"It requires a few extra...” he gestured to the men surrounding him, “precautions, but I find if you follow their rules, the Los Zetas cartel can be quite generous. Have you ever seen a body dissolved in alkali, Mr. Gower?” The look on his face told me the memory still haunted him. “It's... disturbing, to say the least. Kind of like a human smoothie. They show it to you to ensure your loyalty. Not that it was necessary in my case. Money, and the ability to have access to just about anything I could ever want was enough for me.”

                My drug-induced fog was beginning to lift, and I was finally able to get my wobbly legs beneath me and stand...

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