Page 14 of Savage Temptation
“As if I’d care enough to lift a finger for you.”
“Let me rephrase that: because Tessa needs your help.”
My heart races at the mention of Tessa.
“Tell me everything,” I choke out.
“We went to a club in Bali. Or what I thought was a club. It was terrible. We tried to leave, but there were people there. The building got raided, thank-fucking-god, but Tessa wasn’t able to get away. She’s being held in jail, and I don’t know what to do.”
With every fucking word that tumbles from her mouth, it gets worse.
“You let Tessa get carted away to a foreign jail? Do you have any fucking idea what they might do to her?”
“That’s why I’m calling you. I can’t go to my family. They’re too scared of scandal and they’d put me on lockdown. You have resources. I need you to get her out.”
“You do realize that if it’s drug-related charges, they’ll throw the book at her.”
“That’s what I’m afraid of. I was able to bribe someone into giving me footage from inside the building we were at. There’s nothing incriminating us, so I’m hoping that might play out in our favor.”
“Send it to me.Now!”
A video pops up on my screen, and I hit play. For five minutes, I watch as men leer at Ashley and Tessa, groping their legs, forcing drinks into their hands, disallowing them from leaving.
And I know this is Ashley’s doing. She just can’t help herself. She’s wild because her plain peanut existence has always been so boring.
Suddenly, people are storming the building, and everyone scatters. Tessa looks afraid as men in uniforms swarm her.
In my life, I’ve never once hit a woman, but if Ashley was standing in front of me right now, I just might strangle her.
I pull up my web browser and arrange a private jet to take off within the hour.
“Please don’t tell anyone,” Ashley begs.
“Your best friend is stuck in a foreign jail, knowing you, you probably had a hand in it, and you’re worried about me telling your mommy and daddy?”
“It’s not just them. Her parents would be crushed. And Lance, you know how protective he is of his baby sis. If this gets out, not only would it be embarrassing, but it could cost Tessa her career.”
She’s right. With Tessa’s line of work, she can’t have an arrest like this on her record, even if she is never charged.
“I’ll make some calls to see if I can get the ball rolling before I land.”
“Before you land?”
“That’ll be in around fifteen hours.”
“You’re coming to Bali?”
“Of course I am.”
CHAPTER6
TESSA
For as few risks as I take in life, it’s quite impressive that I’ve managed to find myself imprisoned in a foreign jail.
As far as I can tell, I haven’t been read my rights. Not that I can understand what they’re saying. Everyone talks so fast, and the few Bali words I know tumble by in a sea of words I don’t.
I’m kept in a large cell with at least twenty other women, two of which are poo flingers. That’s right, there’s a whole lot of shit getting flung around here. There’s been at least three fights break out, and because I’m too scared to sleep, I’m beginning to feel the effects of my exhaustion in the form of a massive headache.
