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“Eric! I’m here!”
I dropped the duffel bag and ran for them.
Get your hands off of her.
She clawed and kicked, landing several blows before I could get to them.
I grabbed a fistful of his shirt and yanked.
“Let him go.” The woman’s voice from earlier spoke from behind me. Something round and cool and metal pressed into the center of my back.
I held him like a rag doll suspended in air long enough for Lexie to get away. The hall was dark. She’d lost her light. And I couldn’t see where she’d gone.
I counted to ten and dropped the bastard, but slammed my foot on the small of his back.
The barrel of the gun dug deeper against me.
“Let. Him. Go.”
Reluctantly, I removed my hold.
Donnie crawled to his feet. “Shoot that asshole,” he grunted.
“You never could think, Donnie. He’s the one with the money.”
“Now I am,” he said triumphantly.
I spun. He held up a lighter which provided enough light to see the strap of the duffle bag firmly in his grasp.
Damn it. This entire scenario had not gone to plan. I’d screwed up again.
“You have baby doll call me every Friday for our little arrangement. I want ten grand. It ain’t delivered when I say, and we’ll crank this party up.” He motioned for his wife. “C’mon, honey. We’ve got some catching up to do.”
I couldn’t see the details of her features, but her hair was a completely different length and color than it had been earlier in the evening. Even her face didn’t look the same.
She glanced back at me with a sneer. “She thinks she knows where he’s at, but she’s gonna have to look real hard.”
They vanished, and I fired off a text to Daniel after turning off the recording.
Now.
I’d recorded every word out of that son of a bitch’s mouth. Daniel had organized for Officer Wilson to be at the door after we went in. I just hoped he’d gotten here soon enough.
Right now, I had to find my girl.
I turned on my flashlight and shined it in the direction Lexie had gone. “Lexie,” I called. My shout echoed in the empty space.
Her troubled face appeared. “He’s not here. I’ve looked everywhere.”
No.
No.
“We will find him.”
She didn’t look as if she believed me. “Let me check the kitchen.”
She threw open cabinet doors. One of them fell off and clattered to the floor.
