Chapter 36

• The restaurant was tucked away on the Upper East Side of the city, the kind of place where deals were made.
• Mateo sat at a corner table, partially hidden by a marble pillar, with three of Castillo Industries' most influential board members.
• Señor Vega, a silver-haired man in his sixties, leaned back in his chair, swirling his scotch. Beside him sat Señora Martinez, sharp-eyed and calculating, and Señor Ruiz, whose family had invested in the Castillo empire for three generations.