“And now?”
“Now we’re talking about my family’s entire financial future!”
Sofia gave a quiet, humorless laugh.
He hadn’t come back because he cared that she was stranded.
He had come back because the contract was gone.
Even so, she agreed to return to the manor.
When they arrived, more than twenty relatives were waiting anxiously in the grand living room.
Teresa hurried forward wearing an artificial smile.
“Oh, my sweet girl! Come in! Nobody meant to hurt you. It was all just a joke!”
Sofia stepped back and raised one hand.
“Don’t touch me.”
Mariana spoke from the sofa.
“Gosh, Sofia, don’t be so dramatic! It was just a little walk!”
Sofia didn’t argue.
She pulled a USB drive from her pocket and connected it to the large screen where the family had prepared its presentation for Altavista.
The video began.
“Strangers don’t get rides in my SUV.”
