As soon as Keira said this, Erin and Jenkins exchanged a look, then both shook their heads.
Keira frowned. "What's the problem?"
Erin shrugged. "Ever since we left the South family, we've only kept in touch in our group chat. We haven't met in person for years!"
She looked over at Jenkins. "You too? Haven't seen her?"
Jenkins nodded.
Erin scoffed, "So, you didn't even see her in person, and just one phone call had you running scared?"
Jenkins held her gaze. "What would you have done?"
Erin paused, quiet for a moment, her silence enough to tell Keira that she would've run, too.
Jenkins explained, "I built an empire in Country A, not by myself but with a team that just kept expanding. The bigger it got, the more I couldn't control it alone."
Keira nodded in understanding. She'd lived through that herself.