“Huh?” I frowned, looking around.
“You’re right by the door, you want to be as far away from the door as possible,” she said with an awareness that scared me. This was someone who knew what happened here. It also meant that I could find out what was going on and try to find a way out.
I wouldn’t let Max do this to me. I wasn’t the same woman that he’d tried to control and put down for all of those years. I was strong now and I’d show him just how strong I was when he showed his face.
Leaning on my hands and knees, too weak to stand, I shuffled forward with the concrete floor scratching against my knees.
“Where are we?” I asked when I was closer to them.
“Hell,” she answered.
Leaning against the wall next to them, I couldn’t see the one girls face as it was buried in her knees but the other girl’s face, the one who was talking, I recognized.
“Lindsey?” I gasped. She looked just like her, apart from the black eye and dried blood on her lip.
“Y…Yeah,” she stammered. I’d caught her off guard and for the first time, she showed some weakness. It was clear that she was putting on a front and trying to be strong, I suspected for the other girl, who still had her head buried in her knees.
A small smile spread across my face. We knew where she was now and even though we were stuck in here at the moment, I’d be able to get us out. That, I was sure of.
What I couldn’t understand was why Max had brought me here. If Lindsey had been taken by Daley, did that mean that Max was working with him?
“We’ve been looking for you,” I told Lindsey.
“You have?”
“Yeah, your parents-” She snorted, cutting me off and leaned forward.
“My parents put me here,” she gritted out.
“Josh was right then.” I nodded, knowing that she’d want to hear his name. I’d love nothing more than to hear Ty’s name. For someone to talk about him. I knew she’d been here a couple of weeks at least and I hated to think what had been happening to her in that time.
“You spoke to Josh?” she asked, her eyes wide.
“Let’s start this properly,” I said leaning forward and extending my hand. “I’m Kay and I’m part of a team that has been trying to find you.”
“Team?” she asked, shaking my hand. “You’re a cop?”
“No.” I shook my head and pulled my hand back. “Security company.”
“And you met Josh?”
“I sure did.” I smiled, glad that my mind was off whatever was going on here. “He told us all about your parents and how you’ve been living with him. He’s been looking for you.”
“I knew he would.” She nodded, a small smile spreading on her face. “He hasn’t got into any trouble though, has he?”
“No.” I chuckled. “He’s been quite clever actually, watching and waiting. You’ve got a good one there.”
“Yeah.” She sighed wistfully. “I really do.”
I smiled at the look on her face, her eyes glazing over as she was remembering things.
Then we heard the sound of boots on the floor coming closer and the rattle of keys as they were put in the lock. My stomach took a nose dive and the whole atmosphere around us changed.
“Quick,” Lindsey whispered, waving me closer. “Huddle up.”
I scrambled closer and sat next to the girl who still hadn’t looked up. Her hand came out and clutched onto mine and then she brought her head up.
Her blue eyes so light that they were almost see through. They made me think of Luke and that made me even more determined to get out of this place. I needed a plan.