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“Tea? Do you serve that.”
“I’m afraid not,” she said. “Soft drinks or booze.”
“A coke then. I have to avoid the alcohol still because of medication.”
“I’ll have white wine,” Leland said.
He explained what he wanted Dan to do and was getting ready to tell him about the new location when the waitress returned with their drinks. She set the wine glass down and then the soft drink in front of Dan. But before she turned to leave several of the patrons in the bar appeared behind her and they all pulled guns on them.
“What is going on here?” Leland said looking at all the guns and then at Dan who also had a gun pointed at him.
“Leland Warshafsky, you are under arrest for Human Trafficking, kidnapping, and possession of controlled substances.”
Leland laughed, shaking his head. He’d been played and he’d been played well. An FBI agent with a vest proclaiming the agency logo came forward and cuffed him.
“Let me guess. You were never shot or needed to be in the rehab facility?” Leland asked, looking over at Dan.
“I was shot, but I was wearing a Kevlar vest,” Dan explained. “And no, I didn’t need to be in that facility. But we needed to make you believe that is where I was all this time.”
“Good one,” Leland said. “But you’ll never find those girls.”
“You’re wrong there. They were found this morning,” Dan told him. “Your man Minchin sang like a canary on where you’d be today.”
CHAPTER 16
Chaney came aroundto loving voices and she thought she was dreaming. Then she realized it was Justus talking to Raffety. And she thought she had fallen asleep while talking on the phone with her friend, but that didn’t seem right. She wasn’t holding a phone to her ear. In fact, the voices were in the same room as hers. And they are close, so very close.
Her eyes fluttered and she saw the strong back sitting on the edge of Justus’ bed. Their words sounded so sweet that she sighed and almost fell back asleep except Justus said something about neither one of them being able to stay awake for very long.
“They say once we can eat something it should help, but I still haven’t seen any food being brought to us.”
“I’ll take care of that. What do you want?” Rafferty asked. “Pizza? Burgers and fries? I’m starving too. I’ll Grub hub an order.”
“Burger and fries,” Chaney blurted from her bed coming fully awake. “Hey, Rafferty. How’s the knee?”
“Hey, Chaney,” he said. “I’ve had surgery and been discharged. Just waiting for Rawlins to get here to take me home. How long are they going to keep you both?”
“Not sure,” Justus said. “How’s For All?”
“Don’t worry. Liberty has been taking care of him at the condo.”
“Oh good. That’s what big sisters are for,” Justus said, squeezing his hand. “I missed you.”
“I missed you.”
It got quiet and Chaney glanced over and found them kissing.
“Okay, you two. I’m still in the room,” Chaney said and then chuckled when they didn’t stop.
The door opened and Rawlins, Asher, and Liberty came in.
“Rawlins, make them stop,” Chaney pleaded.
“What do you want me to do about it?” he asked.
“Well, he is your brother,” she said.
“Correction. He’s my twin,” Rawlins said, walking over to her bed and sitting on the edge. “How are you feeling?”
