Roberta X Garcia Novels & Stories

“Where are you?” “I can’t say.” “You know you’ve ruined your chances of getting away.” “I didn’t have any chance left,” he said, running his hand over his face. “I didn’t care about that. I need you to find Roberta and protect her.” A silence fell on the other end of the line, and Antony could hear Xavier sigh heavily before continuing to speak. “I’m sorry, Antony. The news isn’t good,” another pause, and Xavier gathered his strength to continue, “Roberta is dead. They found her body this morning.”

MARIA'S POV I'd say Old Grandpa was the only one who was genuinely happy to see me. The rest of the people at the party had just been there as a formality. I can't blame them, I would be mad too if I had received an invitation out of the blue. But maybe I shouldn't complain. This party was for me after all, was it not? Maria Rodriguez. My name. The name that sent shivers down men's spine in my world.

Margaret continued, "I trusted Robert a lot and let him get close to Cassandra. But he did something very bad. He put something in her medicine that made her sick all of a sudden, and the doctors couldn't save her." Xander had put his most trusted person, Robert, to care for Cassandra. He never thought Robert, who had been with their family for decades, would do something wrong. Xander stepped forward, looking down at Robert kneeling on the ground. "When did you start working for Nova?" Robert suddenly looked agitated. "Xander, I hate Nova as much as you do. I would never work for him." Xander, with no expression on his face, said, "Will you tell me yourself, or do I need to get someone to a