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I walked around the port, not really sure where I was going. I tried to pull up a map of it on my phone, but the service was slow.

I was getting more anxious with each minute that passed, and I still didn’t know where Roman was.

He was here.

He had to be here, but where?

I stopped when I came upon rows and rows of large shipping containers.

A small chill raked up my spine. This looked like a scene from a horror movie.

I hid between two of the containers.

This would be where they hid the drugs… right? It seemed like an ideal place, or was that too obvious?

Footsteps came up from behind me, and I quickly moved to the next row, pressing my back against the container and letting out a small sigh of relief when the footsteps started to get further away from me.

I closed my eyes.

I didn’t want to do this.

I wasn’t good at this sneaking around and breaking the law thing.

Not that I thought I would be good at it, but the adrenaline that people talked about that came with this sort of thing?

Yeah, it was manifesting itself as pure, unadulterated panic for me, to the point where I had to physically force myself to move.

I just wanted Roman.

I wanted his arms around me, and I wanted this whole thing to be over.

I opened my eyes and readied myself to move again.

I could do this.

I just had to save Roman, and then we could go home, and I could revel in the safety of being in his lap with his arms wrapped tightly around me.

I held onto that image as I pushed myself off and started walking again.

I got about three feet away before I was grabbed from behind.

Fear made my heart jump as I struggled against whoever held me. He covered my mouth with his hand, and I could taste something salty from his palm.

Gross.

I kicked my feet back, trying to hit him but found air.

He pulled me back.

This was it.

I was fucking dead, and before I could even warn Roman.

I would be dead, and Roman would go back to prison.

Tears stung my eyes as the man brought me to another blue shipping container.

I looked up and found the number 72 written on top.

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