Neither of them spoke again. There was nothing more that needed to be said.
Santiago ended the call, slipped the phone back into his pocket, and returned his attention to the coastline below.
The convoy swept through the emergency entrance of Coastal Hospital without slowing, the tires screeching softly as the SUVs came to a controlled stop beneath the brightly lit emergency canopy.
Medical personnel had already been alerted by the ambulance crew several minutes earlier and were waiting alongside members of the Villarreal security detail, who immediately spread throughout the entrance, securing every corridor and access point leading into the emergency department.
The orderly rhythm of the hospital dissolved into urgent activity as nurses hurried past with equipment while doctors exchanged rapid instructions before disappearing through the swinging doors.
