Page 39 of Taking Adalisa

Wrapping my arms around myself, I slowly let out the breath to try and calm myself. Everything is going to be okay. I don’t have anything to worry about because they are going to come with Margery in a couple of minutes, and everything is going to be fine.

But as the minutes pass, and they still haven’t come with Margery, my pulse picks up. Shit. What have I gotten myself into? I shouldn’t have come here alone. I shouldn’t have told Margery to come here. What was I thinking?

Turning my phone on, I pull up Matthias’ name. Should I call him and ask him to come get me? I shouldn’t be contacting him, but he is the only person I know who can get me out of here. I press his name, but it immediately ends the call.

“What?” I whisper to myself.

Looking at the top right corner, I curse when I realize I don’t have any reception in here. How am I going to get in contact with him?

I jump out of my chair and walk to the door, banging on it, and hoping someone hears.

“Hello! Anyone there?” I cry out. “I really do need to go. I have people waiting for me.”

Silence.

I try the door handle, hoping and praying my mind was playing tricks on me when I heard it lock. The door doesn’t budge, and my heart sinks.

I’m locked in here with no reception to call anyone for help.

Am I going to be stuck in here for the rest of my life? What have I done?

I walk over to the side of the room and lean against the wall, sliding down until I’m sitting with my eyes fixed on the door. This isn’t good. How could I have been so foolish to think that everything was going to be all right? Why couldn’t I have listened to my gut and not walked into the place? I should have messaged Matthias or someone else about me coming in here, so they would have known.

Now no one knows.

“Shit,” I whisper, tears pooling in my eyes. “How could I be so dumb?”

Pulling my legs up to my chest, I lean my head on my knees. Everything is going to be okay. They are going to bring Margery to me, and then I’m going to leave.

I’ll have to figure out how to get Margery out of here. Maybe I can strike a deal with Matthias to help me get her out of here. That is, if she is actually here and if I get out.

Matthias has to be looking for me. If he is this obsessed with me and wants me as his, he won’t let me disappear for several hours without trying to find me. At least I have that on my side.

Keys jingle, but I don’t get up. I don’t want to get my hopes up right now, not when I am on the brink of breaking down. Maybe that’s what they want. They want me to break so they can say they have to keep me in here.

No, I’m not going to do that.

But as the door opens, my eyes go wide as I stare at the figure in front of me.

“Little bit,” he says with a smile.

CHAPTER 14

MATTHIAS

“That went better than expected,” I sit in my chair and relax.

Rogan wasn’t there to disrupt anything, and everything went according to plan. Smooth and flawless.

“We are getting better at it.” Ethan lowers to the seat beside me. “Let’s just hope we can keep it that way.”

I chuckle. “You know this next step isn’t going to be easy.”

It never is and it never will be. These girls are absolutely petrified, and having big men around them doesn’t help, but they will understand eventually. Most of them come around fairly quickly since we have some older girls who have stayed to help with the transition.

Ethan groans. “Don’t remind me. It’s been a couple of days, and I have yet to hear anything from Jason.”

“I’ve already texted him to come up and give us a report. I figured you would want to hear from him,” I tell him.

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