“When?” Garrett stepped forward. “Where did he take them?”
“About fifteen minutes ago. Right before all the shooting. I-I have no idea where they went.”
“Fuck!” Garrett spun and slapped a palm against the nearest wall.
“Wait.” Bones pulled his phone from his pocket and began texting someone. “Shadow’s been keeping an eye on this area. Maybe her system saw them leave.”
Jesus, he must be out of it. That should’ve been his first thought.
Less than a minute later, Bones had a response. “Got ’em.” He relayed the message. “Shadow says they left the property seven minutes before we arrived and headed north in one of their cargo trucks. Male driver, two female passengers. They were tied up and put in the back of the truck.”
“Seven minutes.” Garrett’s hope returned. “They couldn’t have gotten far.”
Taking over, Owens ordered, “Digger, you and Falcon go. Take the SUV. The two of you should be able to handle one HT.”
I’ll fucking handle him, all right.
“I want to go, too!” Brett shot to his feet.
Garrett understood the man’s need to get to his daughter, but he wasn’t about to put a civilian at risk more than he already had.
“I’m sorry, but no.” He shook his head. “You need to stay here.”
“The fuck I do.”
“Brett, listen to me. Digger and I are trained for this shit. You’re not. Let us take the risk.”
“But Jess—”
“Is going to be all right,” Garrett promised him. “Now, you trusted me before. I need you to trust me with this.”
Brett’s watery gaze locked with his as the man said, “She’s my life.”
“I know.” Garrett put a hand to his shoulder and squeezed. “And I’m going to get her back. I’ll get them both back.”
Turning toward the building’s nearest exit, Garrett passed by Digger and said, “Let’s go.”
“Yeah, don’t mind us!” Bones’ southern drawl was thick as he hollered out from behind them. “We’ll just hang out here. Get to know each other a little bit. Maybe play some Bingo or Go Fish.”
Digger chuckled at their teammate’s joke, but Garrett was too focused on the task at hand to even crack a smile. The bastards who’d caused this whole mess were all dead…except one.
And that man had made a huge fucking mistake when he took Avery and the girl away. Right now, he was driving that truck thinking he was free as a goddamn bird.
He was wrong.
Because Garrett was coming after him. And when he and Digger caught up to him—because theywouldcatch him—there’d be serious hell to pay.
Hang on, baby. I’m coming for you.
Chapter 15
Avery sat in the back of the truck and prayed.
After waking up with a pounding headache and a throbbing jaw she was surprised it hadn’t shattered, she and Jess had comforted each other the best way they could.
With Avery’s prompting, Jess had told her all about where she lived and what her family was like. That she had a younger brother, Josh, who’d gotten the flu at the last minute and had to stay home with their mom.
Then Jess had started to cry because she blamed herself for what had happened. She’d told Avery that her dad had wanted to reschedule the trip, but—according to Jess—she’d acted like a total brat and had thrown a fit. Eventually talking her parents into having her mom stay home and tending to Josh while Jess and her dad went on the cruise.