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‘It’s Nick… Hello.’
‘Hey, could you pick up some bottled water? We’re all out.’
‘I will. I’m nearly done here.’ She smiled at Josie and picked up the brown grocery bag.
‘OK, well everything’s ready to go. Roger’s going to take us to the airport and I’ve arranged flights. We leave in a couple hours.’
‘I can’t wait to be on that island. I can’t wait to be away from alarm systems.’ She waved at Josie, left the store and headed for her car.
‘No, me neither. It’ll be good to see Emma and Yiannis again. Oh, I forgot to tell you. Sasha called around earlier. She bought some baby clothes. She wanted to drop them off to surprise you. I put them in the guest room for now.’
‘Sasha? Well, what was she doing out of the office? She was supposed to be meeting with someone at two. What time was this?’ She opened the car door and put the groceries on the passenger seat before hopping up into the driver’s side.
‘Come on, Freya. Get out of Boss Lady mode. It was a nice thing for her to do. She said after you finding the wreath and stuff, she wanted to do something to cheer you up.’
‘She said what?’ She exhaled and felt a chill run up her.
‘She said after a shock like getting sent a wreath with your name on, you needed something to take your mind off of it.’
‘Nick, I didn’t tell Sasha about the wreath.’
‘Well, she knew about it. I bet you, despite what Harry promised us, he’s been spreading that information around.’
‘Have you heard it reported? Did any of the press at our gate ask you about it? Have the police released any details about it? Because no one’s said a word to me about it. But they’ve all been more than keen to ask me about the baby.’ Her mind was working overtime. She was certain she hadn’t mentioned the wreath to Sasha. It could only mean one thing but that couldn’t be true.
‘What are you saying?’ Nicholas asked her.
‘I think you’ve said enough to him, don’t you?’ Sasha spat.
Freya felt something press in to the back of her head and she held her breath. She flicked her eyes up to the rear-view mirror and saw Sasha sat in the back seat of the car. The hard object at the back of her head was the barrel of a gun.
‘Nick, it’s her! It’s Sasha!’ Freya shrieked at the top of her voice.
‘Freya? Freya, are you there?’
Sasha snatched the phone from Freya’s hand and ended the call.
‘Stupid, stupid Freya! Always such a big mouth and never knows when to keep it shut!’ Sasha yelled. The gun pressed harder into Freya’s head and she winced. ‘Now, are we going to be adult about this or not? Are you going to behave or am I going to have to make this even more unpleasant for you?’ Sasha hissed, her mouth close to Freya’s ear.
Freya’s heart was racing and her head began to swim. She couldn’t faint now. She had to remain in control.
‘Didn’t you hear me?! I said, are you going to behave?’ The gun stabbed into her skull.
‘Yes. Yes, please don’t hurt me.’ She held in a whimper that was threatening to slip from her lips.
‘Ooh, “please Sasha, don’t hurt me”! You sound so pathetic.’ Sasha climbed over into the passenger seat, dropping the grocery bag to the floor.
Freya made a grab for the handle of the door. Sasha immediately locked all the doors.
‘Didn’t you hear what I said, bitch? Anymore stupid moves and I’ll finish this here and now.’ Sasha grabbed Freya’s arm and squeezed it hard.
Freya fought back the tears and just stared at Sasha. The woman’s face was a picture of rage and hate and almost unrecognisable from that of the helpful, dutiful assistant she worked with every day.
‘Right, I want you to drive. I’ll give directions. Start the car,’ Sasha ordered, keeping the gun trained on Freya.
‘Where are we going?’ With shaking hands, she turned the key in the ignition.
‘You’ll know when we get there. Take a right at the junction.’
