Page 64 of Brutal Surrender

I grab his arm. “I’m not letting go until you tell me.”

Juan looks torn. “You better to not know. Is not good.”

“Please tell me!” I plead, drawing looks our way.

Juan sighs and lowers his voice. “I heard a man talking to Ben. He said to Ben, ‘you tell us or we kill your girlfriend in front of you.’ Then they hit him. Many times.”

My heart sinks. “Then what?”

“I think another man said to bring him back onto the yacht.”

“And?”

But Juan jerks himself out of my grasp and hurries away before I can ask him anything else.

“Wait! Juan!”

I chase after him but he gets out his keys and hops onto a scooter. He nearly runs me over as he drives away. I stare after him, devastated.

What have they done to Brady? Is he still alive? Is he still in a “big empty building” or is he back on the yacht?

Coming off from the adrenaline rush, I start to feel tired. I sit down on a bench overlooking the sea. Thoughts continue to swirl around in my head while my body feels numb.

Somewhere out on the water sits Vincent’s yacht. By some miracle, I was able to make it off that vessel after shooting Vincent. I survived. I’m free.

And yet, because Brady might be on that yacht, I’m going to have to go back.

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