RYDER
I had Gabe send for Alina and she was in one of the living rooms when I walked in.
She was standing at the window with her arms crossed but she didn't turn around when I came in and that alone told me the conversation was going to be worse than I'd prepared for because Alina only went quiet and still like that when she was working out how angry she was and how much of it she was going to say.
Gabe came in behind me, closed the door and stood against the wall saying nothing.
"You sent her a note." I said.
"I did." She turned around then with a completely neutral, unrepentant look on her face. "I'd do it again if need be."
"You went outside our arrangement without telling me." I trusted her. We had years of partnership, so why would she do this to me?
"Our arrangement doesn't co
