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ALANA
I had no idea how long we had been in this dark and filthy basement. In that time, goons one and two had started to call each other by name - Enzo and Rafe. I knew instinctively that it was a bad thing they didn’t care that we knew their names. They had fed us and kept us hydrated. And apart from having to endure their lewd comments about me, and Enzo’s wandering hands, they hadn’t followed through on any of their threats yet.
Mercifully, they hadn’t laid a finger on Lucia and I was eternally grateful. She had been incredible. So brave and strong. I kept on telling her that Alejandro would find us soon and take us home. Enzo and Rafe laughed every time I said it, or occasionally Enzo slapped me for being so annoying, but it didn’t deter me. It was the only hope we had.
Lucia and I were still tied up. I had scoured the room to look for something to use as a weapon or to cut our ties and while there was a knife nearby, the two men never left us alone. And they watched us constantly.
‘What time did he say he’d be here?’ Enzo said impatiently and I sensed the tension seeping into the room.
‘He’ll be here soon. Chill,’ Rafe replied.
I watched the two of them. They were edgy. Nervous. Their boss must be making an appearance. Maybe I would finally get some answers.
I don’t know how much longer we waited until the door at the top of the stairs opened, letting natural light flood the basement. I saw the outline of a figure stepping into the shadows.
I heard a familiar voice breaking through the silence. ‘I hope my men have been treating you both well.’
My heart felt like it stopped beating in my chest and suddenly it felt as though all of the air was being sucked from the room. Surely my eyes and ears were deceiving me, because this couldn’t be true?
‘You?’ I stammered.
‘Yes. Me,’ he replied with a wide smile.
‘But why? I don’t…’ I shook my head. This made no sense at all. ‘How could you do this?’
‘Quite easily actually, princess,’ he sneered.
CHAPTER 45
ALEJANDRO
I looked up as my office door opened and Jax walked inside. He had a look in his eyes that I hadn’t seen for days.
‘Please tell me you have some good news for me,’ I pleaded.
‘Hugo is awake,’ he said with a smile.
An hour later, I was walking into yet another hospital room. Hugo was sitting up in bed and a nurse was dressing his bandages. She turned to me as though she was about to ask me to leave, and then she must have recognized me. There were few people in this city who didn’t know my face or my name.
‘I’ll just be a few minutes, Mr Montoya,’ she said.
I nodded and watched her work, chewing my lip and willing her to hurry the fuck up. After what felt like five hours rather than five minutes, she finally walked out of the room.
‘I’m sorry, Boss,’ Hugo said before I could speak. ‘I…’ He shook his head as tears filled his eyes.
‘I know you are,’ I nodded. ‘But can you tell me anything? Anything at all that might help me find them?’
He closed his eyes for a few seconds. ‘They came out of nowhere. A huge black SUV. They knew we’d been at that clinic. They didn’t follow us. I always check, Boss. They knew we would be turning into that junction on Seventh and they were waiting for us.’
‘How many of them?’ I snapped.
He frowned as if trying desperately to remember. ‘I saw three, I think, but there could have been more. There probably were. But as soon as they hit us, well, I was in and out. I heard three gunshots. And I heard them talking to each other. At least one of them was Spanish.’
I swallowed as my heart hammered in my chest imagining what Alana and Lucia had been through, what they were still going through.
‘What did they say? Think, Hugo. Anything is important.’
‘I heard snippets mostly. They referred to the boss,’ and then he looked up at me and opened his mouth as if to speak but for some reason he was hesitating.
