The last game by Fernando Trujillo Read Free Book Online Page A

me, what do you
want?”
    “ Money, obviously. Something you have
plenty of.”
    “ Are you pulling my leg? Money? That´s
absurd. That´s the last thing you´d want in these circumstances. I
don´t believe you.”
    “ It´s not for me. But my brother and sister
are going through financial difficulties at the moment. But I´m not
going to go into that. If you want to get this pile back.” Alvaro
said separating half of his winnings. “All you have to do is
transfer three million euros into their account. It´s up to
you.”
    “Listen to you. So you´ve got guts when all
is said and done. The price is a bit exaggerated though.”
    “I don´t think it is.” Alvaro replied. “It´s
a large sum, but nothing compared with what you´ve robbed during
your career. If you want to continue the game with the little
you´ve got, that´s your business.”
    “ I´m beginning to like you.” Dante said.
“You´re good with cards. You guessed my bluff perfectly, but you´re
no businessman, Doc. I could say no, and you´d come down a million
in a jiffy. And all that in the name of helping your brother from
starving to death. But seeing we don´t have a lot of time and money
is the least important thing around here, I accept.”
    “Don´t do it!” Judith said, careful not to
bump her stomach on the table as she stretched her hand across the
table to Alvaro. “You´ll give him the chance of getting back into
the game and he´s almost out of it now.”
    Alvaro didn´t want to disappoint Judith.
“I´ve got to do it. It´s a chance to help my family and get
something positive out of all this.”
    “Very moving. Can we finish the deal?” Dante
said extending his hand across the table.
    “Very well.” Alvaro said. “Ring your
accountant right now and tell him to deposit the money. Then I´ll
give you the chips. I´m sure our little friend won´t mind the
interruption.”
    “Not so fast.” Hector interrupted. “You´re
going to send another three million to another account that I´ll
give you.”
    “ Now he´s come to life. “ Dante said. “You were just sitting there
fascinated with the little girl and now you´re on fire.”
    “Tell him.” Hector asked Alvaro. “Tell him to
pay me as well.”
    Alvaro was taken by surprise. Hector had
just bounced out of his inactive world with an impassioned and
dramatic speech. He was visibly nervous, thinking about this sum of
money. It was very strange. The last thing Alvaro would have
thought that Hector was interested in was money.”
    “Why should I help you? You haven´t opened
your mouth here all night. Haven´t answered one question I´ve asked
you.”
    “Don´t feel sorry for yourself.” Hector said.
“You´ve got the chance of doing something good with this criminal´s
money. Just do it.”
    “My offer doesn´t extend to this street bum.”
Dante said. “Don´t think that it does.”
    “Maybe you´re right, Hector.” Alvaro said.
“But I want something in exchange. These chips are mine and you´ve
got to pay for them.”
    “Pay how?”
    “With information.” Alvaro explained.
    It was the first opportunity that had come up
to find out something about Hector and Alvaro wasn´t going to pass
that up. “You´ve got to tell me who this money is for and why you
are here. Understood?”
    “You don´t need to know anything about me to
beat me in this game, if that´s your idea?”
    The answer surprised Alvaro. He wasn´t
expecting it. “I´ll decide that. They´re my chips and you´ve got to
win them. All you have to do is show me a little respect. Either
that, or keep on doing what you´ve been doing all night and look at
the girl again.”
    Hector bit his lower lip that hard that it
went white. It was obvious that he understood Alvaro very well. He
waited a few seconds before he answered. “The money is for a woman
and her son.” He explained. “The boy´s eleven years old and has an
artificial leg. His mother´s a widow. They were in a traffic
accident four years