A few of the guys who were still sober let the fireworks off. Effie sat on a four-wheeler with one of her men. And the rest of us sat around them at the picnic tables. They even had one of her guards standing back from us, keeping an eye on her and around us.
We talked to Esteban and found out that he had Jose's best friend, Bruno, with him. He was trying to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. But thought that he was still working with Jose. He said that Bruno was trying to do a good job of pretending that he hated Jose now. But Esteban said that he's pretty sure that Bruno has been in love with Jose for years now. But won't come out and tell him because of how Jose has always treated those who are gay and bi. So even though he knows that Jose would hate him if he found out the truth,
