Mr Antonio's POV

It had barely been a month and the news about Javier Cruz's kidnapping spread throughout Tijuana. Most of the syndicates had already concluded that he was dead and were scrambling to protect their own leaders.

Mr Delgado had been trying to reach me for the past two weeks, but I made myself unavailable whenever he came around. Javier, on the other hand, was not helping matters. He'd rather sustain severe injuries than betray the confidentiality of his syndicate.

As I sat ...