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“Let her go,” Ford rages.
“You aren’t in a position to make demands.”
The man with the rod hauls back and strikes Ford.
“Stop! Why are you doing this?”
“Mr. Whitman has some relevant information.”
“Information about what?”
Playing dumb may backfire, but anything to buy some time.
It’s all I can do to keep my face blank as he studies me. The bile returns when he takes a lock of my hair and twirls the strands around his fingers.
“Truly a beautiful woman.”
“Get your fucking hands off her,” Ford roars, struggling against the rope binding him to the beam.
“It’s easy to see why Tera is so jealous.”
“What does Tera have to do with this?”
“Being coy isn’t smart, Miss Ellis.”
He glances over his shoulder and the other man punches Ford, sending his neck wobbling.
“Stop!” I shriek in horror.
“Such a coincidence meeting the sister and friend that night, no?”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
“The same night Collin Banks was lucky enough to have six women fawning over his every word?”
“No one fawned.”
“And now he’s fucking the mouthy one. I prefer my women more submissive.”
“Like Tera?”
“Tera is child’s play. Flash a few shiny objects her way and drop names, the woman was like putty.”
He releases my hair, moving his fingers to the base of my throat to my necklace. “But you like shiny things, too, don’t you?”
Ford growls, earning him another punch.
“What did she do?” I attempt to keep my voice from cracking.
“Whatever I told her. Why do you think she missed the wedding?”
“She had to work.”
“As a secretary? Don’t be naïve. Tera is far too selfish for hard work. She’s waiting for that opportunity to fall into her lap. It didn’t take much convincing for her to dig into her roommates’ activities. A search that helped my business associates redirect their product.”
I slice my eyes to Ford, who’s no longer struggling but ticking his fingers against each other.
Ford shared about their unsuccessful drug raid a few months ago. But any mention of it will allude to my knowledge of the guys’ involvement.
