***
We all gathered in the living room, while Padma dropped Caleb in the middle of the room. She was moving furiously, looking like she was about to break something or rip someone’s head off. I wanted to tell her to calm down, but something told me she’d come for my head too if I did that.
“Start talking,” she spat. “Before I start rearranging your limbs.”
Caleb was still coughing violently after being strangled against the wall, but he took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
“Talk!” Padma spat.
“I’m trying,” he said, clearing his throat. “Look, it’s not what you think, okay? I’m not still working with Carlos. I was only pretending to be, so I could learn his weakness.”
“Bullshit!” Padma spat. “Carlos would have seen right through you. He doesn’t give up his secrets tha
