I knew it wasn’t an idle threat, not the way normal people teased each other with that phrase. This was completely real.Luca stared at him for a moment. “President Martin.”The table fell into another bout of silence, but this one was heavier than all the others. A standoff happened between Bastien and Luca, both of them staring at each other and having a silent conversation.The waiter arrived a moment later and placed the enormous platters of food in front of us, pancakes, eggs, bacon, and a scoop of baked beans. The hash browns were compacted into a ball rather than rolled flat, but they still looked good.“Enough shop talk,” Bastien said. “Let’s fucking eat.”“You guys met at Silencio?” Luca asked, his attention on me.“I’m a bartender there,” I said. “Well, I was.” On Monday, I would report for my new job at nine in the morning. It’d been a long time since I’d been up that early. I needed clothes for it, but I really didn’t want to interact with Adrien at all.“Where do you work
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