Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Yes, again all that's true but my baby will be scared and she's been through so much already in her young life...
"They don't leave here alive." Forget trials and long drawn out bullshit, today was the last those two fucks will ever draw breath.
"That's a given boss."
It felt like forever before Gage gave the all clear. Maurice had gone somewhere and came back with the news that the guards had been knocked out. At least they were still alive.
Apparently the two now crawling through my house baiting my wife had used some sort of sleeping gas. I was still trying to figure out who had told them where to find her.
I know our marriage had been in the papers yes but neither of those men are locals and my address isn't public knowledge. Sanders might've talked before he bought it but he didn't know where I lived either so which Starks had it been? The father or the son?
"How much longer?"
"Soon Gideon, there's a lot to take into consideration here, we have an unknown in the house granted it wasn't the kid that sold us out, which I'm inclined to believe he didn't. If we off these two assholes we have clean up, the team’s already on standby by the way; you're gonna want to get to Ashley as soon as possible and I'm thinking you don't want her seeing dead bodies laying around, too many questions.”
“So we have to do this right. On top of that, although this place is like a fort it’s still surrounded by other high-rise buildings and you have more glass in here than the Corning Ware factory; you get the picture? We need them in the right location to act, then we'll move."
What he said made perfect sense but still all I could think of was her fear. Now I had the added worry of whether or not her friend had betrayed her as well. Knowing her if that proved to be true it would hurt her more than being hunted by her old tormentors would. One thing's for sure, if Jason Starks had betrayed us kid or not he was done.
Ashley
I know Gideon will come and get me, I know Gideon will come and get me. I kept saying it over and over to myself as I rocked back and forth. I wasn't really scared, not really. Gideon had told me all about the room so I knew that no one could get in. I think I'm more worried about Gideon coming home and getting hurt. I hadn't had time to grab my phone when I'd seen them coming on the cameras.
I still don't know what had made me look. I'd been watching a movie and laughing, just biding my time until I could go bother Jace. I'd been about to go get a snack, which seemed to be all I ever did these days. It was then that I'd fooled around with the computer and seen them.
I didn't stop to think, with my heart in my throat I'd sprung into action and had gone flying down the hallway. I knew if they got their hands on me I'd be dead, my baby would be dead and I'd never see my Gideon again. That more than anything had propelled me into action. When panic threatened to over power me I kept his smiling face in my head.
"I'm sure your husband has this place rigged some kinda way so he knows what's going on. I bet you he'll be here any minute with his goon platoon to rescue us."
Jace had been saying funny things like that for the last half hour to keep my mind off of what was going on. I'd stopped looking at the cameras that showed the two men combing the house looking for me. It made me sick to my stomach to watch. Jace had turned off the volume after they'd started taunting me but every once in a while he took a look to see what they were up to. I couldn't bear to look at them, evil.
"Hey Ash how about a game of chess? I saw a board around here somewhere."
I just looked at him, he was trying so hard to keep me from losing it but this couldn't be easy for him either.
"I'm sorry Jace." He threw a cheese doodle at me.
"Don't be stupid you didn't do anything wrong, I just wish I'd been armed so I could've shot those two assholes instead of hiding out in here. Why didn't you let me go get the gun like I wanted to?"
"Now who's being stupid? You can't shoot a United States senator they'd lock you up and throw away the key."
"What do you think Gideon and his guys are gonna do to them, invite them out for a beer?"