Page 170 of Forbidden Fate

She gives me a weak smile. “Yeah.”

Hawk’s expression darkens. “We think Vega got her an Uber home.”

I blink. “What?”

“That’s what it looks like,” Hawk says.

“Vega?”

“Or someone acting on his behalf,” Vinnie says. “But yeah. It points to him.”

My body goes cold in a whole new way. “That doesn’t make sense.”

“No,” Falcon says. “It doesn’t.”

“I thought Vega was in Colombia.”

“So did we,” Vinnie says.

I look from one face to another. My mind goes back. Adriana’s house. The prison. Cruz. Zabala. Señora Valentina. The brothel. The embassy.

Vega everywhere and nowhere.

“I never saw him,” I say slowly.

“What?” Hawk asks.

“In Colombia. I never saw Vega face to face.”

Vinnie’s eyes sharpen.

“Cruz never mentioned seeing him face to face either,” I add.

The name slips out before I decide whether I’m ready to say it.

Vinnie’s gaze narrows. “Cruz?”

My heart thumps once. “The man who helped me escape.”

No one speaks.

“He worked for Vega,” I say.

Hawk goes rigid.

“But he got me out.”

“Why?” Falcon asks.

I hear everything beneath the single word.

Why would one of Vega’s men help you? What did he want? What did he do to you? What aren’t you saying?

I wrap my arms around myself. “I don’t know if I can answer that yet.”

Hawk takes a step closer. “Robin.”

“I said yet.”