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“See for yourself,” she says, confirming what I’m thinking.
I rake a hand through my hair. “Chto za huy!” I’m trying not to pace again. “Where is she then?”
“No idea. She just said she couldn’t stay here.”
Of course, she can stay here. She belongs here. I don’t say this out loud. I need answers to more important questions.
“Tell me where she is.” I look around the room.
Roxie shrugs. “She left. I tried to stop her, but she was determined. She said she can’t stay here. She said the guards would be distracted with all that had… happened with… you know…” She pauses, allowing me to process what she said. Obviously, she’s talking about what Tiana saw me do.
“And you just let her do this?” I glare at her.
“Hey, I’m not her keeper.” She splays her hands. “I told her it was a terrible idea, but she wouldn’t listen to me.”
I’m still glaring at her. She’s standing with a hand on her hip, the red satin of her dress stretched over her chest and belly. Closing her robe would be a good idea right now, but she keeps it open, putting too much on display.
“Blyad!” I curse under my breath, rage coursing through me. I hadn’t considered Tiana might do this. Clearly, I’m a fool. But so is she. She has no idea what lurks out there. My hands curl into fists, nails biting into my palms as I contemplate this. “What did she say before she left?” I say through gritted teeth.
Maybe I can get some idea of where she’s gone.
“She was freaked out, okay? I mean… you know. She’s not wired to witness the kind of thing she saw. She needed some space, I guess.” She shrugs.
Blyad!
That is not something this fucking girl needs to tell me. I fucked up, big time. I should have made sure there was no way for Tiana to get into the interrogation room. I need to take more care with these things now that there’s a woman in my world.
That’s if you can get her back into it, dolboyob!
What the fuck am I thinking? She is coming back, whether it’s on her own steam, or I have to drag her home by her hair.
“When did she go and where did she leave?” I look at the girl again.
“About half an hour after she got here. She said that she was leaving through the East Wing,” Roxie shrugs, and her robe drops off her shoulder, exposing bare flesh. She doesn’t fix it.
“The East Wing,” I repeat as I do the math. And then, the realization hits.
The fucking East Wing has no bars on the windows, idiot!
She’s been going there to visit my mother almost every day. She knows that part of the building all too well.
Blyad!
And if she left half an hour after she saw me in the basement, it means she had at least seven hours to put distance between us. “Chert voz’mi!” I can’t believe I was this stupid! Even on foot, she could be miles away. And if she was picked up by a vehicle… My blood runs cold.
No.
That is a possibility that I don’t want to think about.
“I told her she was crazy to leave here.” Roxie is looking at me from beneath her lashes. A wave of bleached blonde hair has fallen over her naked shoulder, and she tosses it back. “The way I see it, she’s pretty damn lucky, right?”
I’m working to keep my breathing steady as try to think straight, but my head’s fucked. How could I allow this to happen? “Of course she is! I’ve given her everything she’s wanted.”
Aside from her freedom.
“Of course you did. I mean, look at this place…” Roxie glances around the room. “And look at you.” She takes a step closer.
“What?” I frown.
