Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 81977 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 410(@200wpm)___ 328(@250wpm)___ 273(@300wpm)
" I don't wanna think about it."
"So don't, you want some ice cream?"
"Ice cream, he has ice cream in here?"
"Did you look in the refrigerator? Dude was planning for Armageddon."
"Yeah, but ice cream wouldn't it go bad?"
"Who knows what goes on in the head of the rich and crazy? I'm sure he has it restocked every few months or something."
"I'll thank you not to call my husband crazy thank you very much." He threw another cheese doodle at me.
JACE
I have to keep Ashley calm, for a minute there I thought she was gonna lose it. I had no doubt that Thorpe would be here soon if he wasn't already. The guy didn't strike me as the type to mess around with her safety and knowing what has been going on lately I'm sure he had it under control.
The other reason is my guilt. I'd heard one of the assholes tell the other that Starks had told him she was here, that could only be my father. I should've killed him when I had the chance, should've killed all of them for what they did to her.
Gideon
The doctor checked his watch as he followed the senator down the hall. I could breathe easier now since they'd moved to the second floor, one floor overhead. "I'm going for her."
No one tried to stop me this time as I made my way to the door. With gun drawn I looked both ways before making my way stealthily down the hall to the door camouflaged as a mural. It would be hard for anyone who didn't know that it was there to find the seam as it wasn't obvious to the naked eye.
I used my own code to open the door and step in. The door was hardly closed before she came flying at me. Starks just looked at us and rolled his eyes and I have to admit to breathing a sigh of relief. I'd begun to grow rather fond of the kid, wasn't really looking forward to putting a bullet in him; glad to know I wouldn't have to.
"It's okay love I'm here you can stop crying now." Her poor body shook with the force of her sobs as I held her as close as I possibly could. The way she clutched at me tore at my heart, reinforcing the certainty that I'd been right to tell Gage in the end to save those two for me.
Gage was right, taking them out here would raise too many questions, I hadn't thought of that. Keeping them on ice at a secret location until I could deal with them made way more sense.
I still had to wait for the beep in my pocket to let me know it was clear to leave the room. I didn't want her getting anywhere near those two monsters. I'm sure she'd have a million questions especially when news of their disappearance hit the airwaves in the not too distant future, but I'll deal with that when the time came.
"Look at me Blossom." I lifted her tearstained face and ignored Starks's kissy faces in the background. The kid might not catch a bullet but he just might get a smack to the back of the head.
"You're safe, everything's going to be okay; this worrying can't be good for the little one now can it?" I covered her still flat stomach with my hand, not only to offer her comfort but for me as well. To reaffirm to myself that everything I loved was safe.
GIDEON
When enough time had passed that I thought the coast was clear I led the two prisoners from the room. Not that anyone could mistake the panic room for a prison it had been built with every comfort in mind and after meeting and marrying Blossom in the last few weeks I'd made doubly sure it had everything needed.
She was leaning heavily against me like all the air had been knocked out of her, too much. I kept a tight rein on my anger though not willing to add to her distress.
I exchanged a knowing look with Jason when I caught him removing the headphones that he'd had plugged into the monitor. That could only mean one thing, he'd been shielding her from what the men were saying, but he himself had been listening in.
Chances are he heard them make mention of his father and his part in what had taken place here today. It was a fucked up situation in more ways than one. More so because I'm gonna have to sit this kid down at some point and explain to him why I offed his old man, but first I had to see to my wife.
No doubt all the excitement was too much for her. Poor thing, she's been having a rough couple of weeks, but if everything went well this would be the last time she had to face any danger associated with her father and her childhood.