Page 96 of Scared Love

My phone vibrates with a call, it's from Asher! “ What

fuck?” I exclaimed. He was last seen at Ian’s latest warehouse and hasn’t been seen since. My heart sinks at

the thought of something happening to him. “Sorry, I have

to take this,” I say to my Pops, excusing myself from the

meeting. Pops gives me a confused look. I walk outside and

call Asher back, hoping for some good news or at least his

explanation for not checking in. “Vince, I’m in deep

shit,man. Ian and Joseph found out I’ve been working with

you guys. They captured me and have been torturing me for

information. I managed to escape, but they’re after me now

,” Asher’s panicked voice says on the other end. “Shit.

Where are you?” I ask, trying to think of a plan. “I don’t

know. I’m running. But I don’t think I can make it much

longer,” he replies, his breaths coming out in gasps. “Okay, just stay on

the line. I’ll find you,” I say before turning to pops and

Marco and filling them in on the situation. Pops quickly

rallies the troops and

We all head out to find and rescue Asher. We search

for hours, tracking his phone signal and trying to find any

trace of him.

Emma is by my side the whole time, her

determination to save

Asher matching my own. Finally, we find him in an

abandoned warehouse, covered in bruises and cuts. My

blood boils at the sight, knowing that Ian and Joseph are

capable of doing this to someone who was supposed to be their friend. Well he wasn’t their friend, he was there to spy

on them for us. But that’s not the point. We quickly get

Asher to a safe place and start treating his wounds. “I’ll call

in the Doc.”, Pops said.

As we work, Asher tells us everything he knows about

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