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Chapter 23
Chapter 23The days inside the prison grew darker, not because the lights dimmed, but because the eyes around Alejandro sharpened. Trust was a rare currency in jail, and Alejandro had run out of it the moment news about his betrayal to Diego reached the wrong ears.Alejandro had always been a man of instinct. He knew how to read people—the twitch of an eye, the sudden silence of a room, the way someone gripped their utensils during lunch. Lately, he noticed the change. The shift. People didn’t just avoid him now. They studied him.Conversations stopped when he entered the mess hall. Inmates who once nodded in greeting now turned their backs. It wasn’t fear he saw in their eyes. It was a calculation. Like they were measuring him. Weighing him. Waiting.He sat at lunch beside Rocco, the only person who still gave him the time of day. Rocco had been inside for years. He knew how the system worked. How things moved under the surface.“You feel it too?” Alejandro asked without looking at h
Chapter 22
Chapter 22The prison yard was sweltering under the afternoon sun, but Alejandro didn’t feel the heat. His mind was racing.Every breath, every step, was calculated now. He wasn’t just surviving—he was plotting.Three days had passed since the letter was smuggled out. Three days of waiting for a sign, any sign, that Mateo’s sister had received the message. That the ledgers—the proof—were real and intact.Rocco joined him by the fence, casually handing him a packet of stale crackers as cover. “She got it,” he muttered under his breath. “The package is safe.”Alejandro’s fingers tightened around the plastic. “And she’s willing to talk?”“Scared, but yes. She wants immunity before handing over anything.”Alejandro nodded. “We can work with that. All we need is someone on the outside with a spine.”“Easier said than done,” Rocco said grimly. “Diego’s reach is long. Even the damn guards here act like they owe him favors.”“I don’t need a whole army,” Alejandro said, his voice low. “Just on
Chapter 21
Chapter 21DAYS passed, maybe weeks. The concrete walls didn’t bother counting.Alejandro had stopped marking time. The calendar on the wall remained untouched. Meals came and went. Guards rotated. The lights never really turned off. But he was no longer sitting still. He had begun to listen.The inmates around him weren’t saints—thieves, smugglers, con artists—but they talked. And when Alejandro listened, he started to hear patterns. Names. Events. Whispers about politicians, bribes, and shady deals—including some too familiar to ignore.“Diego Chan?” one inmate said one evening while playing cards. “That guy’s everywhere. His company’s got half the justice system in their pocket.”Alejandro stiffened from where he sat nearby.“You know him?” he asked casually.The guy—lean, tattooed, mid-forties—looked over at him. “Why? You got beef with Diego?”Alejandro smirked bitterly. “Something like that.”The man, whose name was Rocco, leaned in. “You’re Alejandro Garcia, aren’t you?”Alejan
Chapter 20
Chapter 20The metal clanked behind him— the cell door closing once again with that familiar, punishing finality.Alejandro sat on the edge of the cold steel bench, staring at the cracks in the concrete floor. His fingers trembled as he gripped the edge of his seat, blood pounding in his ears. The walls around him felt smaller by the hour. His thoughts spiraled, desperate for a lifeline.He had one hope left.“Please,” he said to the officer. “Just one phone call.”The officer stared at him for a beat too long, then handed him the receiver.Alejandro’s hands were shaking as he dialed. One number after another—lawyers he had worked with, friends in legal circles, even old clients.Straight to voicemail. Another number. Then another. Some didn’t answer. Others hung up the second they heard his voice.The last one—a respected attorney he’d known since his first year in the industry— didn’t even let him speak.“Don’t ever call me again, Alejandro,” the man said coldly. “Whatever you’re in
Chapter 19
Chapter 19INSIDE the car, silence settled between him and Jero.Jero’s voice was low but urgent. “We need to find out how they did this. Who planted the fake files? Helena’s always been ruthless, but this... this is something else.” “Could it be Lorenzo!? Or Marina!?” Jero added.“I think it's Marina. Lorenzo will not betray us.”“Fuck that bitch!” Jero cursed.Alejandro closed his eyes. He felt hollowed out— betrayed not just by Helena and Diego, but by the system that had swallowed him whole without a second thought.How did he not see this coming?AT THE station, Alejandro was booked, fingerprinted, and thrown into a holding cell. The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, harsh and unforgiving. He sat on the hard bench, the cold metal of the handcuffs biting into his wrists.Time stretched, slow and cruel.News of his arrest exploded across social media and news channels. Reporters hailed it as the final chapter in a long saga of corporate greed and criminal deceit.Alejandro’s pho
Chapter 18
Chapter 18At 1:47 AM, a car pulled up outside the safehouse. Alejandro and Jero locked eyes.“No one followed me,” Jero whispered. “I swear—”Three rapid knocks hit the door. Alejandro drew his pistol, moving silently to the window. Through the blinds, he saw her. Helena. Alone. No guards. No weapons visible. Alejandro opened the door slowly, gun behind his back. “You’re a long way from your kingdom.”Helena raised both hands. “I came to talk.”He let her in, but his stance stayed rigid.She walked in like she owned the place, eyes flicking over the monitors. “So it’s true. You really are alive.”“Of course I am alive! Disappointed?” he asked flatly.“I’m impressed,” she said. “Diego was convinced you were too broken to come back. I told him we underestimated you.”Alejandro didn’t blink. “You didn’t come here to compliment me.”“No,” she said, turning to face him fully. “I came to make a deal.”Jero scoffed. “Typical.”Helena ignored him. “You want justice. I can give you Diego. Yo
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