Faking My Death to Escape the Cartel King
He had even given me a real choice, a passport, money, and complete freedom once Severo was gone.
He gave you a choice, a quiet voice in my head whispered.
A clean passport. Freedom.
Two years ago, I would have taken that offer without thinking. I would have taken the keys and run as far away as possible.
But lying in the warmth of this quiet room, knowing he was outside sleeping on a couch while injured, knowing how much he cared for me, that freedom didn't feel as simple anymore.
He had walked for miles through freezing mud. He had fought a man in the woods. He had lost blood, and now he was sleeping on a narrow couch near the front door just so I could sleep safely behind a locked door.