Blood Roses
His gaze ping-ponged; gun, brother, maid.
“Your new plaything was snooping,” Alejandro said.
Inés felt heat flood her cheeks. Anger, not embarrassment.
Alonso’s jaw tensed. “Put the gun away.”
“Handle your toys,” Alejandro shot back.
Alonso crossed the room in two strides. “Give me the pistol.”
“You trust her?”
“I don’t trust you with it.”
Their standoff crackled like exposed wires.
Inés seized the friction. Edges make cracks; cracks let secrets slip.
“Alonso, I was cleaning,” she said, steady as she could.
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