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“Hey, now who’s doing the judging?” I protested.
It made her laugh, and I felt that she hadn’t had much of that in the past few months. Probably longer considering that her father was a monster.
“If you had that much freedom, then why have you stayed here? You could have snuck out and been gone? They wouldn’t have been able to find you.”
“Well, if I’m here, then my father isn’t sending men to find me. He’s not worried about me here and I might not have the best life, but it’s better than being dead, which is what would happen when he brought me back. Right now, Sergi has rules for what he can and can’t do to me. If I leave, then the gloves come off, and I’m no longer protected.”
“So if someone comes to rescue me, you won’t try to get away?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
“No, I’ll go with you. It’s been six months, and it’s time to make an escape. With your help, I’ll be able to hide much easier. Right now, I have no connections or money. He could trace me in a matter of days.”
Shocked, she would trust me to help her. I asked, “How do you know I’ll help you after I get out of here?”
“You’re a good woman. If the things the guards were saying about you are true, then I know I can trust you.” Erin shrugged. “That’s more than I can say of most men that I know.”
“Just because I love someone doesn’t mean that I’m not bitch.” I blurted out.
“True, but most bad guys don’t go across an ocean looking for their brother’s killer and try to rescue his girlfriend and baby from the local crime lord.”
“Okay, maybe that could be the case. I could still be a bitch, but super loyal to those closest to me.” I knew that wasn’t the case, but I wanted to make sure that she had thought this through.
Coming with me might not be safe for her, but it was a much better option than living her life here in a cage. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, honestly. Running for your life wasn’t fun, but with enough money and a few passports, it could be easily done. And I was pretty sure Ian would help out,
Sighing, I tried to sit back, but it only caused me to ringe. “You are welcome to come along if you want. I’ll do what I can to help. I’m going to take your father down. He needs to be stopped.”
“That’s all a girl can ask.”
I could see her smile in the semi-darkness.
“You might pity me for the life I’ve lived, but there are others who have it much worse. If you kill my father, another person will just spring up in his place. It’s like playing whack-a-mole.”
“He needs to pay for the things he’s done. He’ll never make it to a trial and anyone willing to testify against him would just vanish.” I knew that making a threat like this in my condition felt pointless, but I was going to avenge my brother’s death. And get revenge for whatever he’d carved into my back,
We continued to talk off and on for short little bits until I fell asleep.
Chapter 52 Ian
I hadn’t told Rossi or Lucas about the extra set of directions that Heather had given me. I knew we might need a plan B. They were all I had to make it work.
When I’d given them those papers, I’d kept one that had a different route inside. One from an underground tunnel that would go directly past the house security and to where they were keeping Ian.
I drove as quickly as I could and then parked in the woods, out of sight. When I got out to walk up the hill, I consulted the directions on how to get inside.
If I came across anyone who asked what I was doing out in the woods, I was going to act like a lost tourist that had engine trouble. I was trying to find a home to make a phone call because the cell phone signal out here was sketchy.
From what the hand-drawn map said, there was a door on the side of the hill that could be accessed to lead inside.
She’d given me the best timeframe of each four-hour shift change, and I had to just hide long enough to sneak in when the door was opened. She’d given me the codes, but I didn’t want to walk in on the next group leaving. It was better to wait until they’d all come out before I made my move. I was here, and that was going to have to be good enough in trying to get Ian out.
Waiting in the cold for what seemed like forever, I seized my moment when four guys came out laughing and talking.
As the door started to close behind them, I crept to the door and squeezed through. The halls of the underground passage were giving me the worst anxiety attack possible. I kept waiting and hiding behind each corner in terror of being discovered.
Sweat coated my skin, and I had to remind myself to take even breaths.
Different men walked through the halls, and I tried to stay out of their way, thinking I would be uncovered at any moment. Each time, they turned the other direction or didn’t notice me in one of the dark corners.
I’d gotten a silencer from Rossi’s bag at the farm in the hope that it wouldn’t alert anyone if I had to use it.