17.

KAYLA

My hands shook with terror as I tried to process what Miro had just told me. No…There was no way it could be him. It just wasn’t possible.

“Do you even know what you are saying? How could Ricardo have tried to kill Anita? Didn’t she get into the accident as soon as she stepped out of the office immediately after the meeting?” I emphasized each word because I wasn’t sure he understood the accusation he was pouring out like that.

“You don’t have to say it like I don’t know what I am saying, K. Ricardo is responsible for Anita’s accident,” he said again, and my legs buckled even though I was already seated.

“But how? She had just gotten assigned in less than twenty minutes and I’m sure it would take more than that for the news to reach Ricardo and for them to assign someone to take Anita out” I argued. I knew he was powerful, but the timing just didn’t make any sense.

“You don’t pay attention enough to things around you, Kay. Even before you were assigned, there were rumors that we