Susan wasn’t kept around for long. A man with a buzz cut, dark glasses, dressed in black, came to escort her away—clearly a colleague of the man in the baseball cap.Once Cici had calmed down, Adela followed Helen downstairs. They returned to the same spot as before—what seemed to be Mr. Garcia’s designated seat.Layson, Mr. Garcia, and the man in the cap sat in a triangle, seemingly in the middle of negotiations. The expression on the man in the cap was growing increasingly grim.Adela led Cici to sit beside Layson. He turned to her with a gentle look,“Everything handled?”She nodded, her face noticeably more relaxed. She looked up at him, voice soft and sweet,“When are we going home? I’m kind of tired.”Layson reached over and gently stroked her hair.“Just a little longer. Your friend’s been through a lot—she deserves something in return.”“Oh.”Adela hadn’t thought about that. She’d been planning to give cici a gift later as a thank-you. But from what Layson was saying, it sound
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