“I think you should look in the mirror,” I say, “I may have had horrible things done to me, but I was strong and healthy while they did it.But you… You had an illness ravaging your body, and you fought back.”
“I had a lot of help and support along the way,” Raven says.“You had none of that.”
Vinnie clears his throat.“I don’t think we can say that one of you is stronger than the other.You’re both incredibly strong women, as are you,” he says to Robin.“What’s important now is figuring out who is targeting Daniela and putting a stop to it.So let’s make the list.”
I hate thinking of all those men, but I take the legal pad and pen that Vinnie hands me.
The first on the list is, of course, the man I was promised to.
Diego Vega.
And there were others who came more than once.
Derek Wolfe.
Declan McAllister.
More, more, and more.By the time I come to the end of the first page, I can’t think of any more names.
I hand it to Vinnie.
He peruses it.
“Derek Wolfe is dead.He was murdered a couple years ago.Declan McAllister is also dead.So is Diego Vega.”
“Are you sure?”I ask.
“I’m sure.”Then he nods.“I’ve seen photographic evidence.”
“Let’s see it then,” Raven says.
“It’s pretty graphic,” Vinnie says.
“Do you think that scares me?”Raven scoffs.“I’ve been through the worst of cancer.Nothing you can show me can turn my stomach.”
“You won’t recognize what you’re seeing,” he says.
“I won’t,” she says, “but Daniela will.”
“Do you think you can handle it?”Vinnie asks me.
I scoff.“Are you kidding me?I hope he was tortured.”
He pulls the photo up on his computer monitor.
It’s not graphic at all.
“Vinnie, I think you got us all upset about nothing.”Robin says.“He could be sleeping in this photo.”
“No,” Vinnie says.“Look at the angle of his neck.He can only be dead.”
“I thought you said you had him poisoned at a soccer game.”Raven says.
Robin widens her eyes.“Christ, there’s so much I don’t know.”
“You deserve to be brought in on this, Robbie,” Raven says.“Should we tell her, Vinnie?”
“Yeah, we’ll bring her up to speed.But first, let’s?—”
