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We arrived at the apartment complex under thirty minutes, and the first thing hat irked me about the place was the musty smell that surrounded it. For such an averagely maintained building, the surroundings were very demeaning with candy wraps scattered around and stale wraps of food on the sides of the building.

Cole put a handkerchief to his nose and albeit reluctantly, we stepped out of the car with his security team right behind us. They were all expecting a confrontation, and though I guessed it would not come to the use of force, I was glad that they were with us.

We walked closer towards the building and saw a woman sitting at one corner of it. She was clothed in what looked like a hospital gown while three small children lay on a mat beside her, and when she noticed us, she stretched out a blackened hand and I froze.

I dipped a hand into my purse to offer her some money, but Cole held my hand and shook his head as he motioned to one of his men. The guy brought out a few dollar