Hidden Prey (Lawmen) by Cheyenne McCray Page B

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    “Give me the address.” Pablo’s voice grew menacing again.
    Gregory tried to swallow but his throat was too dry. He ran his tongue over his parched and swollen lips and tasted blood.
    “I don’t know the address.” Gregory’s voice was rough, hoarse from screaming in agony with everything these men had done to him since bringing him to the warehouse. “I gave you her parents’ names. I don’t know their address.”
    If he had known it, they probably would have gotten it from him a long time ago, no matter his thoughts of protecting Tori.
    “Those names have gotten us nowhere.” Pablo scowled. “You must have made them up.”
    “They don’t have a computer.” Gregory swallowed. “Her father doesn’t trust the Internet. He is a conspiracy nut and believes everyone is out to get them. He’s a drunk, too.”
    A side door creaked open and Gregory could see it was dark again outside. The blond man called John walked into the warehouse. He was carrying two cases. Gregory could just make out his own briefcase, and Tori’s laptop case. Clearly John had gone back to the townhouse and had retrieved both.
    “Your computers.” Pablo sounded satisfied as he took one of the briefcases from John. “Maybe now we’ll get somewhere.”
    Gregory closed his eyes. The address wasn’t on his computer, but it was no doubt on Tori’s. And the shitty thing was that he knew Tori’s password, and these men would probably get it out of him. She had never known, but he’d had a software program that tracked keystrokes and he’d found out what her password was.
    He’d spied on her and had gone through her laptop several times, making sure she wasn’t cheating on him. He reviewed her email regularly and even managed to break into her phone sometimes when she’d been in the shower. No text messages, no instant messages, and no emails. He made sure he knew where she was at all times and had even installed a tracker on her phone—
    He went still. The tracker he’d put inside her phone. These men could find Tori with it, even if the phone was off and the battery was out.
    “Is there anything else you can tell me that will help me find Tori?” Pablo asked.
    Gregory avoided Pablo’s eyes as he thought about the tracker application on his laptop and how easy it would be to tell the man that the tracker would lead him straight to Tori. But somehow Gregory managed to hold it in. He’d already given too much. Tori might be as good as dead thanks to the weakness that had brought him to this point.
    Wasn’t it what she deserved after all that these men had done to him?
    His whole body went slack. The agony was so unbearable that he was close to passing out again. This could all be over if he gave them what they needed.
    No. I can’t do that to her.
    But why not? It was her fault that this was happening to him now. She had left him.
    “What is the password?” Pablo asked and Gregory opened his eyes to see that the man had set Gregory’s and Tori’s laptops on a workbench. Pablo had Gregory’s laptop open and ready at the password screen.
    Gregory hesitated and John kicked Gregory’s shattered leg. He shrieked with pain, unable to speak for a moment as tears flushed his cheeks. Spots appeared before his eyes and he nearly passed out.
    “Password,” Pablo demanded again.
    In between sobs, Gregory gave it to him.
    Pablo entered the password and Gregory’s desktop came up with icons for all of the applications he used. One of the apps was for the tracker that could locate Tori’s phone. Pablo clicked on the address book icon first.
    When the address book popped up, Pablo did a search. He looked at Gregory and scowled. “I find nothing for a Henry and Josie Cox.”
    Gregory clenched his jaws tight. Pablo nodded to John who raised his leg to slam his foot into Gregory’s shattered leg. Oh, God, he couldn’t take it again.
    “Wait!” Gregory screamed. “It’s probably on her computer.” Gregory sobbed in