Deadly Hunt (Deadly #1) (19 page)

“You’re the bestest friend anyone could ask for. I know you have a lot of stuff going on right now, but you pushed it aside and focused on me. I can never repay you. I love you with all my heart, Soph. You truly are my Soul Sister. Thank you.” I’m crying.

“Whatever happens, I’m here for you. You need me just call me. I know you have it in your head that you’re leaving; I understand that, you need to go, just know that I’ve got your back. You need me to pack up your stuff and send it to you I will. Just promise me one thing.”

“Anything” Comes her instant reply.

“No matter how far away you are from me, you keep in contact. I want weekly phone calls and a text every other day, well every day would be better but I don’t want to be greedy.” She laughs.

“Every day I promise. I’ve got to go. I’ll call you when I land. Love you Soph.” And then she turns and leaves.

I waited until I got to the car before I let the tears flow again, I couldn’t stop. Skye drove us back to Winter’s house. I don’t know why I felt as though I lost someone, she’s not dead. I think I know that the Winter I knew no longer exists. We walk to Nathan’s offices, it’s been a long day, and I can’t wait to crash. I call Nathan, telling him I’m on my way to his office, he says he’s just finishing up and will meet me downstairs.

I make it to the street Nathan’s building is on. Nathan is just walking out of the building; he spots me and starts walking towards me when I hear this loud boom sound. I see his building blow up. I watch in slow motion as Nathan is thrown onto the road.

Skye grabs me and pulls me down. I lift my head and see bystanders on their cells. I push Skye off me and run. I push past all the onlookers and run for Nathan. Once I reach him I start doing a full body scan, he doesn’t look to be bleeding anywhere.

“Nathan, Nathan can you hear me?” My ears are ringing, I put my hands on his face, my hands feel wet. I look down and see blood seeping between my fingers, his head is bleeding. I feel someone pulling me, it’s the paramedic.

“Ma’am do you know him?” I nod.

“Yes, that’s Nathan Slade. Please help him.” I’m moved away and I feel arms close around me. I look up and see Scott.

“I’m so glad you weren’t in their Soph, my heart actually stopped for a minute. Soph, we have to find this bastard. Was there anyone in the building?” I shrug, I can’t help it, I don’t know.

“I don’t know Scott; I was walking down the street when it just went boom. I saw Nathan being thrown into the road. I didn’t talk to anyone so I don’t know.” I’m crying hard and I can’t help it, my body is bucking with each sob. Nathan hasn’t responded to anyone. Scott puts his arms around me, he holds me to him. I’m so scared right now.

“Soph, Nathan will be okay, he’s on his way to the hospital now, and I’m going to stay here and find out what’s going on. I’m going to find out where everyone is.” I’m sobbing into his chest.

“Please don’t cry Soph. Everyone is going to be okay.” I nod and he kisses my head.

Scott gets Skye to drive me to the hospital. I wasn’t allowed into the ambulance; I didn’t think about telling them he was my fiancé or husband. I was in shock. I was numb. Skye uses Scott’s car. I’m shuffled to the waiting room at Metro. I’m sick of this hospital. I pull out my phone and call Scott.

“Scott, please tell me no one was in the building.” I haven’t been able to stop crying, I feel cold and I want to see Nathan. I know I’m sounding like a whiney spoilt bitch, but I can’t help it. I thought getting tortured would be my nightmare, but seeing Nathan being thrown into the road will haunt me for the rest of my life.

“Sorry Soph, we are trying to determine who was in the building. We know Hailey was, she is on her way to Metro, as is Connor, other than that we don’t know.”

We’ve been waiting almost an hour when the doors are flown open. I see a man that could only be Nathan’s father, then hidden behind him is Kitty, as well as a younger man, who I presume is Brody, Nathan’s brother. Kitty walks up to me and hugs me.

“Hi Sophia, this is Conrad Nathan’s father and his brother Brody. What happened?” I tell her what I saw.

“And what about Nathan? Is he ok?” I swallow back my tears.

“I don’t know I haven’t heard anything. No one has told me anything.” Conrad stands up and walks over to the nurse’s desk to find out.

Almost two hours of being here and we get the first bit of news, Nathan is in surgery, He was impaled by shrapnel, it went into his lung. It didn’t do a lot of damage, but enough to cause him to have surgery.

They reckon he’ll be out of surgery soon, and his head was bleeding due to the fact he smashed it of the road when he was thrown. No news from Scott yet, but I have seen Hailey, she has a broken arm and leg as well as some 1st degree burns. Connor has some scrapes and bruises but is otherwise fine, he’s sitting in the waiting room, waiting for news on Nathan. Dwayne has been in. He was at his mother’s house when the bomb went off.

He is currently going over footage to see who was in the building and to see if he can see who planted the bomb.

It’s been four hours since Nathan was brought in. He’s out of surgery, but I haven’t been able to see him. His family went in and haven’t come out yet.

“Sophia, are you okay?” I look up when I hear my name being called. Damn does he not go home?

“Hi Dr Forsyth, I’m fine, it’s Nathan, he’s been injured.” He looks around the room.

“Sophia, you don’t look well, you’re pale, come on, tell me what happened?” He sits down beside me, and I tell him everything what happened. He stands suddenly.

“You’re coming with me, we should check on you and your baby, you don’t want me to tell Nathan you’re refusing me do you?” I laugh and follow him to the private room.

“So, you’re what, 9 weeks now is that right?” I nod. Okay, you know the drill. I do the usual and prepare to be violated.

I hear the heartbeat and I’m crying again. I’m so happy to hear the heartbeat.

“Everything looks okay Sophia. When was the last time you ate?” I honestly don’t remember.

“I don’t know, I over did it today.” He shakes his head in disapproval.

“You need to take better care of yourself, not just for you but for your baby too.” I nod knowing that it’s true I haven’t really been taking care of myself, this situation with Mullah has me on edge and turning me into a raging bitch on occasions.

“I know, I will, I promise.” He looks relieved.

“Okay, go ahead and get dressed. I’ll find out if you can see Nathan yet, if not get some food.”

I got some food as his family was still with him. I make it back upstairs and get to his door just as his family are coming outside. A lady I’m presuming is his sister comes straight for me

“I know you got pregnant on purpose, you just want his money.” I can’t help it, after the day I’ve had, I laugh so hard I have tears streaming down my face, and she doesn’t seem to appreciate me laughing in her face.

“What do you find so funny? How do we even know it’s his?” I stop laughing; I step up to her.

“You don’t know me but as for wanting Nathan’s money let me tell you something, I own my own house as well as being a co-owner of an intelligence company. I have over 2 million dollars in my bank account, not that it is any of your god damn fucking business, now as for the notion that my child isn’t Nathan’s, I’m happy to take any DNA test once he’s born.” Great now I’m calling my baby a boy. Damn Nathan!

“Now she has answered your pathetic questions, get the fuck out of my room and get the hell away from me.” We all turn at the voice, Nathan is standing in the door way, I was so pre-occupied with his sister I didn’t see him come. I can see the shock on his sister’s face.

“Nathan, you don’t mean that.” Kitty asks him, she sounds surprised. She also looks like she is about to cry.

I have had enough of the drama, I barge my way through them and into his room. I help him back to his bed, he shouldn’t be up and about.

“Yes I do mean that, she just insulted the mother of my child.” Nathan says to his mom. While his sister looks like she ate something sour.

“Just go, I’ll talk to you later.” They all leave. Kitty stays and walks over to me and gives me a hug.

“I’m sorry for the way Kat spoke to you, she was just scared. I’ll leave you two to it, and I’ll be back in the morning.” She kisses Nathan’s cheek and leaves.

“Babe, what’s got you so wired today?” He says with such a concerned look on his face. I climb onto his bed on his good side and curl into him and cry. He wraps his arm around me.

“Baby, what’s wrong?”

“Winter’s gone and I don’t think she’s ever coming back, because that asshole hurt her, and I watched you get thrown into the road, I don’t even know what the doctor said. Then your sister calls me a slut.” I say really fast he chuckles.

“My sister is a bitch, I’m sorry she spoke to you like that, but you did a good job standing up to her. I’m fine baby, it’s only a little scratch, and what’s wrong with Winter?” I sigh.

“She told me a week ago, the real reason she’s been acting weird. About 18 months ago, Maddie and Winter went out and Maddie ended up hooking up with someone. Any way to cut that shit out, Maddie left with the man, and Winter had no money so she started to walk home, she was pushed into an alley and raped.” He pulls me tighter to him.

“Where has she gone baby?” I tell him what happened today.

There’s a knock at the door, it’s Connor, Scott, Dwayne and Hailey. All their faces look in shock. Hailey has tears rolling onto her cheeks, and it’s Dwayne that speaks.

“Boss, other than me and Scott, at the time of the bomb you were the only other person not in the building.” Fuck. This can’t be good.

“Boss, we lost 4 of our men.” I look at Connor, he looks murderous.

“Who?” it’s Scott who answers this time.

“We lost Jamie, Andy, Drake and Liam, Tommy is touch and go at the moment and Asher has a few 1st degree burns and a concussion.” No one says anything for a while.

“He needs to be found, now. I’ve had enough, this asshole is getting away with everything. He’s after Soph, and he’s just blown up my building and killed four of my men. He gets found and soon.” The guys glance at each other. The amount of venom Nathan put into his words is really scary.

“Boss, there is something else.” What the fuck.

“We caught who planted the bomb on the security footage, Mullah Al Mohammed isn’t working alone, Boss, Selena was with him when he planted the bomb.”

“FIND THEM NOW.” Nathan screams at them. They scatter out of the room and Nathan pulls me to him once again.

“We’re going to get them baby. I promise. We won’t live in fear of when his next attack will take place.”

The police come into Nathan’s room whilst he is asleep. I see Officer Chance, and he doesn’t look surprised to see me at all.

“Miss Dallas, why am I not at all surprised to see you here? We’ve had two bombings in a week, and you have been at both crime scenes. Why am I getting the feeling you know a lot more than you let on the last time we met?” I don’t know what to say to him? That I’m being hunted by a fucking Taliban member? Who the fuck would believe that? Before I even open my mouth to answer him, the door opens. I see a man walk in like he owns the place. He’s a Fed. He walks over to the officers and speaks quietly to them; they look annoyed, but end up leaving.

“Miss Dallas, I’m Special Agent Charles. I’m with the counter terrorism department; I believe that you know who set the bomb that killed the four men this evening.” He sounds like a fucking prick; I already hate him.

“Simon, leave her the fuck alone. If you have questions ask me, but don’t fucking talk to her like she’s a fucking suspect.” At that angry tone, I turn and face Nathan. I thought he was asleep.

“You know this prick?” Nathan’s lips twitch, he’s eyes full of laughter, my heart settles, and I know that he’s going to be okay.

“Yeah babe, meet my former partner Simon Charles.” The prick sticks his hand out for me to shake. I do only for the fact Nathan is looking at me, I really don’t like this asshole.

“I just want to ask you both a few questions.” I nod, the sooner we get this over with the sooner this prick can leave.

“Miss Dallas, do you know a Mullah Al Mohammed?” I glare at the fucker.

“Yes.” He looks pissed. Good, he shouldn’t have annoyed me.

“And how exactly do you know him Miss Dallas?” I smile sweetly, if he was pissed off before, he’s about to blow a gasket.

“I’m sorry, I’m not at liberty to answer that question.” He looks fucking murderous.

“Miss Dallas, this is a serious crime, we are looking for the culprit, and you are hindering my investigation.” I’m losing my patience with this prick.

“Look, Agent Charles, I can’t tell you how I met Mullah Al Mohammed, but I can give you my whereabouts for today, that is what you want right? You want to know if I had anything to do with that bomb being planted in the office of the man I love, also where my brother and a good friend of mine works, right?” He has a tick in his jaw, he is so pissed right now.

“No Miss Dallas, I just wanted to know, why he would target Mr Slade’s office building, when Mr Slade has never met him.” I don’t get to answer him this time, Nathan gets there first.

“What the ever loving fuck is wrong with you? Did you ever think that maybe you asking me to look into him, to find him, is the reason why he targeted my offices? Why four of my men are dead? No of course you didn’t, because nothing is ever your fault. Now unless you have anything else to ask, you can leave.” Damn Nathan is hot when he gets pissed. Douche bag gets up and leaves, not before giving me a glare.

“Why didn’t you tell him the truth Nathan?” He sighs, and lies back down, I go and lie down with him.

“You’ve been through enough, if he knew that you were the reason Mullah blew up my building, he would tear apart your life. You don’t need that right now babe. I told you, I’ll make sure nothing will hurt you. I meant it.” I lean over and kiss his lips. This is a complete mess; Nathan has just lost his friends because of me. This asshole is taking so many lives already.

I stare up at the ceiling thinking of a way to catch this fucker, but every option I can come up with has already been done. This fucker has to have someone other than Selena helping him. How does he manage to evade us? It doesn’t make sense. The team is right; we were set up.