Total pages in book: 196
Estimated words: 180438 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 902(@200wpm)___ 722(@250wpm)___ 601(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 180438 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 902(@200wpm)___ 722(@250wpm)___ 601(@300wpm)
“What does that mean?” I was already panicking at her reasons for heading there, and his cryptic statement only made it worst.
“If she straps a diaper on her ass and drives straight through, it can take forty hours or so, give or take. If she stops to rest up overnight, it will take longer. You’ve been high before. You know how some of that shit you took could keep you up all night. Crazy as she is, she could probably make it there on foot.”
I’m not sure if I should appreciate the fact that he doesn’t skirt around the issue of my addiction or be highly offended. I know enough to know that he wouldn’t care either way. “Why does Catalina think you would be mad at her?” Once again, it was Mancini who asked.
“Because she sent Devon and Quinn to join the others to look after his woman.” He nodded his head in my direction. “She claimed she did it to give him peace of mind. So much for being mad at him and not liking his cheating ass.” Geez, this guy.
“I didn’t cheat, exactly.”
“Why don’t we ask your girl how she feels about that?” Enough said!
“Does it seem to you that Mengele has been getting rid of almost all the men on the island? At this point, only Flannagan, the twins, and a few runts will be left.”
“What is it?” The one named Connor, who had joined them over the weekend when I was gone, asked.
“Dafuq, do you mean what it is? My kid doesn’t do anything by chance. Check your women. Mancini, make sure the security feed to the island hasn’t been tampered with, and don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes, you fucks.”
“Damn, what the hell could they be up to?”
“Are you kidding me?” Lyon grumbled while each man seemed to reach for his phone. I was lost as hell but kept my lips zipped since no one asked me for my input. Until I remembered that he said he thought Janie was headed to New York.
“I have to warn Elena.”
“That’s a negative. If you tell her that nut is on the way there, all it’s going to do is make her worry. We already have more than enough men on her, and with Mengele sending more, not to mention her own private detail, she should be fine.”
That still didn’t seem like enough. “You can pull out now, kid, and go be with your girl. No one will blame you.” One thing about these guys is they never seem to judge, and though it was on the tip of my tongue to ask what he would do in this situation, I knew I would gain more respect from them and for myself as well if I made the decision on my own.
“I think I’m going back to New York.” I waited for the fallout, but instead, he smiled and walked over to clap me on the shoulder.
“Good man. I would’ve made the same decision. There are more than enough of us here to get the job done, so there are no worries there.”
“Really?”
“Yes, really. My wife and kids will always come first, and that goes for every man in this room.” The others nodded, making me feel like less of a monster for giving up so soon, but the thought of her being a sitting duck for even more bullshit from Janie would’ve hounded my every step if I got on that plane to go with them.
“Is there anything else I can do, though? Maybe I can pay for some stuff.”
“No need. We’ve got it covered, kid. This is what we do.”
“What about that one girl that was still missing?”
“We’re still working on it. We’ve waited as long as we can, but it’s not fair to leave the others there while we try to find her. We’re gonna try not to make it too obvious that it is a sting, that way, their little network won’t catch on, but that’s the risk we’ll have to take.”
Apparently, Janie’s little televised rant had helped them because most of the men who had bought these girls had moved them to different locations overnight in fear that the heat would come knocking at their door before long. Since Lyon and his squad had already found most of the buyers, again, I don’t know how, but Janie’s notes had helped a lot there as well; they already had eyes on their marks.
I’m guessing that is why most of their people were off the island since they had been running around the globe locating these people and setting up surveillance. According to Mancini, this was all part of the nieces’ plan, but I can’t see how. How could they have known what Janie would say in front of the cameras or how the perpetrators would react?