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“Yes?”

“Thank you.”

“Bye, son.”

He knew the fear must be killing her, but his mother never let him see her doubt in him or the circumstances but just gave her unfailing support.

Arriving at the house, they heard from Laverne that Bebe and Willow had been taken to the trucking yard and into a warehouse at the back. Decker called Lopez and had him monitor the area from the sky with a remote drone Will had built them that had exceptional range. Waggs never got involved in that side of it more than he had to. He knew the basics and that was all he needed.

He, Liam, and Decker moved through the house. As he watched the images of an unconscious and bleeding Willow being carried out of the house, he felt his ears ring with fury. He stepped forward as he saw Ralph walk out of the house dragging Bebe, who was also injured but conscious.

“Freeze the frame.” Waggs peered closer and saw a face he didn’t want to see. “That’s Nick Green and those two men with him served with Aaron and I.”

Liam looked up at him. “You telling me we have at least three Green Berets involved in this shit storm?”

“Yes.”

“Well, fuck. I guess we best call in some support.”

Waggs shook his head as he paced the small front bedroom. “No time. Even if Jack can get us support, they won’t be here in time. They’re gonna move those girls tonight.”

“What if I can get us some help that’s around three or four hours away?” Decker asked.

“That could work. Who are they?” Waggs’ trust level right now wasn’t high given what he’d just witnessed.

“An FBI serial killer task force set up in Texas.”

“You mean Reid’s friend Clay’s lot?”

“Yes. I’ve worked with one of them, Scott ‘Sandstorm’ Silverman. He worked the violent crimes unit with me for a while.”

“Good enough for me. Give him a call.”

Decker moved away and Waggs watched the footage again to see if he could pick up on anything but didn’t see anything else of importance.

“They’re catching a flight in the next thirty minutes and good news. They’re in Atlanta wrapping up a case so it should be much less time.”

“Good. Let’s go over what we know. Laverne will keep us updated on what’s going down and Lopez has the drone.” Waggs needed to be productive until they could go in or he’d lose his mind thinking about what those sick fuckers were doing to Willow. She was strong, much stronger than he was, but he knew the kind of horror she could be facing, and his gut rebelled against it.

“Tell me what Green said when you met him again?”

The first meeting with Decker and Green had been a waste of time, he’d denied everything and had Decker escorted from the barracks, which was what they’d expected. When Decker went to his home, it had been a different conversation.

“He says he’s being blackmailed and so are two members of his team. Ralph set him up with the girl and has video and images that will ruin his career and probably his life.”

“Is that the same with his two men?”

“He wouldn’t say but if he’s telling the truth, and I think he is, then yes. My guess it’s a similar scenario.”

“Do we have the identity of the girl yet?”

“Yes. She’s fifteen-year-old Casey Logan, and she’s the daughter of a Police Captain from New York.”

Waggs crossed his arms. “Do we think Nick will warn them we visited him?” He trusted Decker’s word on this more than his own.

“I don’t think so. He wants out of this as quietly as he can. My guess is he wants us to take Ralph and his operation out and then he’ll try and take us out so there are no witnesses.”

Liam snorted. “Yeah, not happening.”