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Guilt slammed into me. I wasn’t the only one blaming me.
“Did she say anything to you?” she asked.
I shook my head. “She wasn’t talking to me either.”
“I’m going to go check my room. Maybe there’s something I can do to help.” Like call Knox.
Spinning on my heels, I jogged up the stairs two at a time. Once I was in my room, I closed and locked the door. Dropping the bag on the bed, I fished the phone out and pushed the power button.
I paced as the phone activated.
Ping. Ping. Ping.Text messages flooded into the phone. I had twenty-three missed calls and sixteen voice messages.
The messages started with the wedding.
Knox: You look beautiful.
Knox: I’m getting a semi from the kiss.
Knox: Get a room. lol. Congratulations. He’s still a dick. Always and forever.
A few hours passed until the next text.
Knox: Call me.
Knox: Where the fuck are you?
Knox: Ally, it’s about Dee. Please call me when you get this message.
Knox: Fuck, shit is happening. I can’t come to you.
Another gap in time and then he started to text again.
Knox: Dee is here. Fuck. I’ll get her out.
I’d scanned the text messages in less than thirty seconds. I didn’t waste time listening to the voicemails. I called Knox.
He answered immediately. “Fuck, Ally. They have her. They fucking have Dee.”
I dropped to my knees. Silent sobs wracked my body. “Tell me what to do,” I said as I gulped air.
“Fuck. I don’t know.”
There was silence on the phone.
I closed my eyes and uttered words that nearly took my breath. “It’s my fault.”
“We’re not doing this. Fuck. Okay. Fuck.”
I cried, sucking in deep breaths.
“This isn’t your fault. Jessie and her girls are good at this. It’s what they do. They offer sweet temptation and deliver poison. They weren’t going to stop until they had her. I should’ve gone to Dee.”
“How? Security here is tighter than it is with Marco, and he has me on a leash tethered to Tim.”
“It’s too late for whatever we should’ve done.”
I was going to be sick. Dee was feisty, yet sweet. Insolent, yet naïve. I could barely form words with the thickness of fear in my mouth. “Have they hurt her?”
