Page 34 of The Last Ultimatum: Part 2

“Not a chance. I’m going to stay and help you through this mission of yours.”

“It’s not sanctioned.”

“Yet,” he added.

I smiled and genuinely relaxed some for the first time since entering this nightmare.

“Yet,” I agreed.

“Okay, it’s settled. Give us the location and we’ll have them back tonight.”

“You’re really going to do this?”

“Would you stop acting so surprised? We’re brothers. Sometimes brothers fight or argue. Sometimes we do boneheaded things even if the meaning behind it was genuine. Let us back in, Lachie. If we let you down again, you can kick all our asses.”

Tucker snorted. “He can try.”

“It’s settled then. Get us that location.”

This time I didn’t question it as I picked up the phone and called Hannah.

“Lachlan?” she whispered.

“Hey Hannah banana. How’s it going there?”

“Siggy left and hasn’t come back. We’re hungry, but there’s someone outside. I’m scared, Lachie.”

“What do you mean someone’s outside?”

“A shadow has passed over the window like three times and I can hear voices outside.”

“Where are the boys?”

“We’re all here,” she assured me.

“Is there a place for you to hide?”

“We are,” Jack assured me.

“They’re just being paranoid,” Tobi insisted.

“Get down,” Tom admonished him.

“Where are you?”

“Some shack down by the beach,” one of the said.

“Is there any place to hide in there?”

“Yeah, there’s a secret room that Siggy showed us.”

“It smells like weed.”

I groaned. Why didn’t that surprise me?

“Go there and stay put. Help’s on the way. Do you have the address?”

“I got it,” Hannah said. “Can I text it to you?”

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