To her astonishment when she opened her eyes Carmella was at her bedside. She thought for a moment that she was at home in the states and all that had happened, Willy and Sam, her uncle, Namba, Ruiz, and the General had been a dream. Carmella sensed what she was thinking, “No, Heather, not a dream. I’m here. They brought me here on the same night you were sent to the compound of the drug dealers.” “But why...” Heather began. “To continue to care for you.” “You mean to continue with the hypnosis, the power you have over me.” Carmella looked away for a moment then turned back, “That’s true, Heather, but had I not agreed to their demands they were ready to kill your uncle and Tommy and Namba.” Although your uncle and the others, including Namba, have escaped, General Cruiz can easily have them killed. Unless I do what I’m told and convince you to cooperate, things will be bad for the people we care about.” Heather’s first reaction was to defy them, to find a way with Carmella’s help to free Namba and the others.
