Chase the Pain (Amatucci Family #1) - Sadie Jacks Page 0,108
The satellite footage dropped to almost unusable as I tried to access the GPS coordinates of the object on screen.
I finally found them. Took a screen shot and sent it to Domenico. “Here. Start looking. I’m going to watch the rest of this.”
All three doors opened in unison. Amatuccis unloaded from my car like it was an Italian convention.
I backed up the footage, blew up the picture so I could see it more clearly. He’d stopped in the middle of the field. For what? What possible reason could he have.
“Call Nik back. I need her eyes,” I told Rafael.
He growled but completed the call. “Don’t bitch at me, woman. Your boss needs to talk to you.” He handed me the phone.
“No questions, Nik. And whatever you do, don’t dig into what I’m about to tell you. I need you to pull up the data packet you sent me. See if there’re any property records, bills of sale, receipts, anything that could point to Errington owning property on the northeast outskirts of town.”
She inhaled noisily.
“Not right now, Nik,” I said softly. “Please.”
She blew her breath out in a huge gush. “Fine. But as soon as, boss man. Or I’m kicking your ass, too.”
“Understood and appreciated.” I gave her the coordinates I’d been able to snag. “Look in this vicinity first.”
I backed up the footage. The car had disappeared as if it had never been there. “What the fuck?” I hit the backup button again. Played it in half-speed. “Rafael, look at this.”
I angled the screen so he could watch it with me. I didn’t think I was getting woozy from blood loss, but that was about the only logical explanation I had at the moment.
The car was there, the man was digging in the trunk of a dirty white POS sedan. I tried not to think of Willow being stuffed in that trunk. Or any other person for that matter.
“We’ve got something over here!” Turo yelled. He was about half mile in from where I’d stopped the car.
“We’re walking, Nik. Anything yet?” I asked as Rafael and I continued to watch the footage. The car just disappeared. “There. Did you see that?”
“What the fuck?” he breathed.
“What’s up, boss? And no, nothing yet.”
I told Nik about the disappearing car. Sent her the footage timestamp. “Pull it up on your system, see if you can dig it up for me.”
“Data mining or footage, boss. Not even I’m that good.”
“Fuck. Footage. He was here not even two days ago. We need to find him. ASAP.” I slid the phone into my pocket, hooked the earbud into my ear.
Rafael and I moved over to join his brothers.
I felt my mouth drop open as I looked down. “What the actual fuck?”
Chapter 45 – Willow
Sucking in a deep breath, I set my nails to my skin and pushed. Sliced. Clawed. Anything and everything I could do. I had to remove that electrode. I wouldn’t let him win. Not like this. Not when I was so close to freedom.
For myself. For those other women and girls.
The pain suffused my mind as the white noise of blessed overstimulation curled around me. I broke the skin. Kept digging.
My fingers slipped and slid over my skin as blood rose to the surface. I breathed through my mouth to keep any sounds from drifting. From pulling the monster any closer to me.
Head starting to spin, I pushed my fingers deeper. I just needed enough space to hook my nail under it. Grab a wire and yank.
A shoe scuffed the floor near where I sat.
I bit my lip as my middle finger grazed the foreign material. I sank my nail under the edge of the wire and pulled up.
Bright, brain-scorching fire shot through my finger as the electrode went off as I was trying to remove it. My vision went fuzzy as my entire arm went numb.
Another shoe scuff. He was close. So close. I had to get this out of me. Had to. Had to. Had to.
Lifting my other arm, I traced my way down to where my finger was caught under the electrode wire. There was barely any space for my second finger. Using my shoulder, I flung it back and out of the way.
A dull thunk sounded as my numb arm hit the wall that supported me. Shit. I didn’t have time to worry or whine about my fate. I dug my other finger in, hooked that wire and yanked it out.