Page 68 of Sadistic Retribution

He laughs quietly. “Yeah, us too, bro.”

I see the others coming up in my peripheral, all except Purge. I shake my head with a sigh. “I guess six is better than one. But you boys must follow my lead, got it?”

“Yeah, yeah,” Synn mutters with an eye roll.

A loud cry distracts us, coming from inside the office. Augustine's voice drifts through. “What do you mean my CAR IS ON FIRE? Who is responsible for this?” A slamming sound follows and a moment later, the door flies open. He storms out, face red with anger.

We watch until he turns the corner. I slowly come up from my crouch and look closely, but the area appears clear. I nod to the boys. “Follow me.”

We get into the office, Synn turning the lock behind us. Ghost speaks up, informing me about Destiny’s death. I shake my head, focusing on the task at hand. I'll rattle this around in my thoughts later.

“Okay, we need to toss this whole office,” I say. “Everyone, check every square inch. I want two of you with me on the desk.”

Frost and Trikk stay with me, Synn, Ghost and Razor searching the walls and floors.

The three of us start on the desk. I swipe through the papers on the top, making a small pile as I look closely at each one. Nothing stands out as being out of the norm. The boys are making quick work of getting into the drawers.

“All student files,” Frost reports.

I nod. “Look through them all.”

Trikk and Frost jimmy the other four drawers. Once they’re all unlocked, I go to the very last one, all of us working on one drawer each.

I pull it open, seeing more unlabeled files. I open the first one, frowning at the information within. It details what appears to be a couple. I skim through the top one, making sure to take a picture.

“Boys,” I whisper. “Take pictures of every document you find.”

“Way ahead of you,” Frost whispers back.

I flip to the second page of the file—and freeze. What the fuck is this?

“This is about the Solomons!” I tell them, taking a quick picture of it.

“The old fucks who had our girl?” Trikk questions. “The fuck?”

“Yep, those are the ones. This is very strange, and highly suspicious. Keep digging!”

I keep flipping through the file, taking more photos. I knock around the empty drawer, feeling a hollow area on the bottom. Pressure on the bottom corner pops it open. The lone file inside saysAugustineon the front. I open it, gasping as I read.

It's a list of duties. The very first one saysBreak the girl. After that, there're regular duties listed. On the second page, there are more eyebrow-raising tasks.

Report to the medical staff daily

Update your superior on the girl

Inform your superior on everything the six prime students do

Maintain compliance with the provided medications

Always use the off-label medications on the girl

Keep a daily list of students in the inpatient unit

Keep a detailed list of students in the special unit

Keep daily track of sales

Keep the list current of students in the outpatient program