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There was no way that I was going to let him get the jump on me again. I still didn't even know if he was really going to use the gun that he tried to point at me, but I didn't want to find out. All I was worried about was finding out the information I was looking for. That was literally all I cared about. He probably thought that I was worried about the money. I really wasn't. Money was a lot easier to come by than someone like Amber was. That’s what I was here for.
“What the hell are you doing here?”
“I guess you would want to know that, considering how hard you were trying to hide. Did you really think that you would be able to hide from me?”
Tommy’s expression said that he obviously thought that was exactly what would happen. He was still trying to figure out how I had found him, but I just gently reminded him that all a person needed was a little bit of money.
He had a bewildered look on his face and I asked him what the matter was. It was like a present to me, really and truly, the way he was so shocked that he had been found. Bested. I had a feeling that Tommy didn’t lose too much. I was glad to help him.
“Did you really think that you would get away with it?”
He still wouldn't answer me. I guess I was going to have to take that as an answer. Tommy was barely looking me in the eye. Did he feel any guilt for what he’d done? Or was he sorry he’d been caught?
“What do you want?”
I kind of chuckled. “Do you really not know what I want?”
“I've spent most of the money, so if you are trying to get it back, you’re wasting your time.”
I sighed and told him that I had figured as much. I could see where he had spent it, and I couldn't say that he had made the worst decisions. The house was nice, as was the car in the driveway. The size of the place, area, he was likely broke or close to it. I knew the money was gone.
I didn't say anything for a moment and then he started to smile, this big toothy grin that really unnerved me. It was like a light switch had gone off and he knew something that he didn’t know moments before. Maybe it was something that I didn’t know myself.
“Now I get it. It took me a minute, but I see it now, Frank. You're here for the girl.”
I didn't like how he looked at me and how he was laughing about it. I was there for Amber, I would be the first to admit that, but at the same time, it was hard for me to do so to him. What other reason would I have for being there, save for revenge?
“What if I am?”
“She isn't even here. You came all this way for nothing.”
I knew as much. Amber had made it quite clear that she didn't want to be with Tommy. But that didn't mean that I knew where she was. For the life of me, I couldn't figure it out and even though Tommy was the one that had been running for a reason, it was Amber that had been truly impossible to find. I wanted to think that even though Amber didn't want to be with him, he would still know where she was or at least have an inkling of where she would run off to. I hated to admit it, but Tommy knew her better than I did.
“Where is she? I want you to tell me where, make it easier on the both of us.”
“I don't know where she is. She took off that night and I haven't seen her since.”
“Have you tried to find out where she is?”
“We didn't really end on good terms, thanks to you. She shouldn’t have had feelings for you.”
I shook my head, not letting that answer slide. While it was good to hear that Amber cared, it didn’t help me find her. All the good feelings in the world weren’t going to help if they didn’t help me find her.
“I need something, Tommy. If you don't give me anything, then I'm going to call the cops and have them extradite you back to America. You know that I can. You know, doctors like me, upstanding citizens with a little bit of money, can get shit done.”
“If I tell you what I know, will you let it go?”
I promised that it would happen, even though it was the last thing I wanted to do. I would have promised anything if it meant that Amber would be back in my arms. That was truly all I was worried about.
Tommy scoffed. “You must really love her, huh?”
I thought that was a stupid question. Of course, I loved her. I wouldn't be doing any of this if I didn't. Besides, he loved her too. I could see it in his eyes.
“It doesn't matter what I feel for her.”
“If you want my help, you have to tell me why.”
“You know why. Amber is amazing.”
