Chapter 11
That evening, Mateo drove down to Texas Children's Hospital to visit the pediatric wing he had funded five years ago.
He walked quietly down the sterile hallway, stopping outside Room 304, where his younger sister Elena was reading a book to recovering patients.
Elena looked up, a bright, joyful smile illuminating her face as she saw her brother standing in the doorway.
"I saw the news, Mateo," Elena said gently, putting her book aside as Mateo sat beside her bed.
"Is the war finally over?" she asked, reaching out to hold his hand.
"The men who destroyed Dad's life and tried to ruin our family are in federal custody," Mateo answered, kissing her cheek.
"You don't have to worry about anything anymore, Elena; our family name is clean."
Suddenly, Mateo's encrypted satellite phone vibrated inside his bomber jacket pocket with an emergency code override.
He stepped out into the quiet hallway to answer the secure line.
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"Mateo, we have a massive problem," Sofia's voice rushed through the speaker, heavy with panic.
"A rogue mercenary unit just broke into our primary data facility in Dallas!"
