Chapter 31

I couldn't comprehend what Laura could have done to provoke a man as powerful as Juarez. I waited patiently as Mark gathered enough strength to speak.

"It's not Laura's fault. She has to pay the price for her father's sins." I was utterly confused.

"Pay the price for her father's sins?" I asked.

"Yes, her father wronged my boss."

"What could Laura's late father have done to make someone like Juarez demand his daughter pay with her life?"

Mark weakly looked up at me, a look of confusion on his face.

"Sorry, did you say 'late father'?" he asked. Of course, I said "late father." Laura had mentioned that she lost her dad a long time ago and only had her mother, who currently lives in a small town. Which town was that? Oh, I can't remember. So why was Mark asking me if I had indeed said "late father"?

I stared at him and replied, "Yes, that's what I said."

"Laura's father is not dead," he coughed again, and blood followed.

"That's it. Get the cars ready. We need to leave for the hospital i