RIVER

“YOU’D BE safe here, and you won’t be alone. Garcia is gonna be here twenty-four seven until I come back.”

Who the hell is Garcia? “Just let me come with you, please? I’ll stay in the hotel while you’re with your brother.”

He groaned, squeezing his eyes shut. He breathed deeply before he looked at me. “Look, woman. Don’t test my patience. I did what my sister has asked me to do. I’m doing my best to help you, but I can’t babysit you for days. You’re a grown-up, at least behave like one. Do whatever you want as long as you stay at home. Watch Netflix, do shopping,...