Chapter 6 - THE PAPER TRAIL
Within three minutes of hitting the panic button, two black SUVs from Alejandro’s private security detail flanked Daniela’s vehicle, escorting them safely back to the estate.
Lucía was sobbing quietly against Daniela’s chest, hiding her face inside the crook of Daniela’s neck. When they arrived home, Alejandro was waiting in the courtyard, looking like a man about to launch a war.
“What happened?” Alejandro demanded, lunging forward to lift Lucía into his arms. “Did she take her? Did she hurt her?”
“Look at her arm,” Daniela said, her voice shaking with controlled anger.
Alejandro gently rolled up the short sleeve of Lucía’s navy-blue dress.
Imprinted on the pale, tender skin of the seven-year-old’s upper arm were four deep, purple crescent-shaped bruises where Valeria’s acrylic nails had gouged into the flesh, along with an angry red welt from the vicious twist.
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Alejandro let out a low, guttural snarl of pure animal fury. “I’m going to kill her. I swear to God, I am going to end her.”
“No, you’re not,” Daniela snapped, grabbing his forearm with both hands and forcing him to look
