XXIII. INTRUDERS
Shynuh’s iPhone on the breakfast bar emitted a horrible screech.
“s**t!” Charlie rushed inside to check on the alert.
“What’s going on?”
“Security breach.” Charlie tapped his app and the security system revealed two Middle Eastern-looking men scaling the ten-foot wall outside Estrella’s property.
Charlie ran out to the pool, “Get out of the pool, Shynuh!”
Slow to react, with the waterfall still washing over her body, Shynuh glided toward her boyfriend. “What’s wrong, Charlie?”
“Get out and get dressed! We have intruders!”
LaRissa gathered her things and peeked out the tiny front door eyehole. She knew all too well one of the intruders was Yannick, and she felt a nauseous feeling gurgling in her stomach. This was all her fault.
“I’m sure he just wants his car back,
