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What he said made perfect sense but still all I could think of was her fear. Now I had the added worry of whether or not her friend had betrayed her as well. Knowing her if that proved to be true it would hurt her more than being hunted by her old tormentors would. One thing's for sure, if Jason Starks had betrayed us kid or not he was done.
Ashley
I know Gideon will come and get me, I know Gideon will come and get me. I kept saying it over and over to myself as I rocked back and forth. I wasn't really scared, not really. Gideon had told me all about the room so I knew that no one could get in. I think I'm more worried about Gideon coming home and getting hurt. I hadn't had time to grab my phone when I'd seen them coming on the cameras.
I still don't know what had made me look. I'd been watching a movie and laughing, just biding my time until I could go bother Jace. I'd been about to go get a snack, which seemed to be all I ever did these days. It was then that I'd fooled around with the computer and seen them.
I didn't stop to think, with my heart in my throat I'd sprung into action and had gone flying down the hallway. I knew if they got their hands on me I'd be dead, my baby would be dead and I'd never see my Gideon again. That more than anything had propelled me into action. When panic threatened to over power me I kept his smiling face in my head.
"I'm sure your husband has this place rigged some kinda way so he knows what's going on. I bet you he'll be here any minute with his goon platoon to rescue us."
Jace had been saying funny things like that for the last half hour to keep my mind off of what was going on. I'd stopped looking at the cameras that showed the two men combing the house looking for me. It made me sick to my stomach to watch. Jace had turned off the volume after they'd started taunting me but every once in a while he took a look to see what they were up to. I couldn't bear to look at them, evil.
"Hey Ash how about a game of chess? I saw a board around here somewhere."
I just looked at him, he was trying so hard to keep me from losing it but this couldn't be easy for him either.
"I'm sorry Jace." He threw a cheese doodle at me.
"Don't be stupid you didn't do anything wrong, I just wish I'd been armed so I could've shot those two assholes instead of hiding out in here. Why didn't you let me go get the gun like I wanted to?"
"Now who's being stupid? You can't shoot a United States senator they'd lock you up and throw away the key."
"What do you think Gideon and his guys are gonna do to them, invite them out for a beer?"
" I don't wanna think about it."
"So don't, you want some ice cream?"
"Ice cream, he has ice cream in here?"
"Did you look in the refrigerator? Dude was planning for Armageddon."
"Yeah, but ice cream wouldn't it go bad?"
"Who knows what goes on in the head of the rich and crazy? I'm sure he has it restocked every few months or something."
"I'll thank you not to call my husband crazy thank you very much." He threw another cheese doodle at me.
JACE
I have to keep Ashley calm, for a minute there I thought she was gonna lose it. I had no doubt that Thorpe would be here soon if he wasn't already. The guy didn't strike me as the type to mess around with her safety and knowing what has been going on lately I'm sure he had it under control.
The other reason is my guilt. I'd heard one of the assholes tell the other that Starks had told him she was here, that could only be my father. I should've killed him when I had the chance, should've killed all of them for what they did to her.
Gideon
The doctor checked his watch as he followed the senator down the hall. I could breathe easier now since they'd moved to the second floor, one floor overhead. "I'm going for her."
No one tried to stop me this time as I made my way to the door. With gun drawn I looked both ways before making my way stealthily down the hall to the door camouflaged as a mural. It would be hard for anyone who didn't know that it was there to find the seam as it wasn't obvious to the naked eye.
I used my own code to open the door and step in. The door was hardly closed before she came flying at me. Starks just looked at us and rolled his eyes and I have to admit to breathing a sigh of relief. I'd begun to grow rather fond of the kid, wasn't really looking forward to putting a bullet in him; glad to know I wouldn't have to.
"It's okay love I'm here you can stop crying now." Her poor body shook with the force of her sobs as I held her as close as I possibly could. The way she clutched at me tore at my heart, reinforcing the certainty that I'd been right to tell Gage in the end to save those two for me.
Gage was right, taking them out here would raise too many questions, I hadn't thought of that. Keeping them on ice at a secret location until I could deal with them made way more sense.
I still had to wait for the beep in my pocket to let me know it was clear to leave the room. I didn't want her getting anywhere near those two monsters. I'm sure she'd have a million questions especially when news of their disappearance hit the airwaves in the not too distant future, but I'll deal with that when the time came.
