you know I don't have that much contact with her so there's not much of a reason to ask. Do you think I'm stupid? There's something you're hiding about Sofia and if you're lying to me you're also lying to everyone at this table." Estella stood up despite the hand Miguel had placed to stop her from doing anything. Rafa laughed only provoking her to get angrier. The men in this cartel were a pain in the ass she told herself.

"I'm not hiding anything about Sofia. I'm not lying to you or the rest of the people at this damn table. If anyone knows something it's you. How do we even know if she didn't plan that whole situation with the gringo herself? Who knows she's done it before and could do it again? Maybe she planned it so she can back home and then her plan went wrong when the gringo was unexpectedly shot." Rafa began to chuckle and was clearly high on the cocaine but some of the others couldn't help but agree with his absurd theory.

"He's right. We don't even know her. And she's crazy she's escaped twice. This could have been her plan that went wrong." Ramón pointed at Estella who lifted her eyebrows hearing this impossible idea.

"That isn't true. I had no intention to want to get back together with Jackson and have no desire to return home. I was with Miguel Ángel who almost shot Jackson and I begged him not to even wanting Jackson to just take me away. Why would I do that? Why would I beg him not to shoot so he could protect the cartel? Please be logical here." Estella thought these men were smart but began to realize that they could be fools sometimes. She knew that her past of running away didn't look good on her but why the hell would she want to get back with Jackson? It didn't make sense and she hoped Miguel Ángel wouldn't believe this stupid argument.

"Fine then believe whatever you want Félix. Well, are we done here?" Rafa stood up sniffling. Miguel Ángel sighed but nodded his head. The others stood up murmuring inaudible curse words. Estella sighed thinking of who did this. It could be the DEA agent Kiki Camarena but why? He wouldn't kill anyone for her if anything he would try to allow Jackson to take her so he could question her.

"Are you coming back?" Isabella asked Estella in a serious tone. She stared at Isabella bracing herself for the remarks she would get.

"No, not yet. And honestly I don't know Isabella and right now I don't have time to argue with you it's not necessary. We're two grown women in a cartel there are many more problems we need to focus on like Jackson." Estella glanced at Isabella one more time and then turned away to catch up to Miguel Ángel who seemed to be in a heated argument with Rafa for whatever strange reason.

"A remainder. It's not going to go well for you, Estella. He'll betray you as he betrayed me. It might not be how he deceived me but it's going to happen and you're my friend so I'll be waiting but don't expect anything special from me anymore." Isabella said walking past Estella to leave Félix's house. Estella glared at Isabella and back to Miguel Ángel. She told herself that he would never betray her especially after what he's showed her but again he deceived Isabella someone who had been a friend of his.

She watched as Miguel Ángel stormed away to swear at Azul which was a usual routine. Estella saw this as an opportunity to speak to Rafa who angrily shouted at Cuco to provide him more cocaine.

"You might think I'm dumb, but I know my sister loves you for whatever fucking weird reason. And for this I know you would be the first person she would go to if she had a big problem. So if you're lying about something I will find out. Don't make any foolish decisions Rafa." Estella whispered at Rafa grinning at him and continued to walk off. He clenched his fists watching her as she left and snatched the small baggie of white powder from Cuco and proceeded to take some more. One thing she didn't know at that very moment was that Rafa had already done something very bad.

"Miguel Ángel is everything okay?" Estella caressed his shoulder glancing at Azul. He gave one look to Miguel and walked off with some other men Estella didn't recognize that much.

"Yes, nothing is wrong." He hesitantly replied. Estella pinched her eyebrows and took a step back from him.

"Are you sure? You seem like you're stressed." Estella crossed her arms flipping her hair. He shrugged and lit up a cigarette knowing he had to lie to her for now. He couldn't tell her what Rafa had decided to do with the help of Azul and others. It would only upset her some more.

"No, I told you Estella everything is fine. You should get some sleep mija. It's late." He answered walking past her with no expression on his face. She didn't know how to react and took another look at Rafa who happened to be staring at her too. She knew he did something. Something that caused Miguel Ángel to curse at him and Azul after the meeting and she couldn't stop thinking about it.

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Sofia dropped the gun feeling like her world would be crashing down in just a matter of seconds. Police would certainly be after her since they had special equipment that could easily point the murder back to her. She didn't know what to do and in reaction picked up the gun and looked around. Nobody had seen her shoot, and she made sure her area was clear of any cameras or witnesses.

She had been walking around the city nothing out of the ordinary. She's felt like everything was under control when it came to her life. Estella was in a cartel but was highly protected and Sofia happened to be in a different but fun relationship with Rafa even though they hardly saw each other. But Rafa had promised her several times that they would run away from each other if anything ever happened to either of them.

Out of nowhere, she heard a scream from somebody she recognized. It was Estella who stood next to Miguel Ángel outside of some art exhibit. Jackson, the asshole, was painfully grabbing her yelling back and forth with the two. In a panic, she pulled out the gun out of her purse she had been given for safety and hoped she wouldn't need to use it. Miguel Ángel had his gun out, but Estella seemed to be shouting at him not to shoot for whatever idiotic reason.

"Fuck." Sofia mumbled her hands around the gun. She realized that Estella had to truly care about this cartel and Félix to be begging Miguel not to shoot the man that had physically abused her many times. Out of nowhere, Estella shouted at Jackson and he violently reacted by slapping her. This was the breaking point for Sofia and before she knew it she pulled the trigger instantly regretting doing so once she saw that Jackson fell to the ground with no sign of life. She had shot him in the chest and could see that he was not alive.

Estella gasped, and Sofia saw how Miguel Ángel dragged her away from the crime scene. She knew that Estella wasn't screaming because she was heartbroken with Jackson's death. She was screaming because she had no idea who suddenly killed him. Sofia dropped her gun realizing that she murdered Jackson and knew this wouldn't be good. One person went to her mind somebody that could help her it was Rafa and she needed him more than ever.

Sofia rushed away nervous that the sound of police sirens was to come and arrest her. She couldn't come forward and say it was her and knew that put her in a bad position when it came to the cartel. She wasn't an expert but knew that the Guadalajara cartel looked guilty by this but never would she spend her life behind bars for Jackson or a cartel. She needed to run far away and thought maybe Rafa would have an idea. She was clever enough to remember that Rafa's fields of marijuana had been burned and knowing him he was furious at the people who had did it.

Sofia stopped at a telephone booth and dialed the number of Rafa. She knew this could
be a risk this since police were able to track down phonecalls but expected that Rafa had the security not to get caught.

"Hello?" It was Cuco's voice, a voice she had learned to recognize. She was in a hurry and didn't have time for any small talk.

"I need Rafa please! It's urgent!" Sofia exhaled trying to calm down. She couldn't make herself seem guilty around others.

"He's not in the best state right now to talk." Cuco nonchalantly replied.

"No, it's important, please! Please get him on the damn telephone." Sofia exclaimed and heard the other line go silent. Soon enough Rafa was on the other side of the line.

"Sofia?" His voice was optimistic and also slurred which she knew was from the cocaine.

"I-I need your help. I did something horrible, and I think I need to disappear to Cuba, Chile, Puerto Rico, fuck maybe even Costa Rica!" Sofia rubbed her eyes in fear, and Rafa didn't know how to respond. He had just begun to hallucinate about her and now she was on the other end of the line pleading for help.

"With what?"

"I unintentionally killed someone. You'll know about it. It was Jackson the gringo that my parents wanted Estella to marry he was the entire reason she ran away. It was to defend her and now I need to leave or else I'm going to get caught. Please don't tell Estella I will tell her eventually... at least by tomorrow. But please figure something out." Sofia cried thinking of what he could do.

"I will. I promise." Rafa sniffled and saw Azul walk in with two other men behind him. They were there to formulate the plan for the kidnapping of Kiki Camarena.

"You know where to find me, Rafa."

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Estella threw the diamond earrings on the ground feeling like everything was going downhill for her. Everybody seemed to be lying to her and she hated not knowing anything. She hated being the only one not know certain information that could be beneficial for her.

"Estella, what the hell is going on?" Miguel Ángel walked into the bedroom seeing the earrings on the floor. She sighed and looked at him ready, to be honest for once.

"Are you lying to me? Do you know who truly killed Jackson because Rafa has been acting weird and you too? He mentioned Sofia strangely enough, and I don't know. Does my sister have something to do with it?" Estella nervously asked. Miguel Ángel looked away and nodded his head.

"I don't know. But I need you to trust me when I say he did something stupid." Miguel Ángel was avoiding eye contact with her knowing Rafa had fucked up.

"What is it?! You can't just say that and expect me to be okay. Miguel Ángel what's going on and what did Rafa do?" Estella pulled his hand and waited for answers, but he didn't give her the information that Rafa had ordered the kidnapping of Kiki Camarena and was now being tortured as they spoke. Rafa had decided to do this after the phone call with Sofia and had been approached by Azul and others to consider kidnapping the American. And he wasn't too certain of doing it until he thought about Sofia confirming she was the one who murdered Jackson and needed to run away. With this Rafa would be able to get the revenge he wants and be able to protect Sofia away from the Mexican and American police.

"Trust me, Estella, and think about what I asked you earlier." Miguel Ángel hesitated but softly kissed her head leaving her alone in the bedroom as he went back to thinking about what to do. Estella was shaking and sat back down on the bed. She wasn't an idiot and knew well enough that Rafa was going to get revenge against Kiki Camarena it was the only logical reason here and where did her sister fit in all of this? As mentioned earlier they called themselves Bonnie and Clyde and would do anything to stay together. Estella knew that her sister had to be the one who killed Jackson it all made sense and she didn't know what to do now that she was starting to feel something for Miguel Ángel.

This was hell for her, and it was only the beginning.

AUTHOR'S NOTE
I'm so sorry this chapter sucked I've been stressed with the election and other personal issues. But I love this book and supported and wanted to update so sorry if it doesn't seem good I tried!