“Okay, I’m going to bring him over these brownies for his trip. He’s such a handsome man, and so kind. I hope he doesn’t wind up moving out of the country because of business.”
“Oh, is he really? He mentioned something about not being sure about returning.” Sage added.
“Yes, he said it was time for some changes. I think he was hoping to find true love here in Pearl, but it didn’t happen.”
Sage felt badly for him. He really was a nice guy, very good looking, with a lot of money, and he was tough. She figured it had to do with him being in the military.
“I’d better go check on his order.”
As Sage put together his sandwich and fries in a container, she also placed some sweet tea in a to-go cup for him with extra napkins and hand wipes. She carried it out of the kitchen when she saw Abigail smiling.
“He’s right outside by the delivery door. I gave him the brownies.” Sage smiled as she walked outside and saw Brent standing by his car talking into the cell phone. He had a nice sports car, black, tinted windows and all fancy.
She walked down the steps and waited a moment. He looked at her, and covered the mouthpiece on the phone. “Can you put it in the back seat on the floor for me?” She nodded her head and walked around to place it into the back seat on the floor. The car smelled like brand-new leather and cigars.
She inhaled as she fixed the container of food she place on the floor. The moment she felt the prick to her neck, she fell forward in the seat. Gasping, Brent grabbed her legs and shoved her inside. She locked gazes with him, her body instantly numb and frozen. She couldn’t move. She couldn’t even feel a thing.
“Don’t worry, sweetheart, it will wear off in a few hours. I couldn’t take the chance that you would resist me taking you, after all, we’re meant to be together.” He shoved the door closed. She could hear and she could see, but she couldn’t move a muscle. Scared, unable to fight, she felt the tears leak from her eyes, as the door closed and Brent sped from the parking lot.
What was he doing? Why was he taking her? She felt her vision begin to get fuzzy and unclear, as her mind tried to understand what was happening here. But before she could understand her own thoughts, darkness overtook her vision.
* * * *
Brent sped his car to the open field out of town. The helicopter was landing there to take them out of the area and to a loading dock by the pier. They would travel to the boat by limo, and wait until he had the all clear to leave the marina in Corpus Christi. By the time he had Sage on the boat, she could fight him all she wanted to. There was nowhere for her to go other than into the Gulf of Mexico.
He smiled as he looked into the rearview mirror. She was already out cold. Her beautiful breasts were bursting from the confinements of the tight camisole she wore. He couldn’t wait to taste her, to kiss her and hold her in his arms. Now that he knew she shared her body with four men, he wouldn’t have to hold back on any of his fantasies. She was his now, and no one was going to get in the way of h
is plans.
* * * *
Abigail could hear the sirens blaring and then the vehicles pull up in front of the bed-and-breakfast. Wyatt, his deputies, Matt, and Quaid all rushed inside, guns drawn.
“Where is Sage?” Matt yelled, as he frantically looked around the restaurant. All the patrons looked frightened.
“Working in the back room, I think,” Abigail stated.
“Abigail, where is Brent Pierson? Is he still here?” Wyatt asked.
“No, he left about thirty minutes ago.”
“Shit,” Wyatt stated. Meredith came out of that room looking frazzled.
“Meredith, where’s Sage?” Matt asked, meeting her there.
“I have no idea. I’ve been covering her tables. One minute she was here and the next she was gone,” Meredith told them.
“Why are you looking for Brent? What’s going on?” Abigail asked.
“Brent is part of the organization that’s been abducting those girls. He’s the top guy in charge,” Kenny told her.
“Oh God, Sage went outside to bring him his lunch to go, after I brought out brownies,” she told them.
“Oh God, no. He fucking took her!” Matt yelled out as he ran toward the back door. There was no sign of anyone anywhere.
“We need the surveillance video from back here. Call the department, Wyatt,” Quaid stated as he pulled out his cell phone.
“Did he take her? Did Brent take Sage?” Abigail asked as she began crying. Kenny wrapped an arm around her shoulder.