It was what people did. They’d get a chance and they’d take it because it was for their own benefit. If it wasn’t, it could wait.
Was Claudia really different? Or would she return to her family first and then have them go after the twins?
I was prolonging the inevitable anyway. Eventually, she’d have to leave.
And I couldn’t leave her locked up in here. If anything happened to me, there was no one I trusted to let her go. Ricky and Miguel might follow my orders, but if I was dead or the traffickers captured me, they’d quickly forget everything I’d told them.
I couldn’t let them use Claudia to blackmail the Casadeis or let them hurt her.
“All right,” I said.
Surprise crossed her features for a fraction of a second. “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go.”