Chapter 175

Lexi:

I frowned as I saw my phone ringing.

No one aside a few people knew of the safe line. To have someone calling me took me off guard.

I'm looking at the caller ID. For a moment, I hesitated. It was another safe line, but the only other safe line that called me was going to be Maria. I was the one who gave her the number. I was sure to do so because I needed someone on the inside, someone who saw what Diablo was doing. A pain and the joke that I did not know would I mean the ass.

I looked out the door for a second, closing it, knowing that if someone entered, they would think that I was betraying them. I was not. This was Maria. The girl had stood by my side through things that none of them would have.

“I am surprised that you managed to call. I expected that you would take a longer while to do so.” I said, choosing to act as if I did not know that Alonzo shot her. I want you to know what she was going to tell me, what she had in mind.

“I believe that you are well aware that I was u