Chapter 260

Elena

“Dad, you haven’t touched your food at all.”

My dad looked up at me before he sunk his head towards his laptop. The suspension was the worst thing that could’ve happen to him and did not come to my advantage.

Being stuck in a house with a man obsessed with going after the cartel was nothing to be happy about. I could still not believe that this man was willing to bring the entire family in danger just to prove his point, and I could also not believe that he had dragged my brother into this.

Poor Alex could not lead his own life and even went along with my dad’s crazy ideas. It was no surprise his ex-wife divorced him because she couldn’t take it anymore.

He didn’t even have time for his two-year-old daughter because all he focused on was his job, just like dad. I was never the one to look up any trouble, so I could genuinely not understand why those two airheads planned on going after some cartel.

“Dad,” I tried again. “You haven’t closed a single eye. You can’t go on like this any longer.”

“I can, and I will.” He spoke determinedly. “I will bring them all down, even if that’s the last thing I’ll do.”

“Well, okay.” I sighed, exhausted. I would not argue any longer, and if dad and Alex wanted to put themselves in danger, they could go ahead and do that, but I had other plans. The wedding was coming up, and there was still so much to do.

“What have you been up to lately?” My dad somehow found the nerve to ask me. I got interrupted by the sound of email notification and shrugged him off. “Oh, nothing much-the wedding thing I told you about,” I mumbled as I scanned through the mail, which I had been waiting on for a long time.

Marvin’s email.

1 Inbox

From M. Romero

I have some bittersweet news. It seems like my dream come true because I’m getting

The smile on my face had slowly changed from a confused frown to a frightened look. What the hell did inmate Marvin mean?

to peak over my shoulder,

Saturday at 12 PM,

This couldn’t be.

tell me my biggest nightmare

some spam mail!” I spoke in a hurry as I gathered my laptop and all my other

say anything and closed

eyes while I tried to catch my breath. All I had to do was breathe

with some prison pen pal who was supposed to get life without parole, asking me to

was I even kidding?

thought of it made my skin crawl,

harder, I would pass out and die. That was the only thing that could save me

ever be that

move to the woods, where no one could find me. One thing was for sure. I was not going to that appointment. I had watched enough shows to know how that would end up, but I had also watched enough shows

my fingers through my hair and walked back and forth while I thought of what to do. What

as possible.

muttered as I threw open my closet and pulled out a large travel bag. My mind went numb, and I didn’t even know what I was

was probably already on his

getting sweaty, and my heartbeat was rising. I felt dizzy, and I was

do any good.

to myself as I held my hands against my closet and took several deep breaths.

seem all that bad, and he told me it was my own choice. I didn’t have to show up if I

do, and that person had always been the one with the most brains out of

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