Total pages in book: 158
Estimated words: 149641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 748(@200wpm)___ 599(@250wpm)___ 499(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 149641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 748(@200wpm)___ 599(@250wpm)___ 499(@300wpm)
Lucky for her, she knew where to start looking. And if she was right, she would get further instructions in the next hour or so. Well, “Kala” would.
Which was why she’d stolen her sister’s phone, replacing it with her own.
It hadn’t been long, but she already knew what she had to do, already had plans in motion because this would be quick. Huisman wouldn’t want to wait.
She just had to figure out how to let her team know where she was.
“I think I’m never eating again.” Tim walked in looking way worse for the wear.
Kala had a gun trained on him in no time.
“Whoa.” Tim’s hands came up. “Hey, I’m sorry. I know the bathroom is haunted now, but I’ll clean it up as soon as I have some strength back. Where’s Ben? He said he had something he wanted me to look at.”
“Ben is with your friend Huisman and they have Lou,” Kala said, her arm not moving at all. “And I suspect you had something to do with it.”
If possible, Tim paled further. “What? What happened? I told him I would look at it. Or that he could ask Lou. I think it was a photograph. He was upset.”
“Yes. You told him to take Lou along. I find it interesting that you’ve rallied all of the sudden,” Kala said in a deeply predatory way.
Tim seemed to understand he was in danger. “Kala, I didn’t know he was going anywhere. He came down and I… Damn it.” He looked panicked for a moment and then ran to the nearest trash can and dropped to his knees, throwing up.
“We need to interrogate Gabby.” Kenzie checked her SIG. “We always knew they could be a Trojan horse.”
“It’s a poison,” a low voice said. Sosa stood in the doorway. “Not food poisoning. Real poison. It’s tasteless, odorless. I’ve got some immunity to it since we were trained in this fashion. He needs doctor. Gabby and Claire are trapped in the room, but it won’t take them long to get out. I destroy the secret phone they have, but they’ll find a way. When they try to get out, they’ll know their game is up.”
“Their game?” Kala asked.
“The game we were sent here to play,” Sosa admitted. She looked like a shrunken version of herself.
How could they believe her? Except she looked as sick as Tim. “Why?”
“Why did they do it or why do I turn on them? It all comes down to same thing. It comes down to him. Huisman. He’s monster, and when he plans this, I decide this is how we get out. It is first time we ever have such freedoms. I think I will wait until Gabby and Claire are ‘caught’ and then we will run. Then I talk to your parents and think maybe we will not have to. But Gabby… I thought she was listening to your mother. I thought Charlotte was getting through to her, but it was all act. She believes if she delivers everything he wants, he will elevate her. I know better, but she talk to Claire. They poison me last night and Tim. Huisman wants the smart one.”
“And you didn’t bother to tell us?” Kala didn’t seem to know where to point that gun anymore.
“I wanted more time.” Sosa sounded exhausted, as though all the weight of years of torture were on her now. “To sway them. They are like sisters to me. At least that was how it feels. Felt. I have no one now. It doesn’t matter what happens to me, but Tim did not betray you. He needs doctor. I have written down how they make the poison. It might help. It’s not a quick kill. There’s still time. They were eating with him so he gets a lower dose since they can easily handle it. Our training was cruel but effective.”
“And you?”
Sosa managed to shrug. “I’m only alive because I ate half. I save other half. It’s a habit they should remember from our childhoods. I eat half and save the rest in case they choose not to feed us. They have gotten greedy. I never forget. Given how I feel, they gave me much,” she said, a hand over her stomach.
Could they believe her? Or was this another trick? If Tim was working with them, it was a good way to hide his connections and keep him on the inside.
Of course, if she believed the video Huisman sent to her supposedly private cell phone, then it was Ben and not Tim who betrayed them all.
For Deanna. Who was alive. But was she?
Kenzie had questions.
How much lying had Sosa done? First, they needed a damn doctor, and they couldn’t leave until someone was here to make sure the rest of the fuckers didn’t get out.
The security system beeped once and then cut out. Kala moved to the monitor.