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“Right, of course not. Save yourself. Gotcha. Did you at the very least happen to look out the window after they drugged her to see which way they drove off?”
Nicholas’s eyes were wide again. It seemed clear from his expression that he hadn’t even thought to do something like that. His mouth popped open, but he said nothing.
“And our government trusts you to protect children in dangerous situations, to make sure they’re safe? If a child had been taken, would you have cowered in fear and just watched that, too?”
Nicholas was close to tears. Hunter could see his eyes getting glassy. He was so pissed, he could rip his head off. But he didn’t want to push the man. He might still have some say where Opal was concerned. He seemed to be dealing with enough, and not handling anything well.
“You know what?” Hunter clapped a hand on his shoulder. “I’m sure you did all you could. Thanks for your help. Let me know if you think of anything else or find something out. I have to go find Vanessa and Opal. I hope they’re both still alive.”
Hunter ran to his car, trying to decide his next course of action. He had no idea where she could be. He didn’t know of any sort of headquarters Jeremy had, and if he was dead, he might not be running the show now anyway. Who knew what they’d do with Vanessa. Did they have Opal already or was part of the plan to torture Vanessa into telling them where she was? It would take an awful lot for that to happen, he knew. She’d already been tortured for years at Jeremy’ hand for her daughter’s sake.
But then he got a flash memory. Jeremy, in the hotel room. I know where Opal is, and I already have someone on their way to get her. It was Hunter’s only lead. If they hadn’t gotten Opal already, he could save her. If Jeremy had gotten to her, maybe there were clues of some sort that would help him find Vanessa.
There was just one decision he had to make, and it might be the hardest one of his life. Did he give up searching for Vanessa to rescue her daughter? He might be able to track Vanessa with her phone, but that would take time, and he’d already spent too much here, trying to get answers. She might not even have her phone on her. His heart rejected any course of action that wouldn’t lead him to find Vanessa right this second. But when it came down it, this is what Vanessa would want. She would tell him to save her daughter. And maybe, if he was lucky, it would help him find her, too.
He got into his car, his gut turning, and headed in the direction of the farm house, still having no idea where Vanessa was, if she was safe or alive, and making no move to find her.
