Exposed: Book 2 MAC Security Series (31 page)

We all sat there and waited over two hours for Corey’s contact to turn up. He’d apparently refused to meet anywhere but a secure place. We were all on edge at the prospect of actually finding Kay today.

Corey was pacing back and forth and had been for the last hour, mumbling to himself.

“Will you just sit down?” Evan asked. “You’re making me dizzy!” He moaned, holding his hand to his head and looking away.

“Don’t look at me then,” he growled.

“Chill the hell out Corey and sit down.” I said in a tone that meant he wouldn’t argue. He was making us all even more on edge. What we needed was to all calm down and get it together. We couldn’t do this if none of us were ready for what we could be walking into.

As soon as he sat down, he pulled his cell out and jumped back up. “He’s here.”

We all stayed where we were and waited while Corey met him outside. We’d discussed it and we’d come to the conclusion that it was best for Corey to meet him at the gate and escort him in.

I didn’t know this guy from Adam, and if Corey said that he was incognito then he could be bringing some real danger with him. Danger that we didn’t need, or want.

I blew out a breath and held my head in my hands, I was so tired, tired of all this but mainly I was frustrated at not having Kay beside me.

The sound of the door opening had me lifting my head. I could hear Corey saying something to him, but couldn’t quite make out what it was.

As soon as I saw who it was though, I shot out of my chair.

“What the fuck are you doing here!” I ran at him; it was all his fault. He was the one behind all of this, what the hell was Corey thinking letting him onto the compound?

“Whoa! Ty, calm the fuck down,” Corey said, jumping into my path and holding his hands out.

“That’s the fucker who’s been taking the girls!” I shouted. The rage bubbling inside me, I could practically feel my whole body shaking from it. Made even worse by the calm that he exuded back at me.

“I think we need to sit down and discuss a few things.” He pulled the sleeves of his suit down and looked around. “You have an office?”

His eyes met mine and I was flummoxed at how calm he was. This wasn’t the person that I had met a few months ago, this was a completely different version. Before I could answer him, Corey waved his hand in the air and showed him to the office while I stood staring at their backs, wondering what the hell was going on.

“What the hell?” Evan murmured beside me.

I nodded at him, thinking exactly the same thing. Stomping after them, I slammed my office door shut and sat behind my desk. “Explain,” I gritted out.

“Well…” He leaned forward. “Shall we start at the beginning?” I raised a brow at him in answer, waiting for him to explain.

“I was brought here to investigate the disappearance of some girls. Which you probably know all about, seeing as you’ve been following me.” He raised a brow but I didn’t answer him. “My name isn’t Daley, and I’m not the one who has been taking the girls.” He paused and leaned back. “That would be your wife.”

“Serena?” I leaned forward. My head was spinning with this information. I tapped my fingers on the desk, trying to stay calm. Kay had tried to tell me, time and time again that she didn’t trust her, that there was something about her. Why hadn’t I listened? Why had I just assumed she was jealous?

Kay wasn’t the jealous type. I should’ve known that.

Scrubbing my hands over my face, I thought back to the last couple of months. I’d let Serena into the compound, she’d seen that we thought it was Daley. She’d known what we had going on here. She never did have anything for us, she was looking for information. How had I been so stupid?

“Yep, and I’m guessing that the latest girl is someone you know?”

“Kay,” I gritted out. “It’s Kay.”

His eyes widened and I could see that he hadn’t known that. “Ah, shit. I didn’t know. She’s a nice chick.”

“She’s also my little sister, you dipshit.” Corey growled from where he was stood off to the side.

He leaned back in his chair, caught off guard. “I didn’t know you had a sister,” he said to Corey, his eyes assessing him.

“Yeah, no one did.” His eyes moved to mine. I could tell that he still wasn’t happy about me and his sister being together but he’d just have to put up with it because that wasn’t changing any time soon. If ever.

“I think your gonna need to fill me in on everything, and then we can go from there,” Daley said. He still hadn’t provided me with his real name but I guessed that he probably wouldn’t due to the work that he did.

We sat there for over an hour telling him everything. Every little detail of the investigation. If he was going to help us find Kay, then I wouldn’t be leaving anything out.

Apparently he was aware of Max, he’d become Serena’s lap dog and would do anything that she said.

Daley told us that it all made sense now, he was doing it so that he could get revenge on Kay. I’d shown him the pictures of Kay’s injuries from Max. Looking at them, I hoped that she hadn’t been hurt this time and that we’d get to her before it was too late.

But in my gut, I knew that she was hurt. Call it a connection, call it what you will, but I just knew.

“I’ve got an inside contact. It’s time we took this place down.” Daley gritted out and stood up. “Between us all, we’ll be able to get those girls out and take that evil bitch down.”

“I want Max,” I growled.

“Yeah,” Daley said, looking between the two of us. “You can have him. I’d kill the fucker if he did that to my sister.” Buttoning his jacket up, he then said. “If I had one of course,” and winked.

Corey followed him out and I was left alone.

Slumping back down in my chair, my stomach rolled. This was the first time we had been this close to getting Kay back.

I owed her one big apology for not listening to her in the first place, but if she was with Serena then that meant she probably knew.

She knew what had happened, what had broken me.

I rushed forward as fast as I could and showed them the card that I had pick-pocketed. I couldn’t contain my excitement at the prospect of getting out of this place.

“What’s that?” Ava asked, leaning forward and touching it.

“Our way out.” I smirked and looked over at Lindsey. She didn’t look that bad, apart from a new bruise on her cheek.

Her eyes were filled with fire and I knew she wanted out of this place; right now. “Lindsey? You okay?” I frowned, my face hurting when I did.

“Yeah.” She nodded. “Fuckers ain’t gonna get to me. Let’s get out of this shit hole.”

I nodded and crawled closer. We all huddled up and made a plan, we knew that it wouldn’t be easy but once we were out into the hallway then things would be easier. We just had to get out there first. If I hadn’t been so injured, I would have been able to disengage whoever opened the door. But I knew that I couldn’t do it, at least, not on my own.

“Teach us,” Ava said, standing up.

“You sure?” I raised my brow. I hadn’t expected her to say that.

“Yeah.” She nodded as Lindsey stood beside her.

“Me too,” Lindsey gritted out.

In the little time that we had, I taught them what I could. I couldn’t show them all the moves; my body just wouldn’t allow it. Once they had the moves down, we sat and waited for our daily dose of water.

We’d decided that this was going to be the best time to make a move. We always waited for this time of the day for a completely different reason, but this time, it would be our last. As soon as I got out of this place, I wanted a fresh bottle of water. I salivated at the thought, I swear I could almost taste it.

We all looked at each other with smiles on our faces when we heard the footsteps come closer. Standing, we waited for the key to come into the lock, and when it started to turn and the click sounded in the room, we all nodded at each other.

It was now or never.

The door swung open slowly and in walked a guy that we hadn’t seen before. It was always Max or the brute but this guy looked nothing like them.

He opened his mouth, but before he could say a word, they pounced on him.

Lindsey jumped on his back while Ava threw her arm out at him, hitting him in the throat with her fist.

Standing back, I watched him as he didn’t fight back and noticed the gun on his waist band. Taking the opportunity while he was distracted, I lunged forward and grabbed it. This is what would get us out of here.

“Girls!” They both looked over at me and stared with wide eyes. “Into the corner,” I barked at the guy, pointing the gun at him.

“You don’t understand-”

“I said into the corner!” I barked. “Girls.” I tilted my head at the door, telling them silently to go out of the room.

I watched him as he held his hands in the air and backed into the corner. I didn’t move my eyes from him as I stepped out of the door. I slammed it closed and turned the lock, making sure that he couldn’t come after us.

Taking a deep breath, I turned to face the girls. This was it. We were actually going to get out of here.

“What now?” Lindsey asked looking up and down the hallway.

“This way.” I pointed the way that the brute and Max had taken me. There had to be a way out through Serena’s office. Those big double doors had to lead somewhere.

We shuffled down the hallway, all of us on high alert and aware of our surroundings. There was no hiding, and if someone was to come through the doors right now, we’d be caught; I didn’t want to think about what would happen if we were.

Swiping the card, the doors opened and we rushed through them. Everything looked the same and I couldn’t remember how far I had gone to Serena’s office. After passing the same door five times, I started to get panicked.

Just as I was starting to wonder if we’d ever get out of here, I spotted the door and signaled the girls to stand against the wall. Moving forward, I opened the door and looked inside.

Empty. Just what I had hoped for.

“Let’s go,” I whisper-shouted at the girls.

Lindsey came past me as I held the door open, and I waited for Ava. When she still hadn’t come through, I frowned and looked back, screeching at what I saw.

“Go,” she whispered, her eyes glazing over from the hold that the brute had on her.

“Ava-”

“Hmmm, I wonder what she’ll do,” the brute said to Ava, his tongue coming out and licking up the side of her neck. He held her in front of him, making it impossible to shoot him without hurting Ava.

“Go get help,” Ava pleaded, her eyes begging me to go.

I couldn’t leave her here, not like this. I stepped forward to help her, just as the doors in the hallway flew open and men came running through.

Looking back at Ava, she nodded, telling me that it was okay.

It wasn’t okay, it was far from it. But if I didn’t get out now, I was afraid that I never would.

I’d come back for her. As soon as the guys came, I’d come straight back for her.