She turned toward him, tears streaming silently down her face.
"Help me."
Gabriel tightened his grip on the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white.
Without looking at her, he closed his eyes briefly before speaking.
"Just..."
He swallowed heavily.
"...just be quiet."
His voice no longer carried anger.
Only exhaustion.
He started the engine, shifted the car into gear, and slowly drove out of the police headquarters, while the silence between husband and wife became heavier than any argument either of them could have had.
--------
Nearly thirty minutes later, the Navarro family arrived at Capital General Hospital.
Doctors and nurses immediately escorted Marcos, his younger brother, and the other injured family members into separate examination rooms while several nurses cleaned cuts and assessed possible fractures sustained during the fight.
Marcos sat quietly as a nurse stitched the cut above his eyebrow.
