Chapter 187 Coming closer to the source

As the weeks ticked by, Mariama found herself being summoned for more tasks that brought her into dangerously close proximity with Don Vallejo and his inner circle. Each interaction ratcheted up the stakes, every moment forcing her to maintain her flawless Luna persona lest a single slip unravel the entire operation. It started with minor things - being assigned to straighten up Vallejo's private study and living quarters. Mariama fought to keep her hands from trembling as she found herself alone, moving through the spaces where the vile kingpin schemed and plotted his criminal empire. Subtly, she planted remote audio/video bugs, using the household pretenses to mask her true purpose. But the sickening sense of violating unspoken boundaries gnawed at her. Every second brought rising tension that she could be discovered at any moment. Those fears compounded the first time Mariama came face-to-face with Vallejo himself. She was changing linens in his bedroom suite when the door opened