Chapter 148

“Laila is only valuable to them if she leads to me.” Valeria frowned. “You understand that, no? And she has been hurt too many times by the people in my life. Convincing her and my mother to come stay with me for the summer shortly after I married was the worst mistake of all. My husband took them prisoner to keep me in line. The cartel…they hurt her. Very much. Her life would have been better if I had not begged her to come. So as much as I love my sister, maybe she should not come here.”

He’d have to see how the bosses felt about that. “We’ll take that under advisement. But our immediate goal is to keep you and your loved ones safe, especially after the difficulties you’ve had for the past few months.”

“I appreciate that you are trying, but I am disappointed. I enjoyed my house in St. Louis. I had never seen snow or known winter until I lived there. I loved it. I felt safe, unlike in Florida. I had a feeling almost immediately that we were being watched. Mr. Edgington