Page 58 of Peaceful Chaos

"Who is this contact? A friend?" Teddy asks.

David scoffs. "Hardly. His name is Antonio Padilla. Up to now he's been involved in the black market adoption circles. Since I've been in hiding there's been a power vacuum. I guess he's making moves to more illicit sales now that his cover as a business man has been blown."

Teddy bobs his head several times. "I remember reading something about him. He was in the news recently, right?"

"Yeah, he was wanted for the murder of his mistress, but he slipped away in an explosion of a car dealership in Yakima, Washington. His mistress was the sister of an FBI agent, which makes him hard to track down."

Sin freezes. His posture is mirrored by Javier, who looks like he just saw a ghost. "Anthony Padilla is here?"

David glances back and forth between the two of them. "Do you know him?"

"Yeah, you can say that. Evangeline, his mistress, was my sister. He murdered her and let all of us think her daughter was dead," Javier says. "Looks like I get to cross off more than one vendetta."

Lucien rises from the sofa. "I'm going to put on some coffee. I think we're going to need it."

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