried on. "I'm not sure if I'm more irritated that he'd say such things to me or that he's completely correct."
"You watched the footage of the attack on Lady Maria as well." Luc told him. "We both saw him face down that tank and take a foolhardy gamble to kill one of them. The one on the machine gun; which could have ended her chase quite suddenly. He couldn't have known for certain that the gun would explode. He didn't do all that just to kill a Nazi."
"No." The Generalissimo replied. "He drew fire away from La Contessa and Lady Maria. So that we wouldn't have to wait for it to be fired at one of them to find out."
"That's what I saw as well. Perhaps we should be men, admit that he's right, and see if he's still up for that drink."
Ramirez nodded. They followed after him.
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