Alicia lay there, lost in thought, as if the world around her had disappeared. Louis sighed and gave her a consoling pat on the shoulder before heading out. He told the bodyguard stationed at the door, "Keep an eye on Alicia and call me immediately if anything goes down."
"You got it, Mr. Martinez," replied the bodyguard.
In the car, Louis's assistant updated him, "We pored over all the security footage in the area and used some of our connections to track down Kithara. We nabbed her in a cab heading out of town, thinking she could make a clean getaway."
Louis's eyes turned cold as ice. "Who the hell is Kithara?"
"Kithara is Karl's sis. Karl was the guy who snatched Mrs. Martinez to restore that old-timey painting. He's now doing hard time for stealing art. The footage we got shows that Kithara posed as a delivery driver for the past few days, stalking the antique market, waiting for a chance to get revenge on Mrs. Martinez."
