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The rest of the dinner passed with polite small talk. Five more courses of the chef's best offerings, selected by Rafael with seemingly great care to make an impression on Maribel.

As they ate the final course. There was an insistent knock on the door, much louder than the waiter's polite tapping each time he entered the room. "What is it?" Rafael called out, a slight slur in his words as he had by this time finished another three fingers of pisco.

The door opened and Luis stepped in. His hands out to the side plainly visible. "Excuse me, I have an urgent message for Miss Flores," he said stepping forward to her side.

A look of genuine alarm took over Maribel's face as she shot a dangerous look at Rafael. If he had used this time to have his people strike, she would… His face said he was as surprised by this development as she.