Petra crumples the empty chip bag and dunks it in the trash. Then she turns to me from the doorway. “By the way, if you want to pay me back, you can do one thing.”
“Stop sending my boyfriend on errands. I haven’t seen him in two days. I’m starting to forget what he looks like.”
I frown. Why would Yuri…?
Oh. Right. In all the chaos, I forgot to call off the surveillance on Vlad. “My mistake. I’ll make sure he comes back to you in one piece.”
“That’s all a girl can ask for.”
She starts to leave, but I stop her. “Petra.”
“Your father’s in the clear. I thought you should know.”
I watch her shoulders drop imperceptibly. With her back turned, I can’t see her face, but maybe it’s better that way. I have a feeling she wouldn’t want me to see. Some things aren’t for the eyes of others.
She
