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Colt got in front of me. "He's tryin' to calm down. Look we came in for lunch and found Noah all alone. He claims that a man came in and made Amy cry. Then she said she was fine and they left together."

"She took her gun. It's missin'." I added.

John cocked his eyebrow. "So, you think it's her ex?"

"I know it's that bastard. Please, John, you've got to help me find her. He's goin' to hurt her. I just know it."

I cocked my arm back again, but Colt grabbed it. "There ain't so sense in bleedin' anymore and wrecking up the house. You ain't goin' to be any help if you can't use your hand."

"Colt's right. Have you called Savanna and Lucy to make sure they're all both alright?"

Colt picked up his phone and dialed what I assumed was the main house. He walked into the other room.

"John, just tell me what to do."

"Does she have her purse, her phone, or anyway we can track her?" He asked.

I shook my head. "No! Don't you think I would have been callin' her?"

"Son, you need to calm down!"

"I ain't your son!" It was an uncalled for low blow. I shouldn't have said it. I know he hadn't meant anything by it. "Sorry, I'm just losin' it here. If he harms one hair on her body, I'm goin' to kill him, John. I don't give a shit if I rot in jail. I will tear him apart with my bare hands. That son of a bitch has hurt her enough. What if he's already hurt her? What if she's gone into stress induced early labor. He will let her bleed out and die. He wants her dead, man."

"Conner, you can't think like that. I know it's hard, but I need you to calm down."

My mother came running in the house. I could see from the look on her face that she already knew what was going on. "Conner." She fell into my arms and started crying. John gave up trying to calm me down after that. Once he saw my mother acting the way I had, there was no way to control the both of us. "Honey, we won't stop until we find her. I promise you that. Are you okay?" She pulled out of my arms and looked into my eyes. Since hers were full of tears, I could feel myself getting a little more emotional than I was willing to share.

"How am I supposed to be. Amy is out there somewhere and we aren't doin' anything. He could have cut her up and sliced her into pieces by now. My whole damn future is at stake here. So, no. I ain't alright at all, mom!"

"Okay, John what do you need us to do?"

He sat down on the couch. "First off, you need to know that we don't have much to go on. This guy’s been underground for months. We don't know what he drives or if he's using an alias. I got units patrolling the highways, looking for suspicious cars with out of state tags. We need to monitor the phones. Most of the time, they end of calling for a ransom."

"He ain't goin' to call. He wanted to get her alone so he could harm her. Her life is in danger. I can't just sit here and wait for you to tell me that you found her body in a ditch." I sat down and put my hands up to my face. "I can't lose them, you hear me?"

Colt came in carrying his daughter, followed by a very concerned Van. She saw the look on my face and stayed back. I didn't need anyone's pity. I needed them to get up off their asses and help me find her.

"What about the woods? We need to check the woods," I suggested.

"It's hundreds of acres." Colt looked at John after he'd said it.

"I don't give a shit. Get on the gators and start looking. Get all the farm hands on board. For all we know, he was on foot. Have the police search every road that runs alongside our property."



“I’m already having them do that, Conner. Look, the best thing you can do right now is sit tight.” John was doing his job. I got that. It just wasn’t enough.

“I can’t get Lucy to answer. There’s a chance that Rick went there first. If that’s the case, someone needs to go make sure Lucy isn’t hurt or worse.” Colt looked from me to John.

“Well, I ain’t goin’ to just sit here. Maybe she knows somethin’.” Sure, I was concerned about Lucy. I hated to think that he’d hurt even more people, but I only had one concern right now.

Amy was out there. She was scared and God only knew what he’d already done to her. I had to find her. Then when I knew she was safe, I was going to kill him.





Chapter 27

Amy



No words could even begin to describe the way I felt when I turned that corner in my kitchen and saw Rick standing there. I didn’t know how he found me and it didn’t even matter. My first concern was keeping Noah safe. Rick had a big smile on his face as I walked up close to Noah. “Why don’t you go watch that show your uncle lets you watch. I’m just going to catch up with my friend. “