31|Deal

~Roman~

Since Detective Gutierrez was in charge of the murder case, he wasn’t able to leave the crime scene immediately. I was pacing back and forth in my office at the Outlaws Tavern, unsettled by what I learned from the crime scene.

Mateo was with the crew, patrolling the skirts of town, while Nico was finishing his work with Andrya’s phone. There was this unsettling stir in my guts that tells me Victoria’s death is connected to Andrya’s appearance.

“We don’t know if this is even true, Roman,” Nico said, reaching for the cup of coffee beside his computer. “Would you please calm the fuck down?”

It had been years, and this town was free from the claws of the mafia. Last I checked, the Galician clans were still operati