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“Chloe is missing,” is all I say.
Bryan takes a second to process what I’ve just said, and I know he’s going to have a million questions, but thankfully he can read the fucking room and hold back.
“I saw her maybe ten minutes ago, and she was talking to some woman. They obviously knew each other.”
“What do you mean you’ve just noticed the cameras are on a loop.?” Danny’s voice breaks through my thoughts. The place is covered with cameras. We should be able to find everyone easily.
My stomach hits the floor. Something bad is going down, and I know somehow Franchesca has something to do with it. “Who was the person who came with Franchesca and Ryan tonight?”
“Lock the building down.” I hear Danny say.
All eyes turn to Danny as he looks me in the eye. Something bad has happened.
“Is she breathing?” He asks, but he’s not looking at me.
Bryan holds onto my shoulder before I do something stupid. Not holding me back; it’s more of a reassuring squeeze.
“It’s not Chloe,” whispers the guy standing next to me. I breathe a small sigh of relief, but that’s short-lived. “It’s Hannah. She’s been found propped up in the stairwell. She’s been knocked out.”
“Later,” Bryan says, standing in front of me, looking me in the eye.
It has to mean something Greyson and Chloe are both missing. “How is Greyson related to Chloe?” I ask, looking Danny in the eye.
He runs his hand over his chin.
“Danny, remember, I’m the guy paying you.”
Bryan and Catherine share a look next to me, and I know I’ve added another ten questions to the ones they already had.
I grab onto his shirt, and nobody tries to pull me away this time.
“Is he her dad?” I ask, the anger laced in my words as I spit them out.
Danny closes his eyes before opening them and looking me dead in the eyes.
“He deserves to know,” says the guy who’s been with us this whole time.
I turn my attention to him.
“He’s her brother.”
Shock hits me. Her brother. I stagger back. I was so convinced that he was her dad. “Does…?” I whisper.
“Chloe doesn’t know.”
Man, Chloe is going to be pissed when she finds out. I mean, she has trust issues already, but this is going to hurt. Greyson has a hell of a lot of explaining to do.
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CHLOE
“Shut up, shut up, shut up,” I hear Franchesca screaming as I open my eyes.
It takes me a minute for my eyes to adjust. I turn to my right and see Greyson tied to a chair next to me. His face is swollen, and his lip has a cut on the lip. Greyson is groaning in pain while Blake plays the role of a ‘thug’ right now, punching him. He has to have a broken rib.
My head is killing me, but I don’t appear to be hurt anywhere else. I have no idea how long I was out with the drugs they’d given me, but it’s long enough for Greyson to be in a hell of a lot of pain.
“I’m not her dad,” he says angrily. I watch as he looks to the far side of the room.
