And now that the media had gotten their thirty minutes, there was nothing holding him back but the hardware store, and that was hardly an excuse to stay. There was his father, Rafa, and even Josh, though Josh hated taking inventory and balancing finance checks.
The following Friday, three weeks after the transaction to the Swiss account had been made, Ricardo packed up a small duffle bag and left for Rio.
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The week following Gabriel’s release was hectic on Carol’s nerves, physically and mentally draining. She had five days of work to catch up on, and preferred to work from home, where a glance up would show her children, or a shout to the next room. She was upset about Maria, not once considering the police’s take that the nanny could have been in on the k********g. Carol knew Mari
