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Chapter 10

"Rory!" he yelled again as he gripped the edge of the splintered wood floor and pulled, uncaring that the dry rotting as tearing into his hands as he widened the hole she’d just dropped through "Answer

"Shit," hehis tay radio off his belt He knew that he should call 911, but he needed help now Besides, he wasn’t about to leave Rory wherever the hell she just landed, alone, so that he could run outside and try getting a signal on his cell phone

"Andrew!" he said, clicking off and dropping the radio by his side so that he could widen the whole while he waited for a response When one didn’t coain with the sa his foreman to hell, he switched the radio to the channel he knew the Ja, I need someone to call an ae roo the button with a click and praying that so on?" Craig returned almost immediately

"Rory’s hurt I need an a the radio to set back to work on the hole

"If you hurt her, I will-"

"I didn’t hurt her!" he snapped, feeling his patience fray as his body shook Please let her be okay, he prayed as he ripped another chunk of wood aith one hand "Call a fking a the radio down and pro to kill the bastard if he didn’t move his ass

Not even ain his direction

"Rory!" he heard Bryce yell

"In here!" he answered as he ripped another piece of wood off, but it wasn’t wide enough

Shit!

He tore off another piece and then another until he was sure the space was big enough for hiht and aimed it into the hole and squinted He couldn’t see anything but a set of stone stairs

"Rory!" he called down, but there was no answer

"Shit!" he snapped as he dropped down onto his ass and shifted until his feet were in the hole He shoved the flashlight in his pocket and o after her

"Where the hell is she?" Sean asked as he ran into the room with three of his brothers close behind hi wasn’t with them The last he’d seen of the oldest brother he’d been on the roof tearing it apart He also knew that Craig probably wasn’t too far behind theh this hole Make sure they send Fire and Rescue with that ambulance," he said as he lowered hi the sharp shards of wood that sliced through his clothes and skin as he went