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You bastard

"We gonna have so asked

"You think your dick's going to work by then?" Cesar gave a nasty laugh

Jang touched his crotch gingerly and growled so foul

Please let his cock stay li, let it rot and fall off too Please

Cesar stepped into the cargo area, sliding a pistol into one overall pocket He pulled the washingonly THIS SIDE UP rabbed Gabi under the shoulders, Jang grabbed under her thighs, and they hefted her up They lowered her most of the way into the box, then dropped her the last couple of feet, knocking the air out of her Lights danced in her vision until shedown at her, lips pulled back to show yellowing teeth

I’lad I kicked your balls into your throat

"Slap on a couple of strips to keep the top closed I don’t want to fuck around with peeling tape off between loads"

The flaps shut, leaving her in darkness Her heart hammered, and blood pounded in her veins so loudly she barely heard Jang apply the tape to the top

"Fucking shitheads, if they got delayed, they should have called" Cesar’s voice cah the box

Take your time, boat Gabi arched backward until her spine felt as if it would snap, and ed to touch the duct tape wrapped around her ankles She inched a finger along the tape, swearing silently The chain holding her wrists to her ankles had rolledit untearable Dammit I only need an inch or two--and a little ti "Yeah" Cesar’s voice "Got it Be right there"

"They’re here?"

"Tying up now," Cesar said, satisfaction thick in his voice

Boots thuo area, and Gabi heard the rattle as the back of the van slid up

"Get the raot an extra," Cesar said "Have Blondie ready to go for when I get back"

Daroan--she’d just found an uncurled area of the duct tape She ripped at it

The box tilted, dislodging her grip They’d put it onto the hand trolley, Gabi realized She frantically tried again as things scraped on the box--straps securing it The floor of the box ca her sideways, as the trolley thumped down the ramp She heard a metallic rattle as so noises confused her Rain? She twisted to reach the tape again The cart rolled erratically, ruining her grip

Eventually the grating of wheels on the street changed, and she heard the lapping of water They’d reached the dock

God, she was out of tihtly, and she blinked Maybe…

Motion stopped Low voices

Gabi squirmed until her feet faced forward, then rolled over her cuffed hands to hit the side of the box with her knees and head The cart rocked slightly She rolled back to thump harder into the other side

The box dented Cesar cursed

The Clearwater Don Docks ay too big Cursing under his breath, Marcus wiped rain out of his eyes Thunder ru out the huh over the waterside He could feel tiut knotted more with each unrecoverable minute

How the hell was he supposed to differentiate a boat doing the pickup from an innocent one? Despite the weather, the place was busy--ood rainstorray smoke He stiffened What if Gabi was on board? If they were too late?

He saw Vance and other agents on the adjacent docks He and Z had already been prowling the wharf when the FBI had arrived Accepting the inevitable, Vance had given theent to the north to search for the cargo van a the size of the waterfront, Galen had gotten back in his car to call in the Clearwater police

Glancing at craft after craft, Marcus kept walking At the end slip, twoup their fishing boat One stepped onto the dock and leaned against a concrete post, arms folded

Marcus studied the vessel for ashowed inside No noises And he knew anything and anyonesense of despair, he headed back

Aa box on a hand trolley, veered around him