CHAPTER 16
INSIDE, THE HOUSE seemed bigger than it did from the outside. I barely took in the decor as we swept through each room, but it was obvious even from a glance where the Ramos family spent a good chunk of their income. The place made Eduardo’s villa look tasteful.
We met little resistance as we prowled through the bottom floor. All the fun was going on outside, where the high-velocity rounds from Carmen’s rifle broke through the crackle of small arms fire.
A muttered, “b***h” came over the radio.
“What’s up?” I asked Nate. His team had cleared the gatehouse and come in through the other end of the villa.
“That old woman we saw threw a rolling pin at me.”
I stifled a laugh and ducked into a doorway as a dude in pyjamas ran past, carrying an AK-47. He pitched forward as I put
