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“No clothes or club. I see her laying down. Almost…sleeping. She’s unclothed. There’s…” His eyes squinted, closing as he let out an aggravated sound. “I can’t remember. I can see a blanket or something, but it’s not mine. Maybe I was drunk. Maybe—”
“You weren’t with her,” I snapped. “She doesn’t go to clubs or take random guys home. She’s not the type of girl you’d go after; she’s good.”
“How do you know who I go after? You don’t think I’d be interested in your girl if I saw her at a club? With a body like that?”
My fist reared back, smashing into Rush’s mouth. His knees buckled, but he managed to catch himself. Rian cursed pulling me back.
“Okay.” Rush’s hand lifted as he wiped the blood from his mouth with the other. “Maybe I deserved that, but I think I know my own taste in women.”
“Like Tiffany?” My question had his anger returning.
“Keep her out of it.”
“Oh, so we can talk about my girl but not yours?”
“Wrong brother.”
Closer we stepped again. One minute I was sure we were going to start throwing punches, the next Rush’s head spun to look right at Kody as she and Tiffany reappeared from the hall.
“Oh fuck.” He turned back to me, his eyes darkening. “I remember. Son of a bitch.”
His shoulder bumped into mine as he headed for the desk, bringing my computer to life. I headed over, taking a seat as he pulled up the search engine, typing in some random porn site.
“What the hell are you doing?”
“I told you I saw her. I know it’s her, but not because I actually.” He stopped, throwing me a look as he hit the button to pull up the categories.
“Busty babes?”
“Don’t fucking judge me, man. The last few months have been off for me. I think I saw this…weeks ago. It’s been a while.” He started to scroll, not making it down half the page before he pointed to one of the trending videos. “There! Right fucking there. That’s her, right?”
My lips parted as I moved in. The similarity had my heart racing as I clicked on the small icon. When the video came up, rage like I’d never felt before boiled throughout my blood. It wasn’t just any porn video. Kody was unconscious. She wasn’t bruised or scarred, and she appeared to be sleeping. But she wasn’t; she was drugged. I knew that blanket under her. It was the same one David wrapped around himself when he sat at his computer after the shows. This video…it happened before the torture. Before…
I stopped the video as fingers began unbuttoning her blouse.
“Does he rape her?”
“What?” Rush looked at the screen, jerking his face back to me.
“Look at her arms. Her chest. There’s not a mark on her. It’s because this was probably from the first day she was taken; when she was captive you fucking dumbass. Does she wake up? Was she raped?” I pushed to my feet, leaning closer to him as I tried to contain the explosion that was about to come. “What the fuck are you doing watching that shit anyway? Does. She. Wake?”
Rush straightened, emotions flickering over his face as he glanced at Kody. “I don’t…know. I only got a few minutes in before…You’ve got to be kidding me. I didn’t know what was happening. I swear I didn’t know.”
“Now you do. Of all the fucking videos, and of all the people in the God damn world, you find her.” I slammed my laptop shut, heading for the balcony.
“Jase?” I slowed at Kody’s voice but continued before I lost it completely. She didn’t deserve this. She couldn’t take one more thing piled on top of the rest. Especially not with the condition of her heart. It was weak. Healing. I had to delete that video. I would delete it. Fuck this operation that was destroying women. How many more were victims? How many more had they defiled and destroyed every way imaginable? This wasn’t right. It couldn’t continue.
I leaned on the balcony, lowering my head and closing my eyes as my fingers dug into the concrete. I didn’t bother to open them when the door sounded.
“Jase? What happened? Are you okay? Did you learn something new?
How did I tell her? Should I? I knew nothing other than what I saw. Rush didn’t even know how far it went. I was going to have to watch that video, and the thought made me physically ill. Death. It called to me more than ever. Someone had to pay, and not by serving life behind bars.
Her hand settled on my bicep, waiting. I opened my eyes, forcing a grin. “Everything’s okay. Just a setback. Come here.”
I pulled her into my arms, loving the way she immediately melted into me. The last thing I wanted was for her to hurt an ounce more. I had to figure out how to end this once and for all.
“Jase?” Rian peeked his head out. “We’re going to take off and give you some time. You want me to…take care of it?”
