"Shit."
"You got that right, sweetheart," he growled. "You roofied me. I want to know why."
"I don't—"
He shook her before she could finish lying. "Don't lie to me."
"Okay, look, this guy, Bryce, paid me five grand to slip something into your drink and get you into a compromising position. That's a lot of money to turn down," she confessed.
"Son of a bitch. You didn't stop to think that it might be her stalker?" he asked. He saw her eyes widen in shock. "Of course you didn't. I have to go get my girl. I have to explain to her what happened." With that he and Knox left.
When they pulled up to Frankie's house, Yaeger felt something was off. He got out of his truck and made a beeline for the front door, which was cracked open.
"Sumi wouldn't have left this open," Knox said and pulled his gun. "Let me go first." He moved on silent feet as he stepped inside. It didn't take them long to find Sumi crumpled on the kitchen floor.
"He's got her. The fucking bastard's got her," Yaeger growled.
"We'll get her back," Knox said.
"How? We haven't even found him yet."
"We have a name now. It's just a first name, but it's unique enough it'll be easier for Silas to trace. We'll find her." Knox picked Sumi up and carried her to the sofa once he made sure she was breathing.
A groan from the sofa got their attention. "Frankie," Sumi muttered.
"Easy," Knox said, putting his hand on her shoulder. "She's gone."
"I'm so sorry I failed you, Yaeger," Sumi said. "I failed to keep her safe. I had one job, and I couldn't do it."
"It's not your fault he's a sneaky bastard," Yaeger told her. "Now we have to focus on getting her back. Let's go. We're wasting precious time standing around here talking," he added.
They helped her off the sofa and out to his truck because she was still weak from the drugs in her system, then he made his way to the cabin Black Hat Security was using.
"He has her. The bastard has her," Yaeger said to Locke as they entered the cabin. "And we have a name. Just a first name, but a name," he added.
"Tell me everything that's happened," Locke replied.
Yaeger relayed everything, from getting roofied earlier to showing up at Frankie's to find her gone.
"How about it, Silas, think you can find him now that you have a first name to go off of?" Locke asked.
"It might take a couple of days, but I'll find the slippery fucker," Silas replied, cracking his knuckles.
"Then get to it. There's no telling what he's going to do to my girl while she's in his clutches," Yaeger said, pacing the living room.
"You might as well go on home. There's nothing more you can do and waiting around here is just going to drive you crazy," Locke told him.
"I'm not going anywhere until I know he's found her," Yaeger countered.
"Suit yourself."
Just hold on, darlin'. I'm coming for you.
Chapter Twenty-Six
Frankie
TriggerWarning:Violence
