“How many men have you killed?”

Claudio Sacchi “How many men have you killed?”

“I’m sorry?” Del Calle was not certain he heard the question clearly.

“How many men have you killed? You’re a soldier.”

“A marine.”

She shook her head dismissively. “You’ve been in the banana wars. How many men have you killed?”

“I think that’s something I’d like to not discuss. How many have you killed?”

“Six.”

“Seriously?”

“Yes.”

He looked back to the horizon.

“Why?”

“I used to be a bandit, down in Mexico. My father was a brigand, a cutthroat. Rebecca’s mother killed him.”

“I thought you were sisters.” The Mule Tamer III, Marta's Quest