My hands were shaking so badly that I had to pull over. And I roared out my fear and pain, tears rushing down my face. I prayed to any fucking deity that would fucking listen to me to just keep her safe. Ineededher safe.
“I’m so sorry, Hayley,” I whispered. “Fucking hell, baby girl, I’m so goddamn sorry.”
I should have stood against her. I shouldn’t have let her talk me into this. I should have been fuckingstronger. But she’d been so adamant, so worried about those girls, and it had crumbled my resolve.
My phone rang on the seat beside me. “What?” I grumbled when I answered.
“I lost them,” Quinn quietly told me.
I swallowed vomit. “I did, too,” I whispered. I drew in a deep breath. “What now?”
Quinn was quiet for a moment. “Right now, we get William and Isabelle somewhere safe. And then, we fight like hell to get Hayley back. Because, Miles, if they find out she’s connected to you or connected to the FBI, she’s dead. You know that, right?”
I nodded. “I know.”
I hung up the phone, tossed it into the passenger seat, and headed back home. When I got there, an agent in a black SUV was waiting out front for me. “We’re here to get William and Isabelle somewhere safe,” he told me. “Quinn called us.”
I nodded and opened the door, nodding once at the two men I’d left behind with them. Worry filtered into their gazes when they saw Hayley wasn’t with me, but they left nonetheless, not saying a word. I drew in a deep breath and went to pack a bag for William.
By the time I was done packing, Quinn was already here with a bag packed for Isabelle. He handed her over to the agent, and he got her strapped into his car. I hugged William tightly to me, burying my face in his sweet-smelling hair.
“I’m going to find your mom, kiddo,” I whispered.
Then, I pressed a kiss to the top of his head and handed him over.
5
Hayley
Three days.
Three days had never felt so agonizingly long in my fucking life.
I was locked in a dirty room that only had a tiny window up at the very top to let me know when it was daylight and when it was dark.
Twenty other girls were in the room with me. We were shoulder to shoulder against the walls. We weren’t fed, and we were only given one cup of water, which we all had to share. Every time that cup of water came into the room, one of the girls tested it to see if it was drugged. And if she was okay after a while, only then did we drink it.
But besides the man that always brought the cup of water, we never saw anyone else.
I was both thankful for it and fearful of it. When someone didn’t come for a while, it usually meant they were biding their time, letting us sit in fear.
And fuck, there was so much fear in this room that it practically fucking reeked of it.
The door suddenly opened, blinding light filtering into the room. Two men stepped in. The first one was tall and burly, his muscles bulging. His head was bald, and tattoos swirled all over his scalp and face. The second guy was smaller and skinnier, and he was carrying a camera.
I barely resisted vomiting, but considering I had nothingtovomit, nothing would have come up anyway. And trust me, this baby had been trying to get me to vomit for two fucking days now.
“Her,” the bigger guy said, looking right at me. I bit my tongue. The other girls slightly shuffled away from me. I wasn’t even angry. Whatever was about to happen, I didn’t want them to be a part of it any more than I was about to be.
Even though I was kidnapped, my feelings hadn’t changed. I still wanted these girls safe.
He unbuckled his jeans. My stomach clenched with the urge to throw up, but I just gagged. “Oh, don’t worry, bitch,” he sneered. “I can’t damage your throat. Boss wouldn’t like that. But he wants you drenched in cum. Get undressed,” he ordered.
I just followed the orders. I had a baby to protect, and I knew fighting his commands would get me beaten and might cause a miscarriage. I wouldn’t fail another baby.
Biting back my fear, I pulled my clothes off, dropping them into a pile beside me. “Face up,” he ordered.
I did as he ordered, shutting off everything so I could get through this without crying and pleading. With a grunt, he began to jack himself off, and within a few minutes, I was drenched in his cum. I gagged again, but nothing came up.