Total pages in book: 140
Estimated words: 137144 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 686(@200wpm)___ 549(@250wpm)___ 457(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 137144 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 686(@200wpm)___ 549(@250wpm)___ 457(@300wpm)
“I haven’t watched the whole thing, man. And there’s more. There’s lots more,” Paddy said, sounding devastated. “So, I don’t know if he raped her in any of them.”
Rape.
Had the doctor raped her?
The video showed Lily lying on the bed naked, while the doctor, who wore a stupid half mask on his face, moved her into different positions, touching her body.
Grabbing the trash can, Harvey vomited up everything in his stomach. He could barely catch his breath. He knew he was going to pass out.
Suddenly, Ronan dropped down in front of him, grasping hold of his shoulders. “Don’t do this, Harvey. You’ve got to keep it together, man. Right now, we have a dead body upstairs, a hysterical woman, and a whole ton of evidence to collect. I need you to stay with me. Hear me? I need you to stay with me. Even more than that, Lily needs you.”
He was right.
Lily needed him. And he needed answers.
Then he was going to fucking burn the world down for hurting his girl.
“I’m good. I’m good,” he told Ronan.
The other man stood and then held out a hand to him, helping him up. Normally, Harvey wouldn’t take a hand like that, but right now his legs felt shaky.
He couldn’t help but stare over at the computer screen as he stood. Someone had frozen it.
Lily was lying on the bed completely naked, her eyes were open, but they weren’t focused on anything. It was clear that she was drugged.
Was the doctor just doing this for his own enjoyment, or was there something even more sinister going on?
“Do you know what he was doing with the videos?” he asked, swallowing heavily as he felt his stomach roll nauseously. He couldn’t throw up again.
“Not yet,” said Paddy. “But I have to go through everything. I’ve tried to get access to his work emails, but they’re password protected, so I’m going to have to hack in. Or, I might have more luck at the clinic.”
“I just got the call from my guys at the clinic,” Ronan said. “They found a secret area that was shut off from the rest of the clinic, and in it was a young woman, drugged and out of it. No one watching over her.”
“I want to go to the clinic. I want to see,” Harvey told them.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea,” Ronan said. “We need to keep our presence there under wraps.”
Harvey turned to him. “I’m going. I need to see this for myself. I need to see what he was putting her through.”
Ronan ran his hand over his face, but to Harvey’s shock, he nodded without any more argument. Good.
“Ronan, do you think that’s smart?” Paddy said quietly.
“It might help settle him down,” Ronan said. “I know I’d have to see where my girl was being held and treated like this.”
Paddy nodded.
“Have you got everything you need, Paddy?” Ronan asked.
“Yeah, I think I have,” Paddy said.
“Good. I’m going to send a cleaner to erase our presence here.”
“We’re leaving the body as it is?” Paddy asked.
Ronan nodded. “I’m undecided about what to do with the old woman, though.”
“She comes with us,” Harvey said. “She knew about what was happening to Lily, and that means she has to pay.”
“All right,” Ronan said. “I’ll have Sam take her to my place. Let’s go to the clinic.”
When they walked into the clinic, there was no one in the reception area. Which made sense, since it was about two in the morning. However, there should have been someone in the small nurses’ area as they headed out back. Harvey turned to look at Ronan questioningly. “What did you do with the people working here?”
“They’re just having a bit of a sleep. When they wake up, they won’t remember anything. There were no patients here. Just one nurse and a security guard.”
“They might have been in on it,” Harvey said. “The receptionist, too.”
“We’ll find out if they were.”
As they walked past one of the rooms, he saw them both lying on the bed with one of Ronan’s men watching over them.
They reached a metal door with just a keypad next to it. Ronan sent a message, and the door opened to one of his other men standing on the other side.
“Is Michaela here?” Ronan asked.
“Yeah, she’s checking the woman over to make sure she’s all right. She’s totally out of it. I covered her up when I found her.” Ronan’s guy looked a little pale and ill. “Whatever is going on here, it’s fucked up. Someone needs to pay for what they’re doing to these women.”
They walked into a smaller room first. It was like an observation room, with a large window into the room next door. It also had a few computer screens and a couple of seats.
“Fuck,” Paddy said.
They moved into the other room. There was a pale, blonde woman on the bed and Michaela was standing next to her, checking her vitals.