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“Shhh. We don’t want the girls to think you’re a cowardly baby.” Turning to Patrick, he spoke in low, hushed tones. “How are they?”
“Filled with drugs, raped, brutalized, but they’re alive. They’re thirteen, Gator. Babies. He lured them online with the promise of a shopping mall trip. Said he was fifteen. They’re from Georgia.” Gator released a low growl, glaring at Golubev.
“Get their last names to the tech boys, and we’ll track them down.”
“Already done,” said Hiro into the comms.
“How did you do that?” asked Gator.
“Me,” said AJ from behind them.
“Shit!”
“Son-of-a-bitch!”
“Did you forget that I was in the car with you?” They both blushed, nodding at their friend. “I really need to speak up more. Once I heard their names, I did a data search of missing persons. Amber Alerts were placed three days ago. They were last seen taking a bus out of town. He must have sent them the bus tickets to meet him.”
“We both know that Garvin helped him with this. Did you notify local authorities?”
“Done,” said AJ. “We’re going to let them reach out to the parents. They know the circumstances and are okay with turning their heads while you deal with Golubev.”
“We’re happy to help with that,” said Luke, walking into the room. Cam, Abe, and Nate were behind him.
“You guys handle him. I’m going to get some food into the girls,” said Patrick.
“I’ll help,” said Abe. He wanted to destroy Golubev, but he’d give this one to someone else just to have a shot at Quetz and Wolford.
Gator moved Golubev into the main floor bedroom while the police arrived and took control of the young girls. They were more than happy to take the credit for finding the girls, grateful that they were safe and could get home to their parents. They were taken to the local hospital, where they were examined, rape kits done, and placed on IVs to flush their system of the drugs Golubev gave them.
They would both have a long, hard road to recovery, but hopefully had learned their lesson about becoming bored and trying to find excitement.
“We’ll take the girls from here. Thank you,” said the detective. “The parents are on their way here now. They’ve been frantic, as you can imagine. The girls are good students, never did anything wrong, and then suddenly they’d disappeared. The parents said they asked to spend the night at one another’s homes and, of course, never came back the next day.
“When they started asking around their hometown, someone said they thought they saw them get on the bus headed for D.C. He must have met them at the bus station and took them from there. Those kids had to have been terrified.” The men all nodded, knowing this story all too well, having heard similar stories too many times before.
“I’m just curious. Should I place the fire department on call for a potential condo fire?”
“Might be a good idea,” said Gator. “There’s about to be an explosion here.”
“That’s what I figured.”
CHAPTER TWENTY
“When do you think they’ll be home?” asked Lyra.
“I’m not sure, honey,” said Bella. She looked toward her husband, hoping for some backup and assistance.
“Lyra, we just don’t know how long this will take. What I can tell you is that Abe and the boys rescued two young girls from a condo owned by Garvin.”
“Oh, God,” she whispered. “I should have spoken up sooner. I should have gone to the FBI sooner.”
“You couldn’t know about all of this, and you damn sure didn’t know what you were seeing had the scope it does. Men like Garvin, Golubev, Quetz, and your uncle all know how to manipulate and fool others.”
“But they don’t fool all of you. Do they?”
“No, honey. Usually, they don’t. That’s not to say we haven’t been hoodwinked by a few men in our day. And a few women. We’ve been fortunate that when one person doesn’t see it, another does. We always have one another’s six.”
“Your six?”
