Lyla

Rashid hated having to leave me alone in the house with Javier, but if we were actually going to get this plan to work, Javier needed to know I was all in.

I didn’t care if deep down, tricking him made me into a horrible person. A mother had to do whatever it took to keep her baby safe and that’s what I was going to do. Whatever the fuck it took to bring Nasir home, that’s the only thing I was focusing on.

If Rashid ended ...