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My eyes narrow on the computer screen now facing us. The paused footage shows an empty alleyway.
The skin around his eyes tightens as he reminds us, "You break anything; you are out."
We nod our understanding.
He hits play, and my chest seizes when our girl comes into view. She looks around in confusion, clearly deciding to just walk around to the cars. She picks the right direction, and I can't help but wonder how close we were to finding her.
After a few steps, she wobbles a bit and immediately takes her heels off. When she bangs her shoes against the dumpster, cussing up a storm, I can't help but smile at her antics. Ryan, still holding my hand, lets out a little snort at the same time I hear Kor rumble quietly about how cute she is.
But then she stops her slow limping. Foreboding and horror ripple through me. Eve's little fit with her shoes was a nice reprieve from this fucked up situation.
Smith turns up the volume just as the camera catches none other than Brent's fucking brother, Kyle. The groaning of Korren's chair beneath his white-knuckled grip has me clenching my jaw.
Fuck.
"You sure do make a lot of noise, Pet."
I'm going to be fucking sick. My stomach completely bottoms out, and tears have found their way down my cheeks.
"No..." Ryan and Amiri whisper on each side of me.
Eve stands there, completely frozen.
"Too bad my brother won't be able to join in on the fun anymore. You know, if you wanted just me, you didn't have to go through all this trouble."
Korren lets loose a quiet, choking sob, making my heart constrict and my throat close up. I can't do this. I go to stand and leave, but when I look over at Ry, I see devastation and tears pouring from his eyes. I can't leave him. I have to be strong for my family.
For Eve.
Forcing my gaze back to the screen, I just barely make out the trembling of her body and the tears dripping from her face. It's like her terror has her completely unable to move...yet she doesn't look like she's disassociating. She lived that moment, mind and body, and she was so fucking scared.
We were too late.
While I was studying Eve and silently begging her to run, I didn't notice Kyle inching his slimy ass closer. My skin crawls at the way he's leering at my girl.
"Time to go, troublemaker."
All four of us launch out of our seats when he lunges towards Eve with the fucking syringe in his hands.
"No!" Amiri shouts at the same time she finally takes a step back...onto her twisted ankle.
Her strangled scream sends me to my knees, unable to hold myself up any longer. Ry follows, holding me in his arms while we watch our girlfriend's eyes cloud over. Just before they close all the way, Smith blasts the volume.
"I'm so sorry."
Her body goes completely limp on her final word; sagging into that fucking monster as he carries her away.
"No, no, no." Korren's pacing draws my attention to his horrified face. God, I can't fucking do this again.
Smith's tapping on the keyboard niggles at my panicked mind just as he changes the screen. We all watch in devastated silence as Evelyn gets thrown into the back of a fucking trunk.
"Fuck!" Mir's roar startles me out of my silent shock. "Tell me you are tracking that motherfucker!"
"Sit down, please." Smith's voice is laced with sadness and pity.
We do as directed, all of us clutching each other's hands in a show of unity and support.
He looks us over again like we are ticking time bombs. He just doesn't realize that the longer he leaves us hanging, the longer these explosives have been fucking inching our way towards explosion.
