"I don't know you," Cougar reminds her. He doesn't say it to be cruel, but it's the truth. People come in and lie. People know you and lie. All Cougar knows it that until someone is fighting by your side, you can never know where their real loyalties are. Even then, it changes when their priorities change.

It doesn't mean he's going to freeze her out, though. "I'm sorry about your boyfriend," he offers calmly. "If he comes here, voy a cortarle el cuello," he says, because violence against women doesn't deserve mercy.