Everyone left Saul’s lot soon after it became clear that we had made as much headway, which was exactly no headway at all, as we could for the day. Rather than clarifying things, this conversation had just made everything more murky.
As I watched Saul make his way over to where his crew was entertaining Sawyer with what looked like a combination of a massive robot battle with the equipment and a mud bog, I tried to take some deep breaths and let all this go. I couldn’t control this situation, and I couldn’t make people do the right thing. I had to focus on what I could do, and here in this place, I had my boy and my new store . . . I would put my energy there.
Santiago slipped up behind me and slid his arm around my waist. “Can you let this go, Pais? Let Savannah and me handle it?”
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