“That isn’t what I’m asking you to do.”

She walked away while the officers remained to finish their report.

The elevator doors closed on the sight of Garrett standing beside the table where her wedding ring lay.

For the first time since they’d married, he had no instructions left that she intended to obey.

PART 3

Lena lived in a modest second-floor apartment above a flower shop in Little Havana.

There was a narrow guest room with yellow curtains and an old armchair that faced a courtyard full of potted plants.