You Need To Jump With Me

"Where are we going? Flee the country?" Lina asked as they were on their way to the private airport.

"There are only two options here." Michael Carlito explained, "I start a big scale war with the Ciminos. Many people will die and will involve lots of collateral damage. I do not want that. So, the only option left to ensure your safety is to leave the LA for time being."

"Until when?" Lina understood that this was the safest option for her. But, this also meant that she had to give up everything she established in Los Angeles for the last few years. All her hard work, all her investments, all would go down to the drain...

"Until Robert Cimino calms down." Michael gave her an indefinite answer.

"Hi boss, sorry to interrupt. Carl is asking for the destination." Donaldson asked at the right moment. It gave Michael Carlito the opportunity to temporarily avoid Lina's question.

"Tell him we are heading to Tijuana." For this, Michael gave a direct answer.

"So we are going to Mexico?" Lina exclaimed, "I don't have my passport with me now!"

"We have prepared passport for you. You don't have to worry about that." It seemed like Michael had made advanced preparation.

"Okay, I got It. We are leaving the country illegally." Lina let out a sigh.

"Boss, don't mind me saying this... All these would not happen if you did not sneak out on your own to see Amber. Whatever happened between her and Albert is none of your business..." Apparently Rachel was the more outspoken one between the two bodyguards and dared to speak up her mind.

"Stop. Please don't start that." As expected, Michael quickly stopped her.

Lina quietly listened to their conversation. She started to picture all the information together : Michael Carlito sneaked out a few hours ago to see a girl named Amber, who was romantically linked with Albert Cimino. Albert somehow found out about Michael's visit and went all way to have him killed. And her luck was so bad that she smashed Albert and his hitman when they were shooting Michael on Los Angeles streets. 

"Fuck... I gotta be the most unlucky person in the whole universe..." She mumbled as the Cadillac SUV arriving at Santa Monica airport.

As soon as Donaldson stopped his SUV, Michael and the girls jumped out from it and rushed to the airport. There were airport personnel waiting for them at the entrance and led them straight to Michael's private plane. It was an Embraer Phenom 300 with 7 to 8 passenger seating capacity, the four of them could sit inside comfortably. 

Once all of them had boarded, the plane began to take off. Michael Carlito's team was truly efficient for this arrangement.

The outspoken Rachel spoke again after they had settled down on the plane, "Boss, I have one more thing to highlight if you allow me."

"Go ahead." Michael gave his permission.

"There's a mole in our organization. Definitely." Rachel was very certain about her viewpoint. "Otherwise, those hitmen should not come to get us in the hotel so soon!"

"Exactly!" This time around, Monica who usually did not talk much, spoke up to echo Rachel's thoughts. "We are lucky enough to survive the attack just now."

"Don't mind me asking, exactly how many people knew about the safe house in the hotel?" Lina chipped in after hearing Rachel and Monica. "We could still be in danger if this mole continue to leak our whereabout to the Cimonos."

Rachel replied right away, "Only me, boss, Monica and Donaldson."

"Donaldson is the mole!" Monica said this with eyes fully opened. "Shit! And he knew that we are going to Tijuana! Robert Cimino would be waiting for us with hundreds of machine guns by the time we land!"

"Hey boss! We gotta change our destination!" Rachel was worried sick.

"Calm down. We are not changing our destination." Michael Carlito did not look surprised at all when the girls concluded that Donaldson was the mole. "We are not going to Tijuana. Don't ever think that you are gonna enjoy the Mexican beach in this trip."

Rachel and Monica looked at each other and suddenly burst out in laughter. "Boss, we got you! You already knew that Donaldson is the mole! So, you misled him that we are going to Tijuana but in fact, we are going somewhere else! Cool!"

"Have you informed the pilot our actual destination?" Although impressed by Michael's foresight, Lina still wanted to confirm as she did not see him have any close communication with the pilot after boarding.

"Nope!" To her surprise, Michael shook his head. "I told them nothing."

"Okay, let me tell them now. But, exactly where are we heading to?" Rachel stood up and then sat down after realizing that she did not know their actual destination.

"Just relax and let me tell you the hottest news in LA tomorrow morning." Michael calmly explained his plan, "Michael Carlito and his team fled LA to avoid a bloody underworld war. Unfortunately, their plane crashed on the way to Tijuana and only the pilots survived. Their dead bodies were believed to have burnt to ashes and no remains could be found. How about that, girls?"

"Hold on a sec, plane crash?" Lina just could not believe what she just heard, "You want to fake our deaths by crashing this plane?"

"Yup, this is my plane, isn't it?" Michael shrugged while chuckling, "There are enough parachutes for us and two pilots to escape. And I will pay them $1 million each for this unexpected task."

"What about me? Do you think I'm a super human who can jump out of the plane anytime?" Lina was getting hysteria while thinking about parachuting from the plane. She did not have acrophobia but dropping out from a plane was not something usual for her.

"Don't worry, Ms Connelly. I have already carefully considered your situation before making this plan. You do not need to jump alone. I will hold you and jump down with you. So, your lack experience in parachuting is not an issue at all." Michael paused for a second before continuing on. "And, we will do it right after I arrange with the pilots."