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“I’ve got nothing left,” I muttered. She didn’t understand what she was asking.
“Okay, what’s going on here,” Jason said. “Who’s he talking to?”
“My brother would never let down the woman he loves. This isn’t you, Jack. You don’t give up.”
“Never said I loved her,” I mumbled to Hannah.
“Alright, buddy. Time to get you out of here,” Johnny said, hauling me up again.
“You may not love her yet, but I’ve seen the future. She’s the one for you. This is your chance to have what we never did. And that kid—he’s going to change your life for the better and give you the chance to truly be a father. Trust me!”
“Is he okay?” I whispered.
“He will be. You have to find him. You have the strength. Dig deep and find it!”
I wasn’t sure if it was her words or my inner strength willing me to move forward. My fingers dug into Jason and Johnny’s shoulders as I forced my feet to move, to get out of this hellhole. Sky was waiting on me, and I wouldn’t let her down.
26
JOHNNY
I wasn’tsure what lit a fire under Jack’s ass, but he was moving, practically jogging to the exit with our help. But this couldn’t last forever. He would crash when the pain became intolerable. The condition he was in…I couldn’t stand the thought that he was in there this whole time, being tortured by one of our own.
Rafe turned back, the harsh look in his eyes unflinching as he swung the door open and cleared the hall for us to exit. Jason and I shared a knowing look. Rafe had some explaining to do, and he wasn’t getting out of it with his usual bullshit responses.
“I need a weapon,” Jack ordered, holding out his hand.
“Maybe you should let?—”
I was cut off with a steely glare from Jack. Sighing, I pulled my backup piece and handed it over. “Just don’t shoot us.”
“I’m good,” he said, checked the weapon, then nodded to Rafe.
Together, they cleared the corner and then the hallway. It wasn’t lost on me that Jack should be at the back, not at the front where we were uncertain if he could hold his own. After what happened, no one would blame him. We made it to the exit, but we wouldn’t be alone for long. The distraction we created would soon bring hell right to our door.
Rafe squatted next to the door and Jack followed. He was breathing hard and his eyes were bright red from whatever drugs they pushed into his system. Sweat poured from his body, but he didn’t seem to notice.
“I’ll go left and draw their fire. You take Jack and get the hell out of here.”
He started to stand, but I grabbed him by the shirt and yanked him back down. The menacing look on his face would have once had me deferring to him, but those times were long gone. “Not a fucking chance in hell. You have a lot of explaining to do. Not to mention, the job is totally fucked. We’re going to need a miracle to get the hell out of this town alive.”
“It shouldn’t be too hard for you to get out,” he snapped. “You’re trained for this shit.”
“Parker is missing,” Jack snapped.
“Who the fuck is Parker?” Rafe asked.
“The kid…the grandson of Baz,” he spluttered, his eyelids moving at a rapid pace. If he was coming down from whatever he was on, this was going to fall apart fast.
“He’s not our problem.”
“What the fuck do you mean?” Jack snapped, grabbing Rafe by the throat. With more strength than I thought he had, he slammed Rafe against the wall and squeezed. “You stuck me in that hellhole and put me in the middle of these people. Skylar and her son need help. They trust me.”
“I didn’t tell you to fall for her,” Rafe gritted out, trying to pry Jack’s hands from his neck. But Jack was superhuman at the moment. There was no stopping him.
“If you think for one fucking second that we’re leaving them behind, I swear to God—Ah!” He ducked his head, his hands squeezing Rafe’s neck even harder as he screamed in agony. Rafe was ten seconds from passing out, and the pain Jack was feeling didn’t seem to be abating.
I wrenched one of Jack’s fists from around Rafe’s throat and forced him to look at me. “What’s going on?”
