grand plan

It was crippling and chilling. My friend was gone, dead... This new Gabriel was something else.

“Speak or get out." Those were the longest words he had said to me in weeks.

My mouth opened and I started speaking in a rush.

“I... Someone said, we.."

“Get out."

I turned to the door, Molly was standing there, she had used me as a body shield. Everyone felt that I was the only one that could get to him, that was why I took back my resignation and came to him, to see if I could help. They were wrong.

“It's about Cristela." I said.

His head turned to me at the mention of her name but I couldn't hold his gaze, I looked down at my feet.

“You know how Regalia suggested that we reach out to other countries because they rarely kept the girls in the same country they got them?."

He didn't reply so I continued.

“In Mexico, Molly happened to find a bunch of Cristelas but one without a picture or ID was suspicious…it was roughly documented, so she dug deeper and found Cristela but the last name wa