Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
My phone went off with a text the guys were heading back. I'll have to meet them in the office downstairs again. I took a peek at my babygirl and she was dozing in the warm sunshine. I should just leave her there, there was no way for anyone to get to her up here, but somehow I didn't feel comfortable leaving her out in the open.
I walked outside and picking her up as gently as possible I laid her back in the bed. She hardly stirred as I covered her and kissed her brow. "I'll be back soon baby nice nap." She mumbled something before cuddling into her pillow and falling into sleep.
"What have you got?" That was my greeting for Gage and the others as I entered the room.
"He kept good records it looks like, before he just stopped like he said. The good thing is he was able to get ahold of newspaper headlines about some of the missing kids so we might be able to link them up if we're lucky enough to find them."
He threw a thick folder on the desk and some pictures and old faded newspaper clippings fell out. There were notes with times, dates and places going back almost fifteen years.
"Get your shovels boys, let's try to get through some of this shit before the day is over. I want to get started on finding these people as soon as possible, I'm sorry but it looks like some of you might have to do some traveling in the not too distant future, I can't go right now for obvious reasons...."
"There's something you should know boss." Stefan cut me off.
"What's that?" He gave the others a look before clearing his throat and turning back to me.
"The senator's in town."
"Excuse me?"
"He landed this morning after we brought Sanders in so we don't know exactly why he's here but according to his office he doesn't have any official business in these parts, he's on personal leave."
I hit the buttons on my computer that would pull up the bedroom so I could see for myself that she was just where I'd left her, safe and unharmed.
"Okay I think we pretty much know why he's here, looks like he's going to force my hand. I want to help all those kids that these sick fucks fucked over but my wife comes first, if he comes anywhere near her I'll kill him plain and simple." My wife would have no sentimental attachment to this fucker at least; him I can off without compunction.
My phone rang again my dad was on the line which was surprising since he'd been headed to the hospital after leaving here.
"Dad?"
"Son, Cliff Sanders is dead."
"What?" I looked up at my men.
"Seems he came in claiming to have been attacked in some sort of ambush, had a gunshot to the knee. The docs here patched him up and were planning to keep him overnight for observation but when the nurse went back into the room he was dead, shot to the head. It had to have been a silencer because no one saw or heard anything."
"Ok thanks dad." I hung up the phone with a heavy heart, not because that fucker was dead, good riddance I say, but because if the senator was eliminating threats then Ashley was in even more danger than before.
"It would appear the senator has already struck, Sanders is dead." There were a lot of grumblings following my announcement.
"Boss if a United States senator is going around offing people himself then this shit might go higher than we thought, this could get really ugly."
"I hear what you're saying Maurice but none of that changes anything, it doesn't matter who's involved I'm going to bring them all down one way or the other. Right now my main concern is my wife and child, making sure that any threat to them is taken care of quickly."
"You want me to nix the fucker I have no problem offing him if he's guilty of half the shit we've uncovered."
"I'm with you there Gage so let’s figure out how to get to him before he gets to her, if he walked into a hospital full of people and capped Sanders I’m thinking there’s nothing stopping him from coming after her next." I watched on the screen as my Blossom turned over in her sleep with a frown.
"Excuse me gentlemen I have to go tell my wife that one of her tormentors is dead."
I know Ashley well enough to know that for all that he was a monster, the death of her father will affect her deeply. She'd just become an orphan and although I was secretly glad as fuck the piece of shit was no more, I hated that this would hurt her. I’d wanted to spare her this heartache, and it fucked with my head that she was going to shed even one tear for his undeserving ass, but that’s who I’d fallen in love with, a girl with a heart of fucking gold.