Stamping his foot down onto the brake, the car barely had time to grind to a halt before Travis was out of the vehicle and pounding down the driveway to his mother's house.
From room to room he ran, tearing each one apart in persuit of his brother but the house lay empty, there was no sign, no sound, no smell of him.
Running as fast as he could back to his car he dived in and pressed call on his cell phone, two rings was all it took for Roozhan to answer
"Any luck?"
"No sign of him"
"Are you kidding me Roozhan?! you know everything, can find anyone, now is the time you decide to lose track of Jason?!" Travis didn't mean to take his frustrations out on his friend but images were once again flooding his brain now that he was still.
Taylors body lying in her mother's arms, the sound of her sobs, the weak whispers he couldn't make out and then the one word he could- 'Jason' and then the blood...
Travis smashed his hand down onto the steering wheel "I'm going to kill him Roozhan, just so you know, I'm going to go to jail for this"
"Travis listen to me, I know people, I can get this done for you, you don't have to be the one to do this"
Blood soaked yoga pants invaded his memory and he knew without doubt he had to do this alone
"His friends..."
"No one's seen him"
"His car?!"
"Missing too, Travis he could be anywhere by now"
"Na, he's too much of a coward to go far without his 'mommy'."
"Wait" Roozhan sounded as though she was hesitating, trying to decide whether to share new information with him or not and that made him temper flare further
"Tell me"
"Who's Naomi?"
"I don't have time to answer questions Roozhan, especially not about her".
"Jason was the one that sent the tape"
"That piece of shit!"
"He said 'Naomi' had made him do everything, I thought he was bluffing"
" Naomi showed Taylor the tape today, that's what we were arguing about when the line went dead. They were in on it together" Travis slammed his car into gear and floored it, heading towards Naomi's hotel, not sure what he would or wouldn't stop at to get the information he needed
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"Travis!" his hand was around Naomi's throat and she was up against the wall faster than she could take in breath "Well this is more like it" she grinned
"Tell me where my brother is right now or I haul your ass to the police station and have you charged as an accessory to rape"
"Wow, little Kelce did have it in him, who would have thought? You might want to squeeze a little bit tighter though, you know I always loved you rougher than this"
Travis stood in silence, her words pounding his brain like a prize fighter.
She knew what Jason had planned, she knew and she did nothing.
Taylors strangled sobs rained down on him and he had to fight with every part of him not to just squeeze until he couldn't squeeze any longer.
Releasing her throat he stood as close to her as possible, staring down at her with nothing but pure unadulterated hatred in his eyes
