Chapter 40

“Veronica, you can’t get away from me.” Gabriella’s boyfriend says. “I told you I would find you no matter where you went.”

She looks to Luis and shakes her head. She tries to talk but she can’t get words to leave her mouth. Luis holds her tight against his chest and nods to Hector. Hector grabs the man and goes to take him to the cells. When he gets to the doorway he breaks away from Hector and runs towards Veronica.

He grabs her by the throat and presses a gun to the back of her head as he slams her face into the table bending her over in front of him.

“I told you that you couldn’t just go back to your normal happy life with your family.” The man says as he looks at Luis.

Luis notices that Gavin is coming into the room now. Gavin stops dead in his tracks and pales.

“Oscar?” Gavin asks in a shaky voice. “What the fuck are you doing? You are supposed to be-“

“Dead right? I’m supposed to be dead. Nope. Sorry to disappoint. I told you that I would be taking this one’s body.”

“The fuck y