Winston looked at the number on his cell phone screen. He picked up the device and answered without a greeting.

He listened to the muffled voice on the other end patiently, and when they were finished, he threw the phone across the room.

How hard could this have been? He had given them everything they needed to succeed. What else could he have done? He had been patient. He had been watchful.

He had only one more card to play. It was a risky one.

This is what Winston should have told his friend John Wick when he sat down and asked about Delphi Kane.

There were four Kane sisters. Phoebe, the oldest, ten years older than Delphi, then there was Cleo and Iris. Each of the girls, other than Delphi, was visibly striking. Phoebe was the modern day Jane Bennett, the lovely older sister sought after by all men. Cleo was vibrant and spirited, her dark hair and eyes making her seem mysterious. Iris was a sweet and delicate beauty, evoking memories of old Hollywood starlets.

Both beautiful and intelligent, none of the three of them struggled to get out of the small Eastern Kentucky town they were born in.

Neither did Delphi, but where her sisters were handicapped by beauty, she was not. She learned that the world was different for girls like her.

Men adored her sisters. So very soon, Phoebe had become the arm candy to an elderly billionaire, quietly pulling some strings from behind, Cleo had earned her place as a professional Judoka and was practicing security, and Iris served as an accountant for two very rich men.

Those men were Abraham and Aldrich Aalders.

Delphi, though she did not have the beauty her sisters did, was cunning and creative in a way they were not. She was rough around the edges. Her skin littered with freckles, her bones too big to be feminine, her eyes wild and untamed. Where her sisters had beauty to gain them friends, Delphi had to use her personality, and in turn, that personality came to serve her well.

During this time, Delphi did what she did best. Between balancing her schoolwork and the ends she had to go through to afford her schoolwork, she had become a force to be reckoned with. Known for her discreteness and accuracy she began to rise within this world.

The four sisters, all very close to one another, used their own personal skill sets to help the others advance.

They had schemed together to align on one job. Iris, very aware of the kind of men the Aalders brothers were, had wished to leave their company for some time. She had overheard them plotting, and suggested her sisters' services.

They could not have predicted that one of them would fall in love.

Phoebe Kane had thought she loved Aldrich Aalders from the moment she saw him. She left the wealthy man who had treated her so well and ran into Aalders' arms, dismissing the warnings from her sisters. They pulled off the job, making the Dutchmen very, very rich. As per the contract, the Kane sisters were then released. Iris, Cleo, and Delphi pursued other business ventures. Phoebe did not.

It was not until she was three months pregnant did she begin to see the darker side of Aldrich. She feared not only for her life, but for the life of their unborn child.

Again, the sisters schemed.

And together, they faked Phoebe's death. A deadly reaction to the bees she was so allergic to had ended her. It was not difficult to find a doctor who would help. Delphi had the contacts.

Aldrich buried an empty casket and never knew of the child. The sisters, stricken with grief that their Phoebe had been taken from them so soon, left this world in the pursuit of a regular life.

But eventually, Cleo and Iris came back. It was all they knew. It was what had made them what they were.

Not Delphi. She had come to Winston as a confidant, trusting him with this heavy secret, and asked him what she should do. Winston saw this as an opportunity to rid himself of a debt without having to pay it.

Winston suggested that she move to a remote location in a nearby state. Approximately 3 miles from John Wick.

Winston knew that sooner or later, the two would meet, and that John would end her, thus ending Winston's troubles.

But instead of killing her, Jonathan had befriended her.

And now, Winston found himself having to make a very difficult decision. He picked up the phone he had thrown. He dialed a number.

"You have a Judas in your company." Winston told Aldrich Aalders. "Henry Liu is working with Kane." He said.

"Thank you, broer." Aldrich said before ending the call.