Miguel’s eyes bore into hers, his gaze steady with his eyes filled with a mix of sadness and secrets as he shook his head in disappointment. “At first, we did not have all the answers, Catalina,” he admitted. “We initially believed that Javier had a moment of regret and saw you as a chance at redemption. We thought he wanted to protect you from all the darkness and violence that consumed the cartel,” he told her as he looked away.
Catalina continued to look at him hoping to gain some clarity from his words. “Go on, Miguel,” she urged him, the silence killing her.
Miguel nodded and continued. “We were hoping that he kept you so he could guide you onto a different path, away from the horrors of the mafia world,” he told her. “However, seeing the events of the past two years, when we got
