Boris and Juri came out after another thirty minutes and joined me for a smoke. Kazmer had already left after Carlo and Ferrari did. Boris joined Lec by the car, and they were laughing over something. Juri leaned against the wall and took a cigarette from me. Shaking his head, he pinched the bridge of his nose.

“They know something we don’t.”

I cocked my head to the side. “What makes you say that?”

“They upped the offer two more times. Even saying that he would swap out one of his ...