DIABLO
He laughs, sharp and easy. “You forget who I am. Lust has control of you. Learn to get a grip.” A finger lifts, pointing straight at me. “Bring me the vial or your DNA turns up on those Rossi Cartel bodies. Maybe a few more corpses too. Kids. Babies.
Maybe a stray puppy beaten to death. Maybe I leak the evidence I built on your whole operation. You go down and I tell the Rossi Cartel where you are being held. You would not last six minutes, Diablo.”
The finger stays raised. “Do this or your life ends. One button and your empire burns. I can make it look like you talked to the Feds.
Every crooked bookie, every loan shark, every warehouse you own. All gone. Everyone who works for you locked up, all of them hating you for ruining their lives. You want that?”
Silence answers him
