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She threw tubes out, tubes that sought connections with other shadows. Ricco and Mariko walked behind them, and as they did, Mariko for the first time could see the shadows on the teenager. Still, the girl's hands on Lucia were steady and she nodded, turning the older woman toward the deli. The sirens were louder than ever, and clearly that made Nicoletta nervous as well. Emilio and Enzo are with us, and my family will be here any moment.' We're heading to the deli as well, so we'll walk with you. We're going to wait and see before jumping to conclusions. Ricco's voice was so gentle it turned Mariko's heart over. She looked like a girl hunted-and haunted-yet standing up now that whatever the trouble was had found her. She was transformed, somehow, by the crisis, but she looked scared and resigned. She appeared suddenly very grown-up, not at all the young, uncertain teen Mariko had been introduced to. I'm going to take Lucia to the deli and get her something to drink. Nicoletta, her arms around Lucia, nodded. He took Lucia's hand and bent to brush a kiss across her cheek. He went straight to Lucia and the teenager, who were pressed against the side of the building. She kept her arm firmly around his waist, helping to support him without looking as if she were. Emilio and Enzo moved in on either side of them. She was fairly certain no one else could. Ricco moved with his fluid, flowing walk, although she could tell he was really hurting. He'd pointed a gun out of the driver's side window, but it was impossible to tell if he was firing at anyone in particular. Mariko had managed to throw a rock at the windshield to obscure the driver's vision and hopefully slow him down.

Even after he'd thrown the girl from him, the truck had continued on its course to crush her. It stood to reason that the intended victim had been Ricco, but only because she'd been ordered to kill him.

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The driver had been determined to kill them. He could have saved himself and left the others to their fate, but he'd risked his life to get them all clear-especially the teenager. He'd had to turn and catch Nicoletta up, running with her to get her clear. The moment Ricco had realized there was a truck barreling down on them, he'd shoved her into Lucia, moving both out of its path. Mariko had been delivering justice to criminals since she was fourteen years old. Whatever crime he had supposedly committed to be on someone's hit list, there had to be extenuating circumstances. That horrible tiny flare of resentment couldn't be called anything else. She was quite capable of looking after his injuries without another woman interfering. She was helping him, but he thought Francesca could do a better job.