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“No fucking way,” gasped Fuentes. “Well, that explains you.”
“Yeah, I guess it does,” he laughed. “My point is, my mother and grandmothers never faltered, never left their sides for a moment. I would expect that Brooke and I will be the same. Some women are made differently, Fuentes. Some women are made for men like us.”
“Wolfkill. Jesus, that’s why you didn’t want me to repeat your last name. You’re fucking Easton Wolfkill. Zeke, Kiel, Ethan, and Everett Wolfkill. Holy fucking stupid! I’m stupid! I didn’t make the connection. I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t be sorry. I didn’t want you to make the connection. We like being unknown.”
“Brother, there’s no way for your family to be unknown. Your father wouldn’t remember me, but he worked a case once that saved my life. Him and a bunch of other Special Forces guys.” East just nodded, smiling at the other man. “I was dead. Sure as shit, I was dead. This cartel leader was pissed off at me about something, and then these giants came through the jungle and saved my ass, along with my team.”
“Sounds like my dad,” smirked East.
“This was meant to be, East. You were meant to be here, meant to save me again, and meant to protect Brooke. You have my number. Text me when this shit is done, and I’ll come back to resign from the agency. Maybe I’ll buy an ice cream truck and enjoy life for a while.”
“Sounds like a good idea to me. Let’s go.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
“What took you so long?” asked Liffey.
“Sutton was throwing one of his famous tantrums because of the tunnels blowing. He was more pissed about the other tunnels collapsing.”
“Yeah, sorry about that,” smirked Bogey. “We thought we had the amount right, but it turns out the tunnels were collapsing on their own anyway. Which brings about another issue.”
“What now?” frowned East.
“Rain,” said Brooke. “They’re expecting storms starting around midnight Friday night going through the weekend. This area isn’t used to that kind of rain. It’s going to flood, and that means anyone in those tunnels is in danger.”
“Shit,” he muttered, sitting back on the sofa, resting his head on the back of the cushion. He rubbed his eyes, then shook his head.
“We got this, East,” said Eazee. “We’re going to find a way to get those kids out of that tunnel.”
“I know, but I found out there are more. That’s how he keeps his men in line. He’s kidnapping their families, hiding them, and forcing them to cooperate.”
“Double shit,” muttered Eazee. He smirked at his brother, shaking his head. “Okay, looks like we need to find them fast. How many are we talking?”
“Easily a hundred, maybe more. He’s got about a hundred men, and the man I spoke with said almost all of them had wives and children.”
“Where would he keep that many? It can’t be the tunnels,” said Cowboy.
“There’s no way. The tunnels are narrow and wouldn’t hold that many people, not for long anyway. It has to be somewhere larger. Someplace with a lot of room…” Brooke stopped, staring at the men around her in utter shock. “Son-of-a-bitch. It’s right beneath our noses.”
“What do you mean? A tunnel below the motel?”
“No. The tunnel in the apartment building.”
“There wasn’t anything else in there. We didn’t see anything,” said Eazee.
“You’re thinking down. Not up.” They all opened their mouths to speak, and Brooke smiled, nodding at them. “It’s his apartment building. His. We all know how averse to electronics he is. There’s no alarm system, no cameras, but those women and children may not know that.”
“But we didn’t see any guards at the building,” said East.
“He wouldn’t have his men guard them because it’s their families. He’d have his drug team. The sellers, who are probably on the drugs themselves.”
“Shit, they’re on the top floors. That’s where he’s kept them all this time. We can use the apartment building as the distraction,” said East. “Get the families and children out and blow the building. He’ll be panicked knowing that he’s lost his leverage with the men.”
“He wouldn’t tell them that,” said Brooke.
“No. But I will. I’ll let Sutton know the building was destroyed, and there were dozens of women and children found in the rubble. Then I’ll tell his men what really happened. When that happens, it will be the distraction we need for you all to get into that shed in the backyard. I’ll keep them out in front of the house. You guys hop the fence in the backyard, get into that shed, and get everyone out.”
