Chapter 26 - Chapter 26: The Uneasy Calm

The days after handing the evidence to Ms. Liza were filled with a tense, unnatural quiet. The black SUV was gone. No more notes appeared. Hector Alcantara shot me nasty looks in the hall but kept his distance. It felt less like a retreat and more like the calm before a storm. We had thrown a rock into the hornet's nest, and now the hornets were regrouping, deciding how to swarm. Every ring of the phone, every knock at the door, sent a jolt of adrenaline through me. Luna remained faint, conserving her energy, a silent and anxious spectator in our safe house. The waiting was its own special kind of torture.