Page 30 of Fighting for You

Matt came up to my left and we crouched down, shielding ourselves from being seen. Thankfully we were in the darkness and it helped to camouflage us.

A loud sound rang out, like something had hit skin. A yell cried out followed by a scuffle.

“We have Nathan arguing with someone on the ship. Everyone hold steady for now,” I advised.

Matt was keeping a good lookout for our team while I was following Nathan. Somewhere out there, local cops and the rest of Salvatore Security Forces were just waiting to invade the area on our cue.

“You have been hiding the goods,” a voice roared, followed by a smash.

“I told you, nothing came in the last shipment. Your informant told me there would be ten tons of cocaine on that last shipment, but there wasn’t anything,” Nathan cried out. His voice sounded strangled and I had no doubt he was compromised.

I moved closer to get a better look. Nathan and the man who I had seen a few days ago were standing on the back of the ship.

“Well, my informant and boss say otherwise. So tonight, they are giving you a little surprise,” the man said, his smirk giving me an uneasy feeling.

Nathan’s eyes rose with fright. “What are you talking about?”

“See, I knew you were stealing our goods and selling them on the streets. We had a few people following you. Tonight, one of the boxes you had unloaded and placed aside, well, it has a bomb in it,” the man laughed.

“I didn’t…” Nathan began, but the man stopped him.

“No use lying. In less than three minutes, this place will blow up,” the man raged.

Nathan took off running as the other man chuckled before returning back to his ship. I knew then that the bomb wasn’t near the ships. Nathan must have hidden the cargo box somewhere inside the large warehouse.

“There’s a bomb near the warehouse. We need to evacuate the premise,” I said into my mic.

Matt began making commands and all at once, a siren rang out and the men around us began running toward the exits.

I went to run, too, but then realized, I had to find Nathan. He wasn’t going to slip past me tonight.

I turned to run and then, everything went black.

Chapter 27

Meghan

As we near the port, all I can see are ambulances, police cars, and firetrucks. My anxiety is through the roof right now and I’m already shaking as I sit in the backseat of the car. No one dares to say a word as the chaos builds around us. Every news station has sent a reporter and right now, they line the streets just outside of the police barricade set up to keep the public outside of the port.

I have been spam calling Ryder’s phone since we left the apartment, but he still hasn’t picked up.

“I don’t think I can go any further,” Kirsten says, as she is stopped by a police officer.

“I will get out here,” I say, already opening the back passenger door. As I jump out, an officer goes to stop me, but I sidestep and begin running past him. I can hear car horns and people yelling, but nothing is going to stop me from getting to that Port. I have to know that Ryder is alright.

My feet move fast on the pavement, I am sure I am beating any record for sprinting. The heat and smoke from the fire fills the air and my lungs burn, but I ignore the pain.

As I get closer to the tall, security fence, I spot Lance Salvatore with his team from Salvatore Security Forces. Rushing to them, I can barely breathe as I begin yelling out words.

“Where is Ryder? Is he safe?” I cry out.

Lance looks over at me like he has just seen a ghost. “How did you get back here?” he asks me, glancing behind him.

I am sure there is an army of police officers following me, but I don’t care.

Panting, I say, “I ran.”

Shaking his head, Lance grabs me by the elbow and pulls me over to where a white medic tent is set up. Everyone is talking and running around and my eyes dance around the area.

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