The Escape by Alice Ward

Author:Alice Ward [Ward, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alice Ward
Published: 2018-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Roman

Irritation bubbled up in my gut when the phone rang.

I looked down at my phone on the leather seat beside me and didn’t recognize the number. The driver had just taken the last turn before my driveway. Whatever the call was about, it could wait till morning.

After letting the call go to voicemail, a ding alerted that the caller had left a message. With my family scattered all over the globe, there was no telling what time it was with any of them. Curiosity got the best of me, so I tapped the voicemail button.

“Hi, I’m sorry to bother you,” a familiar husky voice said, breathless and frantic. “I… I’m from Jewel, it’s… the Butterfly.” Her voice was shaking, even though it sounded like she was making a great effort to remain calm.

Something must have happened. Jack must have happened. Fuck.

I didn’t bother to listen to the rest of the message. With fear clutching my guts into a tiny ball, I pressed the call button and she answered in less than one ring.

I let out a silent breath. “Hi, It’s Roman. What can I do?” I forced myself to stay calm, even though it seemed like there was ice creeping throughout my limbs.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t call you, but I didn’t know who else to reach out to,” she said so low I could barely hear her.

“It’s okay. I’m here. I’m listening.” I needed her to calm down, but I felt my own anxiety peak as I tapped on the glass between the driver and me. The electric partition lowered. “Stop the car, please.”

“The man you saw me with last night.” The words tripped out of her mouth at rocket speed.

“Yes, Jack Marshall, I know him.” I was sure that after this conversation, knowing him was going to be more of a strain than ever.

“They told me you wanted to see me again, so I went to the room and it was him. He was going to force me, and I just ran. I’m in the woods, but they’re going to find me sooner or later.” Having spoken the whole story in only one breath, she gasped for air and I could hear her feet moving through the dry leaves on the ground.

“Where are you? I’m coming to get you.” I motioned Warren to turn around. “Go back to Jewel as fast as you can. I don’t care about the speed limit, I’ll pay whatever penalty. It’s an emergency.”

Warren understood and turned the car around, squealing tires. If I ever wondered what kind of pick up a Rolls Royce Ghost had, I was getting quite a performance. We were flying over the deserted mountain roads. I hoped my driver had experience racing and made a mental note to purchase him some driving gloves for Christmas, if only as a joke.

“I’m still at the Jewel compound, in the woods behind the main building.” Her voice had settled some, and she seemed more composed.

“I’m on my way, but stay on the phone with me.

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