'Better watch yourself, Spenser,' Leo said.
Turk looked back at me and shook his head. I shrugged at him. And they walked off.
Chapter 40
'What's going to happen?' Aurelio said.
'Don't know,' I said.
'I think there's going to be a big fight,' Jeannie said.
'Do you think so?' Aurelio said to me.
'I don't know,' I said.
'I don't like that Leo,' Jeannie said.
'What's going to happen?' Aurelio asked. 'If everybody starts fighting, you can't protect me from all of them.'
'They might not be so interested in you alone,' I said.
'But you'll stay with me?' Aurelio said.
'Yes.'
'I don't like that Leo,' Jeannie said again.
'No,' I said. 'I don't like him either.'
'How old do you think he is?' Jeannie said.
'Sixteen,' I said. 'Seventeen.'
'You think he really works for his father?' Jeannie said.
'He didn't know my father and my uncles. If he did much in the business, he'd know them. They do a lot of work for Roemer.'
'I bet he just hangs around the office,' Jeannie said.
'Could be,' I said.
'I'm scared about all this,' Jeannie said.
'I don't like it much either,' I said.
'Are you scared?' Aurelio said.
'Some,' I said.
'But you'll stick with me?' Aurelio said.
'I will.'
'What are you scared of most?' Jeannie asked me.
'It's gotten awful big,' I said. 'And . . . I never had a fight with a guy sixteen, seventeen years old. That's a pretty big difference.'
'Maybe you won't have to fight with him,' Jeannie said.
'Maybe,' I said.
'But you think you will,' Jeannie said.
