“Fuck no, I don’t know. What girls being sold to whom, Kara?”

“I’m not completely sure. I just know there have been girls disappearing, and they work at that restaurant. I overheard Eduardo telling Tami that she was going to be sold off if she didn’t deliver this other girl he wanted to him.”

Blake scrubbed his jaw and cursed under his breath. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“You work for Mendez, Blake. I know you say you’re a contractor, but—”

“I damn sure don’t support selling off woman, Kara. That’s some fucked-up shit.” He lowered his voice. “When I told you that you could trust me, I meant it.”

“I don’t trust anyone involved with Mendez.”

“And yet you’re involved with Mendez.”

“I told you. I have to be or I wouldn’t be.”

“For the money.”

“No. Yes. For my family. We can’t do this now. The other woman Eduardo wanted. She has no family and he’s cleared her records in some way and intends to make her disappear. I have to get to her and get her out of town.”

“You have her address?”

“Yes.” She held up the piece of paper.

He took it from her and he glanced down at the address. “Give me my keys.”

She fished them from her purse and he motioned her inside the truck. Once they were inside, he started the engine. “Where’s Tami going?”

“The Omni in San Jose. I wanted her across the bridge and in something high end and secure where Eduardo couldn’t get to her easily. It seemed the best option until I could get to her until I could make other arrangements for her.”

“Other arrangements,” he repeated.

“Yes.”

“What arrangements?”

“I didn’t think that far ahead.”

Smart answer, but he wasn’t buying it. She knew what she was doing. He called Kyle and gave him the rundown. “I’ll get the other girl and take her with me to pick up Tami,” Kyle said. “We’re going to have to get them into protective custody, Blake. You know that. We have to talk about what that means.”

In other words, if they let the feds know what was happening; Blake would get pulled out of the cartel and investigated. He scrubbed his jaw, considering the very real possibility he needed to get his brothers involved. They had a soft spot for women. No matter how much they worried about Blake and Alvarez, they wouldn’t blow a chance to break up an operation selling woman off like shoes in a store. “Just keep the two women safe tonight,” Blake said. “We’ll deal with the rest tomorrow.”

“There’s something else you need to know,” Kyle said, and something in his voice had Blake stiffening.