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Once we were inside, he took the blindfold off. It took a minute for my eyes to adjust. When I did I noticed we were in a warehouse of some sort. Then I saw him, not Torello, but Officer Tim Brown from my department. I knew there was no one else undercover in the ring, so that meant he was working for Torello and I had just been made.

CHAPTERELEVEN

Brandon

When Johnnie B’s car stops and the driver’s door opens, the man who got out the car was not Johnnie B. It was the club’s bouncer.

What the hell? Now all I can do is go back to the club and wait.

Twenty minutes after I got back to the club a silver BMW pulled up. Johnnie B got out by himself. I immediately start to get out of the car and go into the club, but as soon as I take my first step out of the car, I realize that if I go in there half-cocked, I could blow my cover. Johnnie B would know that I followed him. So I get back into my rental and call Agent Lewis. He tells me that if she doesn’t show up in a few hours to call him back. He said to just call her cell phone. He is her boyfriend, so that wouldn’t look suspicious.

I called her phone, and it immediately went to voicemail. I am starting to get really worried. I sit and weight outside of her apartment building for four hours, and she never shows up. I call Agent Lewis again who tells me to meet him at his office and he will call Captain Shepherd.

When I get to Agent Lewis’s office, I walked in and there was Captain Shepherd, Deputy Chief Reece, her old partner and now Detective Connors and Terry with Seals and Bounty.

“Tell us exactly what happened, Warren,” Detective Connors said very angrily.

“Look Connors, you can’t beat me up more than I have been beating myself up. So, let’s get it over with and move on so we can find her,” I tell Connors.

“You have no idea what she has been through. She should have done a better job of protecting her,” Connors yelled.

“Actually,” Deputy Chief Reece said, “he knows and I am sure he did what he thought would keep them both safe at the time. Now let him talk so that we can find her and find her soon.”

“Fine, but we are not done. If anything happens to her, you will deal with me,” Connors said.

“Trust me, I understand, because if Torello lays a hand on her, I am going to kill him myself,” I tell him and then tell them everything starting with her phone call to me.

“The biggest question now is that if she has been compromised, then how? They only people who knew her real identity are in this room and in Russia. I am pretty sure no one in here leaked her information. That leaves the police department,” Terry said.

Captain Shepherd said, “Look, I know how important this is, but I really don’t see how her cover could have gotten leaked. Not by anyone who already knew who she was. This is not the first time she went under as Stacey Walsh. We all know that. So if she has been made, it is not because someone leaked it from my department. However, I can’t say that maybe someone else recognized her and called her by her real name. I don’t know. But we will find her.”

“Well to make sure we are all sure, we keep this between those in this group,” Agent Lewis said.

“Well what about getting some extra man power by using the Seals and Bounty team? I am sure their core group of ex military personal can help us search,” Connors asked.

“Deputy Chief Reece and Captain Shepherd, I will let that be your call. You have worked with them before,” Agent Lewis said.

“Yes, I agree. Just the core group, Warren and Connors. And you better get along out there you two. This is about finding her and bringing her home safely. Warren, you need to stay in the shadows and let everyone else take the front lines so you are not compromised,” Deputy Chief Reece stated.

We all left at that point, but Terry called his partners, and we all then went to Seals and Bounty and discussed what happened and next steps. Terry also called Wolf.

Then we all went to work to find her.

CHAPTERTWELVE

Thirty-six hours later….

I wake up with a major headache, and I am disoriented. It takes me a few minutes to figure out where I am and what happened. I am sitting in a chair with my hands tied to the chair arms and my legs tied to the chair legs.

I feel like I have been hit by a tractor trailer. My body hurts all over. I am pretty sure I have a few broken ribs. My head is pounding, and I remember that Officer Tim Brown hit me in the head with the butt of his gun. I remember him saying something to Johnnie B about once he was done with me that he could have me. Well that shit isn’t going to happen. I need a plan for when Brown comes back.

I look down at my hands and I see dried blood and my left arm feels numb. Damn, I think he broke it.

I feel myself passing back out. I try to stay awake, but I can’t seem to get my eyes and my brain on the same page.

“Amelia…wake up you little bitch,” I heard but couldn’t make out the voice neither could I open my eyes until I felt pain and lose of air where someone was putting their hands around my throat.

My eyes pop open to see Tim standing in front of me.

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