Chapter 171

“And the September mission to Mexico went off perfectly because—”

“I left my computer locked up at the office. When I got the call about my dad from Kathleen, I ran out too quickly to even think of bringing it home, so it sat on my desk.”

“I remember. Fast-forward over a month later, to the end of October. Cash was still with you. He could have forwarded the plans to Valeria’s St. Louis house to the cartel via your Gmail. That was done in the middle of the night, too.”

Tessa nodded. “He was on my sofa, playing video games, until you helped me kick him to the curb in mid-November.”

“I remember. Prick.”

She wasn’t going to argue with Zy’s assessment, but that didn’t make him any better in her book. “What happened next?”

He paused, seeming to sort through his mental timeline. “The location of Valeria’s Orlando safe house was discovered and ransacked five days ago.”

“That was before…” Tessa forced herself to finish that sentence. Getting to the