Chapter Twenty Five

"What are you talking about?" I asked them. "Juana's been with you guys for over a month. You've been watching her every step. How can she have anything to do with my mom?"

"After you left I followed Juana," Anthony explained. "We couldn't just let her leave. Knowing her, she would be bound to do something stupid. I caught her talking on the phone with your mother."

"Wait what?" I was growing more confused by the second. Everything they were saying to me wasn't adding up.

"Your mother's name is Ava, right?" Anthony confirmed. I nodded. "Well, Juana spoke to her on her cell phone. She said, 'Ava, you might want to cooperate with us or else your daughter may have some serious problems.'"

"I'm assuming she means me, when she said 'daughter,'" I groaned, feeling even worse when they nodded.

"She said 'us,' now we just have to figure out who she's working with," Eric told me.

"Lucas," I whispered. Things were starting to make sense in my head.

"Lucas?!" the three brothers exclaimed in unis