Davis, Keyonna - Nowhere to Hide [Pine Valley] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) (21 page)

“Okay, I promise
,
Cane.”

“Good girl, now lie back down and keep trying that phone. No matter what he does to me don’t let him know that you are awake.” Cane hugged Ali and helped her lay back down like she was before Sam left. Suddenly she heard a loud motor cut on just before the lights did
.
G
enerator
,
she thought, and had just enough time to run back to the corner and sit when she heard the knob on the door rattle.
I can do this
.
Taking a deep breath to calm herself, she watched Sam enter the room with a smile on his face. Based on the crazy gleam in his eyes, Cane knew she was in trouble and prayed that Duncan and Logan found them in time to keep Ali safe.

* * * *

Duncan stood shaking his head. He still couldn’t believe that some psycho would do something like this. Running his hands over his face, he sighed. He was tired and stressed, and just wanted to go home and curl up and wrap himself around Cane and sleep. Looking over at Logan, he saw that Logan looked like he felt, tired and run
-
down. He turned when he heard a truck coming up the drive, but he couldn’t see who it was because of the headlights blinding him. When the truck stopped, he saw Riley jump out, and he knew immediately something was wrong. He could feel his heart threatening to jump out of his chest as he ran over, “Riley, where are the girls?”

“I went to the diner to pick them up, and they were gone. All the lights were still on and the back door was wide open, but they weren’t there.”

Duncan was at a loss for words, he couldn’t think, couldn’t breathe. He knew he couldn’t live if anything happened to his sister or Cane. “Why didn’t you call instead of wasting time driving all the way out here to tell us?”

“I gave Cane my cell so that she could call you if she needed anything. The phone at the diner was not working because someone cut the phone line outside.”

Damn, Duncan tried to keep himself from panicking. He needed to think
.
H
e knew that he had to be the rational one because the look on Logan’s face said that all he was thinking of was killing whoever put their hands on Cane and Ali. He had his cell phone up to his ear, and Duncan knew that he was calling Riley’s cell. “Okay, my gut has been telling me something was wrong all night and this is it. I have a feeling Sam is in town and has Ali and Cane. I think he shot the cattle as a distraction so that we would be occupied when he took them. He must have been watching for a while now and knew when to strike.”

“Damn,” Logan said as he hung up his phone, “just keeps going straight to voicemail.”

“That could either mean that the phone is turned off or there is no service where they are. Let’s head back to the diner and see if we can find some clues or witnesses. Logan, give the phone to Riley so he can keep trying to call and you take my phone and call in a few guys in town
.
W
e may need the help searching. Have them all meet us at the diner.” Once orders were given, all the men went into action. Duncan and Logan jumped into the sheriff’s SUV, and Riley got into his truck to follow.

Halfway to the diner, Riley called Duncan’s cell phone. Logan put it in speakerphone so that Duncan could listen, too. “Guys, I just got a call from Ali. She was whispering, so I could barely hear her. She says that Sam knocked her out when she went to take the trash out and took them to an old cabin. Based on the directions that Cane gave, she thinks that they are in the old hunter’s cabin up by Ridge Top
M
oun
t
ain
about thirty minutes away.”

“Did she say how Cane was?” Logan asked.

“She says that Cane made her promise to pretend that she was still passed out not to move no matter what she heard or saw. She says that Cane told her that Sam would not bother her as long as she was out.” Riley got quiet, and Duncan knew there was more that he wasn’t saying.

“What else did she say Riley?”

“Ali didn’t say anything else, but I could hear Sam shouting in the background, and I could hear Cane screaming. He is torturing her, and I think she is letting him so that he doesn’t hurt Ali.”

“Damn it!” Logan yelled as he punched the dashboard.

“Riley, listen to me,” Duncan said, trying to stay as calm as possible. “I need you to go to the diner and meet the guys there and have them follow you out to the cabin. We are headed that way now. Also, call an ambulance and tell them to start heading that way as well.” Riley agreed and hung up. Duncan prayed that they would get there in time to save Cane. He knew she was sacrificing herself to save Ali
.
H
e just prayed that they wouldn’t be too late to save them both. “Everything is going to be all right,” he said out loud. Logan just grunted. Everything is going to be all right. Duncan kept repeating it to himself, hoping that if he said it enough times, he would eventually believe it.

* * * *

“Cane, Cane, Cane! You have been a very naughty girl, haven’t you?” Sam said as he locked the door and strolled across the room. “I see my baby girl is still asleep. That’s good
.
T
hat gives us time to play.” He smiled when he saw the terrified look in Cane’s eyes. Good, let her be scared, he thought. She deserves everything that is about to happen to her.

“Sam, please let us go.”

“Shut up!” Sam yelled as he smacked her across the face. “Now see, look what you made me do. You are always finding a way to get me pissed off. Why can’t you be a good girl like my sweet innocent angel over there? Why do you always make me hit you?” Sam was fighting not to lose his temper and was losing the battle. He looked at Cane, and all he saw was a slut huddled in the corner crying.
God, I hate criers
.
Only the weak cry. His daddy taught him that lesson a long time ago as beat him every tear out of him. “Now the way I see it, you owe me. You leave me in the middle of the night without a word, you steal money from me, and then you make me hunt you down all the way across the country. When I get here, what do I find? You
slutting
around with not one but three guys. I always knew you were a whore, Cane, but three guys? Did you really think that you could get away from me and they would protect you?”

“Sam, please. Don’t do this.”

“I said shut up, you bitch!” Sam yelled as he kicked her. Sam heard the loud snap and Cane’s scream and realized that he broke her arm when she reached out to block his kick. “Oh, poor thing. You may want to have that looked at. It sounded like a nasty break.” He stood and watched as she cradled her arm. “Did you really think you could leave me? You can never get away from me, Cane, you are mine. Even in college you tried to leave me and I stopped you then.”

“What are you talking about
,
Sam? I came back to you after what happened.”

Sam laughed. “Oh yes, after what happened. You mean the fact that you fucked another man?”

“That’s not what happened, and you know it. He drugged me.”

 
“Oh trust me, I know what happened
.
I saw the whole thing.” Sam laughed at the look on Cane’s face.
This is going better than I thought it would.
Sam had no plans of telling Cane what happened that night in college and how he got her back, but what the hell. It’s not like she was leaving the room alive anyway.

“What do you mean you saw?”

“You really didn’t think I would let you walk away from me did you? I made sure you would come back to me. Where do you think the guy got the drugs from? I paid him to drug you and make it look like he raped you. I watched the whole thing, and when you passed out, I watched him carry you to his room.”

“No! Oh God, you are a sick bastard, why would you do that to me?”

Sam couldn’t help but to laugh. This was all so amusing. “Poor pathetic Cane, always whining ‘why me
?
’ It’s simple
.
I asked you to marry me and you refused. You are mine, and I decide when I am through with you. If I can’t have you, then no one will.”

“So I wasn’t raped?”

“Yeah, well, you see, I paid the guy to make it look like he had sex with you, but he took it upon himself to actually rape you, so I made him pay for that mistake with his life.”

“You are crazy!”

“Oh no, little slut,” Sam said as he smacked her again. “I am just a man who always gets what he wants. Now take off your clothes so that we can play before my princess wakes up.”

Chapter 17

Cane felt the room spin as she tried to stand. She was trying her best not to lose her supper but the pain in her arm was almost unbearable. She knew it was broken when she heard the sickly crunch as she put it out to block him from kicking her in the ribs, but she couldn’t help it. She would rather have a broken arm than broken ribs that could lead to all kinds of other internal injuries. As she made it to her feet, she slowly began to remove her clothes. She caught a glimpse
of
Ali, and it looked like she was talking on the phone.

Okay, she thought, I can do this. Ali is talking to Duncan now and telling him where we are, so all I have to do is stall Sam as long as possible until help comes.

“Hurry up!” Sam screamed as he punched her in the jaw. Cane felt her head snap back and saw stars as her vision became fuzzy causing her to drop to one knee. Blinking rapidly, she fought to keep herself from passing out. She had to stay awake so that his attention stayed on him and not Ali. Moving as fast as she could one
-
handed and fighting nausea, she removed all of her clothes. Cradling her arm, she stood there naked and trembling, waiting for whatever sick torture he had in mind. Sam turned his back and walked over to the duffle bag lying by the door that he brought in earlier. Cane dared a quick glance at Ali, who she saw was silently crying but held up the cell phone and gave a quick thumbs-up.

Thank God, Cane thought. Help is on the way. I just have to hold on a little longer.

When Sam turned back around, Cane knew that she was in trouble. As she looked at the handcuffs in his hand, she began to cry.

“Sam, please, I will do whatever you want. Just don’t use the handcuffs. My arm is broken, and I don’t think I can take it.”

Sam smiled at her and shook his head. “It is what you deserve, Cane. You walked out on me, so now you have to suffer the consequences.”

Cane couldn’t hold back the scream as he grabbed her broken arm and twisted it behind her back. The pain was excruciating and caused her stomach to heave several times, though nothing came up. She had to fight the blackness creeping around the edges of her vision. She had to stay awake in order to keep Sam’s attention on her and not Ali. Once he had the cuff on her wrist, he pulled her other wrist back and cuffed it. When he let her arms go, Cane’s knees buckled and she dropped to the floor sobbing from the pain. She knew that Sam would punish her for crying, but she couldn’t stop herself. When darkness threatened her vision this time, Cane had to fight with all her might to keep from passing out.

“Don’t you dare pass out on me, Cane, or I promise I will kill you. The night is just getting started, and we haven’t even got to the fun stuff yet,” Sam whispered in her ear.

Guys, please hurry up
.
I may not be able to hold out until you get here.

She felt Sam kick her in her thigh, and she fell forward with a grunt. She gritted her teeth and breathed in deeply.

She had to try twice to get her voice to work. “Sam, why are you doing this? You’re killing me,” she whispered.