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Ain his ear "Ma’a for her I need to know her husband’s naal name" He pushed the button for the speaker phone

"Kyler Stanton It’s Kyler Stanton Please, he’s a horribleso violently, she choked

"Listen tojust how she felt Dah the wall "Your daughter is important to me, and I will find her Can you trust me to do that?"

Her sobs slowed "What is your name?"

"Nolan I’ll call you e find her" He flipped the phone shut

Z was already on his cell phone "This is Zach I need to know any credit card activity for a Kyler Stanton Especially in the last day or so and especially in Florida I’ll explain later, but I need it stat" He listened, and then snapped, "I’ll wait"

Nolan raised his eyebrows

Z gave him a faint sht be more efficient than the cops"

Nolan paced across the apartut twisted "They’d better work fast"

A brutal hand struck Beth’s face, and her eyes snapped open

"Ha! I knew you were faking" Kyler’s blue eyes gleaht increased so quickly that the world started to blur Breathe, sugar The memory of the deep voice anchored her Nolan would never panic She forced herself to inhale slowly and looked around

She lay on a filthy , and the hate that blasted through her at the sight of him cleared her head His nose was puffy, discolored, and she felt a rush of satisfaction She’d hurt hi her satisfaction And failed

"Yes, you bitch You ed to hit ain She lifted her hands to fight back, only to see handcuffs on her wrists Thefroether too Terror burst inside her, and she screaistered She stopped, her chest heaving, and closed her hands to hide the tre you, roin "Look at that Already hard as a rock" He paced across the room

They were in a cabin, she realized A tiny one-rooainst a ue dry and thick

"In the country where the only things listening will be the alligators and herons"

"So, even to herself "There are hunters everywhere You’ll get caught"

He turned to show her a cheap pistol tucked into his slacks "Don’t worry your pretty brain,what a person can obtain with a littlea weapon in Florida is even easier than in California"

Her heart sank

"I never ih his tailored slacks "I al to prostitutes, but they didn’t excite me like you do, no matter what I did to them I crippled one so badly I doubt she lived She screah, but she wasn’t you" His eyes held a weird light, a wrong light

Beth’s stomach turned over He was completely insane

"I need you, Elizabeth Just you"

Her breath hitched as panic rose inside her She’d told Nolan she was leaving Her ht away, not for a day or so The cabin was in the country with no one around Oh, God Don’t panic Think "Listen, Kyler," she said "You don’t want to hurt et h escalated, going higher and higher until she cringed from the sound "I chartered a private jet I told theo hoills, stick you in a wheelchair, and roll you onboard They’ll think I’ my injured wife"

His plan would work Oh, God She closed her eyes, breathed through her nose