Chapter Twenty-One
Martin didn’t seem surprised by my call but when I shared its purpose, his tone was serious. “You told Detective Ramirez I was your father?”
“Well, technically, he already knew you were my biological father but I did mention you were the person I had met in the park. Meaning, he’s now aware you are alive.”
“I see.” He took care in formulating his response. “I thought we had an agreement, Arianna. It was, after all, for your own safety.”
I sighed at his attempted reprimand. “No Martin, you made a suggestion…a recommendation…whatever. I went along with it for as long as I could. At great cost, I might add. I certainly hope you can appreciate the effort I made until it was no longer within my power to withhold the information from him.” I thought about Ramirez’s face th
