We leave. I lost a friend that night and nearly two others.” My gaze came back up to meet Julia’s. I couldn’t imagine Roger being so eager to take his daughter home if he’d been ghosting her. Natashya had been hurt worse than me, and that was a direct result of Ashlee and whoever she was trying to reach. I remember hearing him speak, but everything that happened during that time was fuzzy, and when I tried to recall it, the memory of his voice was strained and distorted as if he’d been speaking through pool water. And terrifying. Human trafficking? She didn’t need to. Some mercenary guy beat me and kept me blindfolded most of the time. On one hand, this plan had been in the works for nearly as long as I’d been a billionaire. One hand immediately dropped to her clit, and she began working it furiously as her hips humped the air. “Someone wanted me captured alive and hired a bunch of goons to come after me. Chandler’s done a great job and knows more about VistaVision than anyone else. Why won’t he return any of my calls?”
“Ashlee!” I shouted. He was a hard worker, and I suspected he didn’t have much of a social life.
