CHAPTER 51
STORY OF TERROR
The towering detective set the video to record, then sat with his hands clasped across the table from Blanca. Carlos sat beside her.
“Let’s begin, shall we, Ms. Castellano.”
She turned to Carlos, who squeezed her hand. “Okay.”
After Blanca had witnessed Antonia’s death, she stayed the night at Pedro’s house. First thing in the morning, he told her he would take her to her father’s friend’s house. As she sat in the back seat with her mother, Pedro turned to her father. “Maria and Julio will want to know what happened and we have to keep this quiet. Say nothing to your friend either, Miguel.”
As they drove down a deserted road, a man standing beside a white van waved. Pedro stopped the car, and the man pulled out a gun and pointed it to Pedro. He was bulky an
