Chapter 164

• GUSTAVO
• I parked three blocks down from Adrian’s building, engine idling low so the sound wouldn’t carry. Dusk had settled thick over the city, streetlights just starting to glow through the rain. The app had pinged her location here forty minutes ago. I told myself I was only checking. Confirming what I already knew. But my hands stayed locked on the wheel, knuckles white. Pride kept me in the seat. I wasn’t going to storm in. I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction. This was about protecting what was mine. Nothing more.
• Rain tapped steady on the windshield. Wipers swept slow. I watched the entrance. Lights on in the lobby. People coming and going. Then the doors opened.