“Where have you been, huh? What the hell were you thinking?” Lucio stormed toward Nancy, voice thunderous. “You embarrassed me in front of my client! Do you have any idea how much money you just cost me?” His chest heaved with fury. “You had one damn thing to do for this family—one—and you couldn’t even handle that.”
He raised his hand, ready to strike.
Samantha stepped in fast, blocking him.
Lucio froze, startled by her presence. He eyed her from head to toe like she was something he scraped off his shoe.
“And who the hell are you supposed to be?” he spat.
He turned to Nancy, sneering. “Get inside. Now. Or maybe you’d rather crawl back to that fancy mansion of yours in shame?”
“She’s not going anywhere,” Samantha said, her tone like steel.
Lucio squared his shoulders. “What did you
