Retribution

Chapter Fourteen

Clayton

"What happened?" I say as I stand, Gage is carrying Quinn through the door like a limp doll. I knew it. Something was going to happen.

"Would you shut up. She's fine, she's just asleep" Gage whispers while he carries her over to the couch. He lays her down and wraps a blanket around her. She looks like Quinn, but she doesn't at the same time. She looks different... healthy almost. When I last saw her was the night she was taken. We had gotten into an argument over something so stupid I can't even remember it. We all went to bed and when we woke up in the morning Quinn's room was trashed and her window was wide open. Alec was kind enough to leave a note saying he was owed her. She looked so fragile and broken at that time. We knew it was Alec's doing because she was perfectly fine before she met him. She was so happy and had everything going for her. It was like something happened overnight, she became distant and sad. She stopped eating and working. All she did was spend time with him. Any time we brought up a conversation about it she would just get angry and storm off.

Looking at her now it's like a new Quinn just entered the house. She looks toned and healthy, her hair has changed colour. Looking over her body there's not a single scar or mark. None of it makes sense. None of the girls that come out of The Foes warehouse are ever the same, they are mentally and physically broken from what he puts them through. It doesn't make any sense that Quinn looks like this.

I walk to the kitchen and the guys follow me. "What the hell happened out there" I whisper trying to keep my voice down.

"Nothing, we pulled up and she was just standing there waiting. None of Alec's men were around and the vane was no where to be seen. She seems perfectly fine" Dax says with a look of confusion on his face. He's thinking the same as I am, what the fuck happened to her?

"Can you two stop? She back and that's all that matters" Gage snaps out. He looks numb, I can't read what's going on with him at the moment.

"We need answers, Gage, she calls you out of the blue and we find her like that" Dax whispers pointing to Quinn on the couch

"So what! We've waited three years for this and all you care about is asking her questions" he whispers with anger laced in his tone. "Just let her rest for a while, let her get back to normal before you start interrogating her," he says as he spins on his heel and walks back to the couch. He sits down softly and puts Quinn's legs on his lap.

I turn back to Dax "Something's off"

"I know, but I can't fucking figure it out"

Dax

"The only way we're going to get answers is if Quinn starts talking and she hasn't said a fucking word since we got in the car" I whisper. I feel my phone go off in my pocket and look down to see Rico's name flash on the screen. I walk towards the door and step outside nodding for Clay to follow. I put the phone on speaker as Clay stands next to me.

"Rico, what have you got," I say quickly

"Look man if they find out I told you this I'm fucked, fucked as in getting fed to the pigs fucked"

"Nobody's saying anything Rico, get on with it"

"I found out that Alec and his main men are going to be travelling for a week, which means most of the major muscles are gone. I can send the blueprints for the place and the rotation of the guards but that's all I've got" I turn towards Clay and smile at him. Our princess is coming home.

"Send it through, do you have access to her cell?" I say thinking of another way we could play this.

"I mean yeah, we're stuck here until the boss makes a decision on which girl he wants and he's not giving up on your girl"

"I'm going to need your help, Rico"

"Nah nah man, I'm not getting involved. You said to get you what I have and that's it. I aint getting myself caught in the middle of this"

"You may be the only way to actually get her out of there without having to bomb the fucking place"

"Fine but I want a deal" he says, there's always a price attached with him

"What do you want?"

"I want her"

"Fuck no. You aren't touching her, think of something else" I say with frustration, everybody wants a piece of her and I'm not going to let that happen. Clay's face shows the same feeling. She's mine and mine only.

"I'm not asking to fuck her, I mean maybe in the future but-

"You're treading on thin ice Rico. It's not happening"

"I just want to know her, that's all. One date" I look towards Clay, this may be the only way to get her out there. He gives me a nod to confirm the decision.

"Fine, one date. But no funny business. You are not allowed to touch her understood?" I sternly say to him to get my point across

"Alright alright fine, that's fair. What do you need me to do?"