Chapter Six
“So I notice that youcall him Eduardo and not dad,” Crank told her.
“Eduardo has never been any kind ofdadto me,” Lily told him.“He’s always only been an overlord, a jailor, my boss.So I couldn’t exactly call himDaddycould I?Not if I wanted to make it to my next birthday.Besides, he insisted that I always call him, jefe or senor.Boss, you know?”
Canto nodded.“That is true, he insisted on that.He would have beaten her to death if she didn’t show him proper respect.”
Lily snorted.“He never knew that every time I called himSir...I was spitting in his face.He thought that was me showing respect.”
“What about this great uncle of yours, this Tomas?”Bouncer asked.
Lily shrugged.“He’s next in line if anything happens to my family.He’s almost too old for the title but he probably won’t accept that fact.He liked the power my father had.So I think he’ll try to take over his spot.”
“What kind of man is he?”Titus wanted to know.
Lily shook her head.“He’s not a man you want to cross.Like I told the brothers, he will get his pound of flesh and he’ll probably do the unthinkable just to make a point about crossing the Sanchez family.”
“You think he’ll come here to try and get the rest of the family out of our custody?”Ridge asked.
Lily nodded.“Si, I do.I have a feeling Eduardo might have put a call into the family to tell them what he was doing.He might have warned them if he didn’t call them back, then they needed to send in someone to take his place.”
“Would he actually do that?”Titus pondered.“Your father doesn’t seem to be the type to admit defeat.”
Lily chuckled.“You are right.But he wouldn’t ever admit defeat, he just wanted the family on standby in case he needed more backup.”
“How much time between that call and now?”Ridge asked.
Canto told them, “Tomas was probably already at my father’s house when we got here.If he can’t get a hold of him by nightfall he’ll make plans to follow him.”
Boomer looked at his brother and then around at everyone else in the room.“We may have less time than we thought.This might not be over yet.”
“No, it’s not over by a long shot,” Lily agreed.Then she looked up at Titus and added, “But I can help you with that.If you’ll listen.”
Tracker looked at his brother Spider and shook his head.
Lily turned and stared at Tracker for a minute.Then she asked, “What?You got something to say?Well, just say it.”
“How are we supposed to trust you?”Tracker sat back and crossed his arms over his chest.“I did see you take a few shots at the compound windows earlier.”
“Fair point,” she admitted.“But I did that for effect.Edaurdo was watching me closely, did you also see that?But as soon as I could, I left to see if Joel was really dead.I had no desire to be in this war.In fact, Canto and I have wanted out for years now.I also think I got as much if not more to lose than you guys do.After all you’ve got this compound and this family standing behind you.I’ve only got Canto left.I’ve got no way to leave here and if I am going to double-cross you, where the hell would I be safe?I can’t go home again.My uncle would never trust that I didn’t help you guys defeat my family.Not that I want to go back to that life.Tomas would just as soon slit my throat while I slept rather than trust that I didn’t give up my father and brothers.He pretty much thinks exactly like Eduardo...That women do not belong in power.If I ever tried to go home again I wouldn’t see the next morning.You can believe whatever you want to.I can’t and won’t double cross anyone.”
