It was quiet in the room when Jordan came to and it was a lot darker than he remembered, like someone had turned off the light. He didn't even remember passing out in the first place but he must have succumbed to the beckoning darkness at some point. His arm joints hurt from being cuffed so wide aapart and his body hurt from all the hitting her received from 'the boss' puppet', the mad mongrel that had pounced. His head throbbed with an ache that threatened to split it open but he had a will to rise above it. His only concern though was finding out where they were keeping Riley, nobody has mentioned it or her since he's been here and it scared him to think of the reasons why. And the big man in the room, who was still watching the couch wasn't making any move at all or saying anything to him. If he had the luxury, he'd have wondered what it was that had all this attention to this extent but it wasn't don't he was willing to consider ye

The woman lead them out of her office and down some awfully long hallway until they finally came to an odd looking door at the end of it.JoJo waited, rather impatiently, while she went through the complicated process of unlocking it and drawing it open to grant them access.As soon as she stepped inside the room, JoJo was greeted by and endless rows of lockers.She doubted this room ever did see a lot of people because from what she could tell it needed a lot of cleaning.She could choke up easily on the amount of dust that had accumulated in it, especially at the rows behind.Funny how it didn't seem to bother her companion.This was getting eerily interesting, she'd expected every other thing but this.It was like her mother was playing some kinda he with them.But it was all coming together to her somehow and begining to make some kind

Tatt knew he was ready to protect this child seating here with him and begging to be sent home with his life. She didn't deserve to die here even if that's what the boss wanted. She was too young, with her whole life still ahead of her and too innocent to be used as a threat warning. He didn't give a fuck' what the old guy wanted. He'd made it clear the day he'd signed up with them that there'd be no kid casualties and the man had agreed, he probably had mini amnesia that he hoped to cure with his defiance. He zoned out watching her while Shaggs had ranted on and on about what the boss wanted him to do with her. Was this what it had been with his boy? Some boss out back taking a drag out of his Cuban Ciga and giving orders that his life be snuffed so early as a revenge to his boy. He'd even forgotten about the guy that Shaggs had dragged into the room at gun point until he'd started yanking hard on his restraints and th

Jordan didn't think he'd make it out of that room alive, he didn't think the guys would make it in early enough to save them, yet here they were. But he owed Riley's life to the big guy that had been in the room with them. Tatt, they had called him. Though it irked him to hell and back that they'd taken her in the first place and he'd watched him get beaten to within an inch of his life, it was thanks to him that the raging, trigger happy asshole lying face flat on the floor hadn't killed his princess. With all the pain and blood running down his face, he managed a smile at the feel of the tiny arms around him. She'd run over to him as soon as she'd seen him. And it hard hurt him to see her like this, to have her see him like this, but it was okay because they were both fine. Thankfully, the surprise attack had worked. It wouldn't have though if Brad hadn't called the other guys back out because, as he'd just found out,

"What did you say Brooks? She can talk?"She asked, her voice high pitched, breaking her embrace with the other woman. Brooks face was a dead give away to her question.God, no."Easy child, don't make this too hard on both of you. She had her reasons, reasons you appreciate one day."The disbelief was clear as day on JoJo's face."I don't think so Brooks," she cried, tears coming in torrents again."I've spent half my life devoted to her and the best she could do is lie to me? I don't think any reason can make up for that......"The older woman came to hold her again, letting her get all the tears out.She was about saying something else though when they heard a car pull up so close to the front door.JoJo jerked out of Brooks arms, her heart beating her to death.God, please let it be them, she prayed even as she rushed outside.The door opened and out came Adam carrying....."Oh my Go