Chapter 131 - The Aftermath

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She worried me. What she’d just witnessed was traumatizing that she shouldn’t have seen. And she just slept it off and didn’t want to talk about it.

I informed Owen. “When is the jet going to be ready? I have to take Maverick out of here.”

“I’m so sorry, boss. She must have been terrified.”

I shook my head without a word. There were no words to describe what had just happened in two days. These people were terrible for her and would do nothing but cause her pain and put her life in danger.

That was my biggest regret of digging up her family tree. I’d seen and experienced it since she learned about her father. If only I knew this would happen, I wouldn’t have taken her here.

“I’ll get it done as soon as possible.” He gripped my shoulder before he left.

I went inside the room where we stayed for a night. After what happened at the compound, I wouldn’t trust a hotel room. Conti loyalists could have come after Siciliano.

I hadn’t reached the bed when Maverick started screaming and jo