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“That’s a nasty lock. Let me go see if I can find a key.” Fox watched as he walked through the glass wall into the other room. He could tell there was no key since there was nowhere to hide one. Still, Memphis combed the room before returning.
“I think I know where the evidence your sister is missing turned up. That wall is an ode to past victims. We just have to figure out how to release his current one right now, however.” He walked through the wall Fox was restrained against.
“Okay, I at least have a name on the side of the building. Don’t know if that will help,” he continued once he popped back inside. Fox would have jumped had he not been tethered to the wall.
“I think it belongs to an Anderson family. It looks like a warehouse. The sign was old, so who knows,” Memphis added.
“Edmund Anderson,” he said. “It was Edmund. He was just here. He said he’ll be back later.”
“Now that’s something they can use. Will you be okay if I go back for long enough to get this information to Knox?”
“Yeah, I’m not going anywhere. He said he was meeting a new decorator to pick out furniture.”
“Do you know who that is?”
“No. I only met the designer his mother hired. She might know. Her card is in my truck.”
“I’ll pass that on. I’ll be back when I can. Don’t give up.”
“I won’t. And, Memphis,” he said before Memphis could shimmer away. “You don’t have to come back. I know the toll it takes on you firsthand.”
“Psst. Piece of cake,” Memphis answered with a smile as he disappeared.
Fox wanted to scream for him to come back, so he wouldn’t be alone. But he was already gone. Besides, without help there was no way he was escaping this.
He tried to relax, but his mind turned to Brooke. What did he mean when he said he took care of the obstacle blocking Bailey from gaining custody of Ethan? That was basically what Edmund said wasn’t it?
Had he been one of the men Brooke was seeing behind his back? He wouldn’t put it past her. He knew she had always been scheming to land a rich man. He was just a stepping-stone on her way up.
Thoughts of what could have happened to Ethan if he had been there swept through his mind. He quickly pushed them away though. Those thoughts would drive him mad if he wasn’t careful.
If only Memphis would return, he wouldn’t have to wait to die alone. No, he couldn’t think like that. Dover would find him in time. He just had to keep telling himself that.
His eyes were slipping closed again, he guessed from whatever drugs were still in his system, when the outer door opened. Edmund stepped inside and walked quickly to the glass door.
“Unfortunately, our time has to be cut short. It seems someone is putting ideas into your sister’s brain. She called our office asking about properties near the wharf. I don’t know how she found out, but I have to leave immediately on an extended vacation.”
He walked over to a box on the wall. Taking out a key, he opened a panel on the front and flipped a switch inside. Then he slammed the panel closed. Fox felt the strap around his neck tug upward.
“It’s a shame. I was really looking forward to our time together. I’ll just have to see your demise in my dreams now.What delicious dreams they will be. Now,” he said, squatting in front of Fox again. “Try not to struggle. It will be better that way.” With a final laugh, he left the room.
Fox used his hands to pull against the cable over his head. It responded by tightening a little more lifting him off the floor slightly. He managed to get his knees under him before he was strangled, but that just made the cable inch upward again. Before he knew it, he was having to stand to take the pressure off.
“Stop,” Memphis said, appearing out of the corner again. He quickly moved until he stood eye to eye with Fox. “I know it’s hard but stop moving. I think this thing has some sort of system that reacts to movement. The more you fight, the tighter it will get.”
Fox stopped fighting and became completely still. He felt a tear roll down his cheek.
“I know, but I’m with you. I’m not going anywhere until they get here. Trust me, Dover is running every lead to find you. There are cops swarming all over this city looking for this building. She’ll find you.”
Fox didn’t dare nod that he understood.
“All we have to worry about right now is if Knox will burn Boston to the ground to find you. He’s got a pretty impressive knot on the back of his head, but a bleeding head wound has never stopped him in the past.”
CHAPTER 28
“Memphis,”Dover barked into the phone the moment it rang. She had been holding her cell phone as she wove back through traffic toward her office.
Dex sat in the passenger side relaying information to Danny. They sent a patrol car to Bailey’s home until they knew what was happening. The crime scene team was finishing up at her brother’s apartment, and Knox had sent Memphis to find Fox.