Deadly Undertow by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2018-06-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“I need you to come with me for a minute.” Greg used the scalpel to cut through a section of rope behind Cassidy. Her binds fell to the floor.

Greg put down the scalpel, grabbed Cassidy’s arm, and pulled her from the chair.

Her temporary relief was quickly replaced with a new round of anxiety. “Where are you taking me?”

“None of your business.”

Worst-case scenarios rushed through her mind. She wanted to argue. To try and stop him. But she had no time.

He opened a door across the room and shoved her inside. She tumbled into a sea of old dusty coats before landing against a canister vacuum cleaner. An old closet, she realized.

The door slammed, and Cassidy heard something sliding across the floor.

Greg was making sure she didn’t get out. If she had to guess, he’d shoved some furniture in front of it. Why in the world would he stop to put her in here?

Cassidy listened carefully. Heard his footsteps fading. Heard a door open. Then shut.

Then silence.

He’d left, hadn’t he? Why?

Cassidy mulled over what she’d learned—or what she hadn’t learned. She really knew nothing more. She only had more questions. What exactly was this information he’d mentioned? What Samuel had sent, or something else? What was Samuel’s role in this? Ryan’s?

The questions overwhelmed her.

But this was no time to sit on her hands. There had to be something in here to help her get out.

Leveraging herself against the wall, Cassidy managed to stand. Metal coat hangers clanged together above her.

Perfect.

Using her chin, she knocked one to the floor. Then Cassidy lowered herself again and carefully found the hanger with her bound hands. She began working the edge against the duct tape around her wrists.

Come on. Work. Please work!

She methodically moved the metal point against the tape. Again and again. Over and over.

Finally, she heard a rip.

It was working!

A few more scrapes later, and the binds broke.

Her heart sputtered with relief.

Wasting no time, she scratched the binds at her ankles until the tape there split also.

She stood—the best she could in the cramped closet. Then she pushed on the door.

It didn’t budge.

Whatever Greg had shoved in front of it was heavy enough that Cassidy couldn’t move it out of the way.

She leaned her forehead against the smooth wood of the door and let her thoughts run wild. Her heart drummed in her ears like a battle cry, each thrum increasing her anxiety and solidifying her realizations.

Cassidy had only one choice. She had to defend herself when Greg returned.

She felt her way around the closet. Felt the vacuum. Felt coats—with nothing in their pockets. Felt some movies on the top shelf.

She found the only thing that might possibly work as a weapon.

A DVD.

She cracked it in half, revealing a sharp, jagged edge. Then she gripped the broken disc in her hands, ready to use it like a knife.

And it was just in time.

She heard a door open.

Footsteps sounded.

Furniture moved.

Cassidy stood on guard, ready to pounce.

But when the door opened, Greg stood there with a gun to Ryan’s head.

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