Keep your wife safe

MATTEO

"You brought her," I turned to stare at Jackson. He strode towards me and wrapped his arms around me.

"Is there a problem with that?" I asked.

"I just feel with what is going on, it might have been best if she stayed home," Jackson said.

"Perhaps," I murmured. Even though he was somewhat right, I didn't see a reason Deirdre should stay at home when she could be with me, and I would protect her.

"I learned of some activities here," I said, glancing around. Although I could not ascertain if I was being watched or not, I felt like it. "The locals told me there were at least ten killings in the past few days, and all weren't from this region. I remember one of the locals telling me they had weird tattoos and hard currency on them after the police came for investigation."

"I received a report as well; hence, I am here," Jackson said, handing me a sheet of paper he had torn open from the brown envelope.

"Who brought this?" I asked.

"From the boss, it was addressed to you," Jackson sa