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Yeah, I was.
And I loved pretty much everything he did to me.
I will never admit that to these people.
“Again, that was regrettable. But please be assured that your father wanted you out of there safely. We made that deal from the start. As soon as we had enough to take Vyronov down, we’d get you out.”
Take Kirill down…
I don’t say anything.
“I’m so sorry for what you’ve been through, Tiana.” Cassie puts her hand on my arm, looking into my eyes. “We’re going to make sure he goes away for a long, long time.”
I don’t realize that my teeth have closed on my bottom lip until I get a tiny tang of blood.
“I see,” I half-whisper.
“And your dad was trying to make it right too.” It’s the first time the younger guy has spoken. His voice is uncharacteristically deep for someone as lightly built as he is. “He made a big deal of that every time we saw him.”
Yeah, right.
The thought of my father trying to do right by me doesn’t ring true. But then again, I’m having a hard time believing anything he ever did was in my best interests. Could I be wrong about him? Was there at least a tiny part of him that was trying to atone for his sins? It’s so messed up that I can’t even decide what sounds true and what doesn’t.
Not that I will ever know. The last time I saw my father, he was lying on the floor with his brains blown out. I never even got to have a funeral for him. But would I have wanted one? I still have no idea what happened to his body. I suppose men like Kirill have ways of making that sort of thing go away.
The guy called Kyle is speaking again. “Miss Avants, I’ve been looking for a way to get my gear in there to wire the place for sound,” he tells me. “We’ve been hoping it would give us a way to pull you out sooner.”
“And now you’ve given us what we were looking for with that little stunt you pulled back there.” It’s the older guy up front speaking now; Timothy.
“I don’t understand.” I look around at them. “Are you saying that you’ve saved me?”
I should be dancing for joy and singing with delight. And yet, I’m not. I feel strangely deflated.
“Well, this is where things get tricky.” Greg purses his lips. “We need you to go back in there.”
I almost shoot up from where I’m sitting.
“What?” I’m staring yet again. “Why on earth would I go back? You’ve just rescued me!”
“Uhhh…” Greg rubs his jaw. “Well, not quite.”
“Not quite? How do you ‘not quite’ rescue someone?” This is not making any sense.
“Because without the information your father was going to get for us, we can’t crack this case.”
“I don’t see how that’s my problem.” I fold my arms over my chest.
“I’m afraid, that’s where you’re wrong.” Greg’s voice has grown more firm. “You are going to help us.”
“I’m going to? What if I say no?”
“I’m afraid it’s not really a matter of choice, Miss Avants. You see, our superiors have you as an accessory, and-”
“An accessory?” I snap. “Just what kind of accessory?”
“You’ve been living with Kirill Vyronov for the past several weeks. You’ve been present during at least one crime in which lives were lost. If you could just gather more evidence for us, we would-”
“Are you kidding me?” I’m shouting now. “You just told me that you knew that I’d been sent there against my will. I was sold for fuck’s sake!”
