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found what he was looking for.
After several more minutes and still no sign of Jared, Seb stood and wandered around
the side of the house. The shed door, if you could even call the dilapidated building a shed,
stood wide open. Jared?
When he received no answer, Seb stepped foot inside the dank smelling building. His
stomach sank when he realised the shed was empty. He turned and rushed back outside.
Jared!
Seb studied his surroundings. He knew Jared wouldn t have left on his own. He raced
to the alley behind the shed and looked both ways. Not a car in sight. He tried to think back.
Had he heard a car start? Fuck. The neighbourhood was fairly typical with cars driving by, he
probably wouldn t have even given a starting car a second thought.
Seb ran down the one-way alley to one of the paved streets. Jared!
Knowing the police could help him canvass more area that he could alone, Seb hurried
back to the El Camino. He grabbed his phone out of the glove compartment and dialled
9-1-1.
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Seb knew he d never forgive himself for failing to protect the one person on earth he
loved. He swallowed around the lump in his throat. Why had it taken his lover s
disappearance to realise the full extent of his feelings for Jared?
Seb shook his head as the operator came on the line. There would be plenty of time to
punish himself. His number one priority was to find Jared.
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Chapter Six
Jared was searching the empty flowerpots for the key, when he felt a presence behind
him. At first he thought it was Seb until a hand covered his mouth at the same time a knife
blade was held against his throat.
Make one sound, and I ll kill you right here, Bill growled in Jared s ear.
He had no doubt Bill would do it. Slipping back into his past, Jared allowed himself to
be turned and pushed out of the shed. He felt the point of the knife dig into the skin of his
back with every step.
In the alley, two houses down, sat Bill s old, rusted car. Jared wondered where Bill
planned to take him.
Stop, Bill ordered. He unlocked the trunk and gave Jared a shove. Get in.
Like he always had, Jared did what he was told, afraid of the repercussions if he didn t
follow orders. The trunk was completely empty, not even a blanket to cushion his body, as he
was shut inside the cold, dark place.
Jared remembered the small space he used to squeeze into when he was a child. He
wrapped his arms around his legs and pulled them to his chest. As the car pulled out, Jared s
head smacked against the hard metal underneath, the smell of the exhaust slowly seeping
into the confined space. Maybe he d get lucky and die of carbon monoxide poisoning before
Bill had a chance to hurt him again.
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Seb rubbed his eyes. He d spent the last seven hours driving the streets of Lubbock and
the surrounding communities, hoping to spot Bill s blue, 1978 Ford Fairmont. He was lucky
the police had not only given him a description of the car but the licence plate number as
well.
The phone beside him rang and he grabbed it up, hoping for word. The caller ID
dashed his hopes. Hey.
Anything? Mac asked.
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No. You?
Not yet. Why don t you come back to the hotel and we can organise the men.
I can t. I can t stop until I find him. Commotion in the background got Seb s attention.
What s going on?
Mac didn t answer right away. Seb could here snippets of conversation between Amir
and Nicco, but not enough to know what the hell was going on. He definitely heard Bill s
name mentioned.
Mac! What the fuck s happening? he asked, exasperated.
They found Sutcliff s car at a truck stop outside of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. That puts
him over the state line, straight into federal jurisdiction.
Why would he take Jared back to New Mexico? Seb knew there was something he was
missing. Do we have anyone investigating Bill s past? There s got to be a reason he d
transport Jared over state lines instead of just kill&
Seb swerved to the side of the road. He opened his door and threw up what little he
had in his stomach. For hours he d fought himself to remain positive. He couldn t let
thoughts of what Bill might do to Jared deter him from the task at hand. The important thing
was to keep looking until he found the man he loved.
He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and sat up. I m on my way to Santa
Rosa.
Wait right where you are. There s no sense in all of us driving separately. I ll send
someone by to pick you up. Maybe you can get a few hours of sleep on the drive. You re not
going to be much good to us if you re asleep on your feet, Mac informed him.
Seb gave Mac directions to the nearest strip mall. I ll wait ten minutes. If someone s
not here, I m leaving.
Seb shoved his phone into his jacket pocket. He reached across the seat and opened the
glove box, grabbing his Glock before driving the short distance to the shopping centre. After
parking under a security light, he got out and dug out his shoulder holster from behind the
seat.
He tore off his jacket and fit the holster into place before slipping the black Glock into
place. Seb shrugged back into the jacket, concealing his weapon. He locked up the El Camino
and waited for his ride.
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As he paced the area beside the car, he realised he hadn t received an answer to his
question about Bill s past. Surely Mac had someone digging into it.
A non-descript sedan pulled up and Seb got in. He was only a little surprised to see
Archer Adams behind the wheel. Aren t you supposed to be on tour with Keifer?
Archer shook his head. Keifer decided to cancel his next few gigs. He felt he needed
some time back with his family in Des Moines.
And you didn t follow him? Seb asked as Archer tore out of the parking lot.
He didn t want me there. Besides, without those god-awful clothes, hair and makeup,
he doesn t look like a rock star at all. He assured me most people from his hometown don t
even know Jimmy Cook is Keifer Zane.
Seb put the seat back and the backrest down until he was in a comfortable position. He
didn t know if he could sleep, but he knew Mac was right about him getting some rest. It was
after midnight and he was hours away from Santa Rosa.
So this kid means something to you? Archer asked.
His name s Jared. And yes, he means everything to me. There. He d finally admitted
his feelings out loud. Seb hated himself for telling Archer before he d even had a chance to
tell Jared. He d been a stubborn sonofabitch, refusing to come to terms with how he felt. That
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