Chapter 70
Third Person
"¡Señora Mariela! Señora!"
"Mandé?"
"Alguien ha realizado una verificación de antecedentes sobre usted." (Someone has run a background check on you.)
"¿Una verificación de antecedentes? ¿Oms?" (A background check? Who?) Mariela turned her wheelchair around.
"No se especifica el partido." (The party is not specified.)
"Then how do you know?" Mariela questioned as she stared down her subordinate.
"The man working for us in the police department contacted me. Your alias from 25 years ago."
"Which one?"
"The social worker one." Mariela's hand froze on the lever of her wheelchair. Her bottom lip began to tremble, and fear engulfed her. "Señora, I see the fear in your eyes. Do you think he has found you?" Mariela licked her lips, patted her chest as if she were
