Chapter 14

Far away ... in South America.

Ruben Valdes’s helicopter has just landed in “Santa Lucia”; a small farm discreetly lost in the distance and desolate Mato Grosso. The house is a dilapidated former military warehouse that Ruben has rehabilitated and which he visits quite frequently. He uses the place as a safe haven for members of his huge organization who need to keep a low profile for a while. Drug trafficking is more and more dangerous...

At this time, Manuel and Oscar, as well as Teresa, a Brazilian, are alone in the residence ... with Esmeralda and Nadine. Sitting on the porch, his feet on the large metal crate, Ruben Valdes enthusiastically ponders what it contains.

Inside, a supermodel who has disappeared and whom police forces in half the world are looking for, awakens for the umpteenth time ... after having passed out so many times. Asphyxiated by the lack of air in the crate and sickened by the stench that reigns there after being locked in for two days, she hardly feels her body anymore ... Claudia Moore wants, more than anything in the world, to get her out of there. She doesn’t care what happens to her.