“You okay?” he asks.
“Yes.”
“What happened? Why do you want to leave?”
My lips part, and I want to tell him everything, but I freeze up when Dad’s face flashes before my eyes.
It’s not going to be good that I know Red’s real identity. It’s not leverage in any way while he still has my father. So, I can’t say anything.
“I saw something, and it freaked me out,” I answer. “But… I was mistaken.”
“What was it?”
“It’s nothing. Honestly.”
“Alright. You ready to order?”
I nod, and he signals for the waitress to come to us.
A text comes through while he’s placing the order. When I look at my phone and read the message, I want to die.
It’s from Red/ Thiago. The message says:
Tell him who I am and any of the plans, and your old man is dead.
At that moment, the voice in the back of my mind screams at me, telling me no matter how much I want Alejandro, I can’t have him because we were destined for disaster before we even began.