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)
I needed to see them settled so I could get back to her. I hadn't realized that it had been a while since we'd spent any time apart. Since she came home from the hospital I haven’t been more than a few feet away from her or at least monitoring her while I did something else.
What was going to happen when this was all over and things went back to normal?
"Thorpe, we've got a problem."
"What is it Gage?" I turned to the other man expectantly. Please don't let the plane have gone down or some shit now.
"The code for your panic room has been activated." My heart dropped even as I checked the little device he passed off to me. I was moving even as I read the screen. My men were right on my heels as I rushed past dad.
"I've got to go dad Blossom..." I couldn't say anymore as my knees threatened to give out on me. I barely made it into the back of the already idling car.
"She's probably safe boss, I think she's the one who went in, no one can get in there..."
"Just get me to her and Gage...if it's him he's dead, get everything ready."
"On it boss."
GIDEON
We entered the house through a secret compartment into the underground office. My heart hasn't stopped beating me to death since I got the news but I was steady as a fucking rock.
According to what I found here someone might very well die in the next five minutes. She had to be okay, I won't accept anything less, I hadn't found her only to lose her like this a scant few months later, life couldn't be that fucking cruel.
Gage motioned to me with a finger to his lips; there was movement beyond the door. I made my way cautiously over to the cameras to see what was going on.
There was no camera feed in the panic room, a stupid oversight on my part; I'd just always thought I'd be on the other side and didn't necessarily want anyone else looking in. That would be first on my agenda.
I heard him before he appeared on screen. "Come out, come out wherever you are. Here little Ashley I have a message from the doc, remember him?" He was feeling around the walls looking for a hidden panel I guess. The man in my hallway did not in any way resemble the dashing debonair senator of the media. He was disheveled and haggard looking. I guess that's what happens when your world is crumbling down around you.
I made a move toward the door but the guys got in my way.
"Steady, steady, we don't know who's out there, we're going in blind the cameras to some parts of the house were deactivated. I can't let you go out there man not until we know for sure."
"Get the fuck out of my way Gage." He might be right but I couldn't stop to think about that now. Somewhere on this very floor not far from me she was scared, that thought alone had me going crazy.
"Where the fuck is she you sure she's here we can't be seen here together?" Another man could be heard through the door, I wasn't quite sure who he was until the senator started talking because his face was hidden.
"Shut the fuck up doc this is all your fault I told you we should've kept a closer eye on her but no you thought that fuck up had it under control, now look at the mess we're in."
"Calm down senator, no use passing blame around we need to find the girl and find out what she told this Thorpe fuck."
"And then what?"
"Then we off them both and get the hell out of here."
"We can’t kill the girl I need her...."
"You always were a crazy fuck, it’s too late for that."
"Screw you doc."
"You sure Starks said she was here?"
"Yes."
Gideon
I felt my heart drop, Jason? Had Jason betrayed us? But how why? Wait a minute that didn't make any sense. If it had been Jason she never would've made it to the safe room, would she? What the hell was going on here?
"Let's move I need to get to my wife."
"Okay Gideon we're just making sure that that's it. We still haven't located the security detail in the building and we don't know how we were breeched, if it was an inside job then we need to be careful, we could be walking into a trap."
"Where are they?"
"Don't know yet they're not at their post that much we know other than that I couldn't say and we can't go looking because we'd alert those two and whoever else they have with them that we're here. She's safe in that room boss you have it stocked with everything she needs. We'll have her out in no time."