She understands, rubbing her thumb along his cheek, "I'll miss you too, but we need this. While I'm gone you can go house hunting. We can set up a joint account and I'll pool some money into it, to keep you floating. While we are on the topic -and I don't want to stat another fight- what are your plans now? We'v been avoiding the topic Kevin. Are you returning to Ghosts, or looking for a job within the the country? Military? Police? You'd make a cute SWAT member. i just need to know love."
Arya opens her mouth to reply when a nurse strolls up, beckoning only Arya to follow. They move to Serena's room where's she hooked up to several monitors and tubs, still fast asleep.
"She's stablized, and as you can see she'll recover. The man-"
"Alex."
"-we could not find him. We wanted to update your group. She will need to stay with us overnight for observation, but she can return home tomorrow when she wakes. You understand that she was mixing cocaine with her prescribed pain medication for the hip injury?"
Arya hadn't realized there was actual traces of medication in her system. The drugs must have not been just cocaine.
"We found out today. We will watch her closely."
"The first few weeks of withdrawal will be the most work. Addicts normally turn on those around them, the cravings growing worse before they get better. She will be short tempered and easily moody, so you will all have to be extra patient with her."
"I understand. Thank you nurse."
Returning to Kyle she filled him and the other two in on the news.
"Cocaine," Kat breathed in disbelief before standing up, looking upset and angry, "Excuse me. I just...need air. I'll be right back Kevin."
While she went to blow off steam over the news, the three of them talked about the best strategy for Serena. Of course Al would have a say too, but he still hadn't returned.
Katerina got outside and turned right, walking along the side of the building towards the emptier part of the parking lot where she couldn't be overheard. Whipping her phone out, she dialed an old number she knew by heart but hadn't used in almost a year.
"Ello?" the voice was gruff, the thick spanish accent almost impossible to distinguish english from, "Who is this?"
"Katerina," her accent fell into place with ease, the spanish roots in her never far gone, "I need a favor."
"No. Too much hassle. Narcos dead anyways."
"Yeah, and yet you don't seem surprised I called. You know something, and I bet it pertains to my situation."
There was a pause then a sigh, "Remember Hawk?"
How could she forget. He ran the Miami portion of the cartel under Narcos thumb. She had assumed the CIA or FBI had stepped in and cleaned up Miami after Skull Face's death though, resulting in Hawk being arrested. Now she was worried that wasn't the case.
"Why is Hawk attacking my team?" she snapped, not bothering to ask if he was at large. Kat already knew.
"Your team ruined his livelihood. Stop asking questions. What's your favor?"
"That was my favor. My teammate is in the hospital from cocaine overdose and Hawk has the means to do that. I'm surprised he hasn't run off to Bolivia and tried to take over the cartel. He's the only one with the guts to try I'm sure. I assumed he was dead till now."
"Not dead. Plotting. Hawk can't be leader when Narcos had a successor."
"His unborn children? None of them will be the next cartel leader I assure you. Look, it doesn't matter. We ended the cartel in Bolivia. Now its just scattered remains. I will deal with Hawk-"
"Not children foolish girl. You. You the successor. In his-"
"Will," she finished for him, "He wrote me into it two years ago, but only to take over till his oldest son was of age. He never suspected it would be needed. But I thought he'd have changed that after I revealed myself."
"Not according to Hawk. You stand in his way."
That didn't sound right. One last trick from the grave for Narcos, sending Hawk on a man hunt? Or maybe he planted his original will somewhere to be found. He was too smart not to write her name off the will, and this felt like another game. One that was baiting her and Hawk into a stand off.
"So...take me out, rebuild the cartel. Great plan. Not going to happen. Thanks."
Hanging up she returns to the other three, keeping her mouth clamped shut as she devises a plan, willing to fill the others in later. If Hawk was after them then this was no laughing matter. The man wasn't as smart as Narcos but he was as cruel. They needed to put him down, before one of them ended up in their grave.
