We’d decided that this was going to be the best time to make a move. We always waited for this time of the day for a completely different reason, but this time, it would be our last. As soon as I got out of this place, I wanted a fresh bottle of water. I salivated at the thought, I swear I could almost taste it.
We all looked at each other with smiles on our faces when we heard the footsteps come closer. Standing, we waited for the key to come into the lock, and when it started to turn and the click sounded in the room, we all nodded at each other.
It was now or never.
The door swung open slowly and in walked a guy that we hadn’t seen before. It was always Max or the brute but this guy looked nothing like them.
He opened his mouth, but before he could say a word, they pounced on him.
Lindsey jumped on his back while Ava threw her arm out at him, hitting him in the throat with her fist.
Standing back, I watched him as he didn’t fight back and noticed the gun on his waist band. Taking the opportunity while he was distracted, I lunged forward and grabbed it. This is what would get us out of here.
“Girls!” They both looked over at me and stared with wide eyes. “Into the corner,” I barked at the guy, pointing the gun at him.
“You don’t understand-”
“I said into the corner!” I barked. “Girls.” I tilted my head at the door, telling them silently to go out of the room.
I watched him as he held his hands in the air and backed into the corner. I didn’t move my eyes from him as I stepped out of the door. I slammed it closed and turned the lock, making sure that he couldn’t come after us.
Taking a deep breath, I turned to face the girls. This was it. We were actually going to get out of here.
“What now?” Lindsey asked looking up and down the hallway.
“This way.” I pointed the way that the brute and Max had taken me. There had to be a way out through Serena’s office. Those big double doors had to lead somewhere.
We shuffled down the hallway, all of us on high alert and aware of our surroundings. There was no hiding, and if someone was to come through the doors right now, we’d be caught; I didn’t want to think about what would happen if we were.
Swiping the card, the doors opened and we rushed through them. Everything looked the same and I couldn’t remember how far I had gone to Serena’s office. After passing the same door five times, I started to get panicked.
Just as I was starting to wonder if we’d ever get out of here, I spotted the door and signaled the girls to stand against the wall. Moving forward, I opened the door and looked inside.
Empty. Just what I had hoped for.
“Let’s go,” I whisper-shouted at the girls.
Lindsey came past me as I held the door open, and I waited for Ava. When she still hadn’t come through, I frowned and looked back, screeching at what I saw.
“Go,” she whispered, her eyes glazing over from the hold that the brute had on her.
“Ava-”
“Hmmm, I wonder what she’ll do,” the brute said to Ava, his tongue coming out and licking up the side of her neck. He held her in front of him, making it impossible to shoot him without hurting Ava.
“Go get help,” Ava pleaded, her eyes begging me to go.
I couldn’t leave her here, not like this. I stepped forward to help her, just as the doors in the hallway flew open and men came running through.
Looking back at Ava, she nodded, telling me that it was okay.
It wasn’t okay, it was far from it. But if I didn’t get out now, I was afraid that I never would.
I’d come back for her. As soon as the guys came, I’d come straight back for her.
We were dressed and booted up within an hour, I was more than ready to go and get Kay.
Daley had made some phone calls and by the time we were ready, we had another thirty men turn up, dressed in combat gear with guns. Between them, and all of Charlie’s men, we had a small army. Both Daley and Charlie were trying to be boss of the whole operation, so in the end, I had to put a stop to it.