Chapter 51

“I can handle it,” he said. “It just hurts. And the apple slices taste yellow.”

“Can’t do anything about the yellow, either. We’ll just have to wait it out.” Vikushka pinched the bridge of his nose. “God knows what Dr. Yarborough is going to say about all of this.”

“We have not done a very good job, Vikushka.”

“I think we’ve done about as well as could be expected, considering that his daughter drugged her bodyguard.”

“I should have known—”

“Nobody would have expected her to even have any acid, much less to be stupid enough to drug one of us with it. Don’t beat yourself up over it, Kolya.”

Nikoloz swallowed the last of the juice and leaned back against the cushions. The ceiling tiles crawled back and forth and changed color periodically. “I hope that the acid wears off before the doctor returns.”

“I hope Jones can get that window repaired. Maybe we can just sweep this whole thing under the rug and not bother the man with it at all.”