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I’m not going to fall for it.

I can pretend I’m giving her exactly what she wants. After some time in that room, she’s going to truly lose her mind, and then she’ll be willing to do just about anything to get out.

Anything I ask of her.

That’s going to be fun.

I’m looking forward to it.

Chapter 7

ICAN’T STOP THINKINGabout that brief moment of surprise on Victor’s face. Or at least I think it was surprise.

What if he’s not the one who killed Alex?

What if someone else did it?

Maybe it doesn’t even matter. The Santarossas are responsible for what happened. No matter what story they came up with.

I swore on Alex’s grave that I would kill the person who ended his life.

My father told me Victor had done it as soon as he found out Rodrigo was dead. I could never understand why my father didn’t want to retaliate, especially because there’s no way Alex started the whole thing like the Santarossas claim.

But my father never tells me much, so it’s possible he knows something that I don’t. I don’t know why he’d lie about Victor.

If one of the Santarossas’ men did it, my father would’ve told me.

The Santarossas are all guilty, and I hate them more than anything in the world.

But if someone else pulled the trigger and ended my brother’s life, I need to know who it was.

Except, who’s going to tell me?

Victor claims his father did it, but I know that’s not true.

So who else is there to blame?

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