“There, that car can take us.” Faith pointed to one that two men were getting into.
“Hey,” the girls yelled and ran toward the car.
“Are you Maclean’s men?” Beth asked.
They looked at each other and then at them, and then one of them nodded.
“Yes, what do you need?”
“A ride to our house. We can get someone there to bring us back,” Hope said.
One of the guys opened the back door. “Hope on in, girls.”
“Thank you.”
The girls slid into the back as the two men got in front. It wasn’t a limo, so they were able to talk.
Faith grabbed her hand and squeezed. When Hope looked at her, Faith tipped her head to the side. Hope looked around and saw they were going the other way. “Hey, guys. It’s on Memphis Avenue.”
Both men ignored them.
The three girls held each other’s hands.
“Where are you taking us?” Faith asked.
“We’re going to stash you for a bit,” one of the men said.
“Why?” Beth asked.
“Because the men in your family aren’t cooperating with us.”
“What do you want from them?” Hope asked.
“We offered them a business deal, and they turned us down.”
Hope looked at her sister and Beth.
“Guys, I don’t think you want to do this. Do you know who we are?”
The guy in the passenger seat looked back at them and shook his head. “Not really. I do know you are part of the family, right?”
“Yes,” Faith said. “We’re Alastair’s, Graham’s, and Blake’s wives.”
The man driving swerved. “Are you fucking kidding me?”
The girls shook their heads.
“Man, this is going to get us killed. We need to take them back.”
The other guy snorted. “We can’t. We already took them. They’ll tell their men what we did.”
“You know they’ll find out when you ask them for what? Ransom?” Faith asked.
“Benny, listen. She gave me a great idea. We can stash them somewhere and ask for money. When we get it, we can tell them where the women are, and we can get out of the country. I’ve always wanted to see Mexico.”
“I don’t know, Frankie. I think this is a death sentence.”
“We’ll ask Meyer.”
Benny shook his head. “We can’t get him involved. You know how he treats women.”
“Fuck. We have to because he’ll know what to do. We’ll just make sure he leaves them alone.”