Chapter 58

• Phoenix sighed and leaned back, raising his hands to his head in a gesture of surrender.
• I shook my head. Funny prick, he was. All of us were silent for a moment.
• “What’s happening with the prostitution rings?” I asked Artur. Alberto had been running such establishments, which were different from mine in that he had a heartless approach to his commodities. “I will not have women being abused in those brothels,” I added. “They are there because they have chosen to make a living that way, but I will not stand aside and watch them being abused.”