Ace's Point of View:
"I heard Jake say with a smile, 'Your wife is really beautiful.'"
Nodding, I felt my heart quicken its pace. Lisa had been occupying my thoughts since the day I met her—her eyes, her way of speaking—everything about her drove me crazy. Especially her stubbornness; I had never encountered a woman as stubborn as she.
"We received a report from the Mexican Mafia," Jake announced. "He says he needs more people to help him out, insisting you need to send some of our trusted men."
"Again? What happened to the first 50?" I asked, puzzled.
"He claims they never arrived, that there were only 30 men, and 20 were missing," Jake said, his expression furrowed.
Shaking my head, I released a sigh. This situation had been causing me stress for the past few weeks; missing items a
