Alvin ignored Natasha's joking suggestion...
He hadn't had a very good impression of Yelena from the moment they first met.
Reckless and willful—that was how Alvin saw her.
Of course, what happened afterward proved that Yelena wasn't as rash as she made herself out to be.
The agent had used Bruto's car to draw the gangs into slaughtering their enemies.
Her approach had been simple and brutal, but undeniably effective.
Her one problem was that she didn't know Hell's Kitchen at all...
In the end, she'd been hunted, captured, and nearly assassinated, and now she was saddled with a terrifying debt.
Bruto's lawyer really was utterly insane. He'd inflated the value of a car to a truly alarming degree.
A priceless antique, the love of his life, his emotional support...
Bruto's community hospital had issued its own director a diagnosis listing all kinds of psychological problems.
Every word and punctuation mark on that report was worth about $300,000 right now.
Alvin figured that unless she had some good way to make money...
Even if she used her stunning looks to get a job with Yad, it would take at least three hundred years to compensate Bruto for his "psychological trauma."
As for why Natasha had suggested pairing him with Yelena...
It was easy enough to guess.
Yelena had only just recovered from life-threatening injuries. Natasha didn't say it, but she was worried about her younger sister.
Following Alvin might occasionally mean getting stung by his sharp tongue, but her safety would be absolutely guaranteed.
Of course, given Alvin's blunt and impulsive nature, it also made sense to have someone nearby to keep an eye on him.
Alvin could guess what Natasha was up to, but he didn't want to take the bait...
Natasha probably understood what he was thinking. The