Hot Revenge Box Set 2

James

Michael looks me up and down. “You fit to walk?”

“I’ll manage.”

He gives a short jerk of his head and turns to Charlotte, arms outstretched. “You walk. I’ll carry Cara for you.”

She retreats, clutching Cara to herself, shrieking. “No!”

Michael steps back, holding up his palms. “Whoa… Calm down. It’s me. What do you think I’m going to do?”

She bursts into tears. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

He takes a step closer, moving carefully. “Charlotte, we have to leave. I’m not sure you can carry Cara and walk too.”

“No.” She swings her head in denial, tries to step out, then totters, Cara still tight to her chest.

Michael exchanges a look with me, shaking his head, then he moves in… “Hold on to Cara.” …. sweeping her up. His voice changes to a kind of fake yokel accent. “Come, Mr Frodo!” he says. “I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.”

She gives him a watery smile. “I’m sorry.”

“Stop saying that. You’ll be fine when we’ve got you home and rested up for a few days.”

Klempner shoves a knife into his belt. Another into the top of his boot. A handgun into a pocket. Then, picking up his SMG, “We need to get moving. I'll go to the front. Michael, you with Jenny in between. James, cover our backs.”

*****

Michael

My arms full of Charlotte, we clear the first flight of stairs to the corridor of ‘cells’. “Klempner, we should release the other women.”

then looking along the

me a startled look. “Michael, we don't have time for that. Once we're out, you can sing to the world about what's in here, but

“By that time Finchby and Baxter could have murdered

property. He’ll not be eager to get rid of them. What’s

running around the place, creating chaos, trying to escape, is likely to make our

me a calculating look. “Sold to the man with the highest bid. Get on with

downstairs somewhere. But I do have my axe. James, can you take Charlotte from

his Cara with

axe from my shoulders, I aim… swing… and strike at the

this time striking

a brief struggle with the bolt, I open

and eyed, fair-skinned, she would

gesture her,

with Charlotte and Cara. Wide-eyed, tearful, she jabbers

pokes his head around the door. “Você quer partir? Venha conosco.” He throws a glance

up, dashes out, joining us,

He jabs a finger to me… “Ajudem-no.” Then he stands back,

nods, and this time, as I crash open the padlock, she darts inside, gesturing me on to the next.

working on the next. Klempner taps me on the shoulder. “Keep at it. I’ll see if

a language, but all come bursting from their grim prisons, flooding down the cells.

them into the hands of

tugs at his

toda parte. Eles não podem encontrar

“What are you saying?”

can’t catch all of

the final door opens, disgorging

Gunshots…

duck, and screaming and shouting, chaotically, the women scatter. Splitting and flowing one way

“Suba

already have been exhausted as he arrived at the cell and he’d taken

Klempner needs you with a gun in your hand. Charlotte, give James yours. Arm around my

me a dry