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.”

double-takes at me, then looking along the passage and its

for that. Once we're out, you can sing to the world

cut him short. “By that time Finchby and Baxter could have murdered all the

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

around the place, creating chaos, trying to escape,

man with the highest bid. Get on with it then. You got those

somewhere. But I do have my axe. James, can you

clinging to his Cara with one hand, waving a gun

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

this time striking

and after a brief struggle with the bolt, I

something at me. Dark-haired and eyed, fair-skinned, she would be beautiful

her,

then sees James with Charlotte and Cara. Wide-eyed, tearful, she jabbers at

partir? Venha conosco.”

up, dashes out, joining

“Nós estamos indo embora. Você quer ajudar?” He jabs a finger to me… “Ajudem-no.”

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

the next. Klempner taps me on the shoulder. “Keep at it. I’ll see if I can find those keys. Back

language, but all come bursting from their grim prisons, flooding down the cells. A couple of boys emerge from one cell, ten,

with the keys, thrusting them into the hands of the first woman we released. “Abre

at his sleeve.

sei. Em toda parte. Eles não podem encontrar todos

“What are you saying?”

can’t catch all of them and

door opens, disgorging its

Gunshots…

shouting, chaotically, the women scatter. Splitting and

yells, “Suba

pronounced. He must already have been exhausted as he arrived at the cell and he’d

needs you with a gun in your hand. Charlotte, give James yours. Arm around my neck. I need you to hang

me