Surrender: Keeping Her in the Dark Vol. 4 Read Free

2 men Randall worked for as well.”
    “I don’t know who Randall worked for. I didn’t know he worked for anyone. I thought he ran his own business,” I said.
    “Well he does. But he gets his girls from a man named Abdul Amir. According to him, he is the right hand man for Rashad Salam. Salam is a major player in the human trafficking world. He lives in Paris so he very well could have been responsible for Norah’s kidnapping and appearance in the auction.”
    “Well I can’t help with them. I vaguely knew Randall. I can give them his address and all the information about the party.”
    “Can you tell them how you found out about the party?” he asked. I shook my head. That wasn’t an option. Will was my connection to the party. I wasn’t about to hand him over to the police. So far Will had managed to escape this persecution. I didn’t want him and Jane to have to go through this. He was a prick and she was dumber than dirt, so it was a good chance they would both end up in jail.
    “I can’t.”
    “Why?” he asked.
    “Tom, I found out through a friend who has nothing to do with this. He has a similar situation as mine. I won’t get him involved.”
    “Liam, telling them about the party isn’t enough. They need a bigger fish to fry or you are going down.” I nodded because I understood. But it didn’t change my mind. I couldn’t give up Will. Will wasn’t a master mind human trafficker. He was a sick fuck who went to an illegal auction knowingly and bought his girlfriend. But I was actually proud to say he had learned the error of his ways and was done with that world now, or at least the illegal part. I wasn’t about to have the authorities hunting down all the women he had purchased just so they could disrupt their lives.
    Handing Will to the police wasn’t going to help them.
    “Let’s go talk to them. See what it is they want from you. But please Liam let me do the talking. Don’t let them rattle you. They are going to try to bait you by using Norah against you. Please, I’m begging you, try to control yourself.”
    We were led into another room and left to wait. A young man came in and offered us some water and said the officer would be in in a minute.
    “Where is Norah?” I asked. Tom looked over at me.
    “She’s in another room. She’s fine.”
    “She better be,” I said just as the same man that had taken Norah from our home walked in followed by a woman.
    “Mr. Hastings, I’m sure your attorney has explained to you our deal. In exchange for your help with some bigger players, we will strike a deal with you,” he paused and they both took seats in front of us.
    “I want to see my wife,” I said bluntly.
    “Your wife is fine. You can see her when we are done here.” This man wasn’t making a great first impression nor was he making me want to help him.
    “Now, Mr. Hastings before we get to how you can help us. I have a few questions for you.” He wrote something on a piece of paper in the file he laid on the table. “Can you tell me how you met your wife?” he asked and then looked right at me.
    I didn’t like him. Not his tone, not his demeanor and certainly not his questions. He was the kind of man that asked a question even though he already had the answer. He just wanted me to hang myself.
    “We were set up on a blind date through mutual friends,” I said. He gave me a look that suggested he didn’t believe me.
    “We met in an online chat room,” I joked again.
    “We were introduced through a Single Christian Church group.” I could do this all day.
    “Her mother and my mother were in the same knitting group.”
    “Mr. Hastings,” he finally relented.
    “Detective, please. He isn’t going to answer any questions about his relationship with his wife until we know the deal you want to make.” I tried to contain myself. Having someone question my relationship with Norah was not the way to get on my good side.
    “Fine. Fair enough.” He slid some