For days, Jairo didn’t return to the house. His focus was split between handling his shipment and investigating Mateo’s sponsors. He refused to rest, even though his body was still healing.
Donald had told him Kara was barely eating, that she spent most of her days locked away, her strength slipping little by little. At the news, Jairo’s heart clenched. He hated that she was hurting herself again. He knew her well enough to know that her stubbornness was only a mask. Beneath it, she was fragile, breakable in ways she would never admit out loud.
He wanted to see her, to tell her to stop doing this to herself, but he stayed away. His wounds were still fresh and he didn’t want her to see him hurt. So instead, he gave instructions to Brie and Smith to watch her closely, make sure she was ok
