I could hear them talking in the other room.

"You said you were done with her," the girl said.

"You saw with your own eyes the condition she's in, Natalia," Tony said. "She's a Council member. This is Council business."

"Well, why did she come here?" Natalia asked.

"Natalia, this is not the time, baby. Tige is dead, and so is Julie and everyone else that would have been in her house."

Natalia sighed. "Will you keep me in the loop, ...