CLXVI

Pedro already knew that Stephanie was making her own investigation to find Maya’s family to get rid of her, but given that Mrs. Simons and Maya were friends, it would be impossible for Mrs. Simons’ name to be on that list.

So, they would have reached a dead end since the names she gave were private files. Pedro knew that, so he created the party with all the listed names given to Maya invited to the party.

That was the bait.

Stephanie, who was always in the know of every party, would soon realize that the invited guests were the people they were looking for, so Maya would be present at the party too, along with Stephanie but most likely in secret.

All these setups were making him feel guilty, but it was not something he could stop.

Alexander would be at the party, too, since it’s a welcoming party- one that none of them could have ever guessed.

All Pedro had to do was wait.

The party would take care of everything for