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He whispered, “Yes.”
“What were you hired to do?”
“Any—thing.”
“Anything. As in, anything Jeremy wanted?”
He nodded.
“Even killing Vanessa?”
“And Oliv—ia.”
“He hired you to kill Opal?” That couldn’t be what he meant. “Or kidnap her?”
“Both.”
What a sick fuck Jeremy was. Who would kidnap and then kill their own child? I guess when you beat your wife and kid, there was no telling what else you’d do to them.
“Where are they now?”
“Hotel,” the man whispered.
“Which hotel?”
“Oak—Side.”
“Are all three of them at the Oakside?”
He nodded. “Big—plans.”
“Big plans? What sort of plans?”
“Kill Op—al. Frame Van—essa—ah.”
“Frame Vanessa for Opal’s death?” What in the world? He was even more evil than Hunter could have possibly imagined. Whatever Vanessa had told him of Jeremy, she’d been far too nice. Jeremy might actually be the devil walking around in skin and bones.
“What’s the room number?”
“Top—floor.”
The man had gone pale and was barely breathing. Every word he spoke took enormous effort. He wouldn’t live another hour. Hunter considered for a moment. The man was probably in pain. He clung to life by threads because Hunter’s shot had been so close to main blood lines and hit near his heart. Calling an ambulance would do nothing for the man. Really, there was only one humane thing to do.
“Thanks for your help.” Hunter took out his gun again and shot him in the head.
The man slumped down, dead. Hunter wasted no more time. He had enough of the answers he needed. Now he had to get to Vanessa and Opal before Jeremy could kill one of them or hurt them worse than he had.
He ran to his car and slammed the pedal to the ground as soon as the car was started.
# # #
Vanessa watched as Jeremy tightened a tourniquet around her arm.
“What are you doing?” she asked. The other times she’d been given a shot to drug her, she’d been stabbed in the arm. This was different.
“You’ll see, darling. I just want to make you feel good. Give you a little taste of what I get to experience all the time.” He mixed some liquid together in a small cup, then sucked it up in a needle. “My favorite heroin, with just enough tranquilizer to make you think you’re in a dream.”
“Hunter will come,” she insisted. “He’ll save me.” Somehow he would find them. He’d go to where Opal had been, he’d see that she was gone. Maybe Mari’s parents had some information and could tell him something. She was counting on Nicholas being able to do the same for her. Hunter would barge through the door any moment and save the day.
