Colby's POV
"You're stressing me out." Sam said as I paced the room. "You should be stressed." I grumbled as Kat came over to me with a glass of water.
"You haven't stopped to breathe since all of this started." She reminded and handed me the water.
"If they have her I'm gonna feel like such shit." I said with a sigh. "You couldn't have known." Devyn said as I took a sip of water.
"I should have known she wouldn't do that to me." I said then sat on the couch.
"I mean they clearly have been planning this for a while. They obviously hacked into the cameras because it shows Julia leaving." Sam said as Kat nodded.
"And her phone is tracking in Spokane." Kat added, causing me to sigh. "I don't know how this could have happened." I said quietly.
"People know you love her." Stas said gently, putting her hand on my arm. "Yeah. I wish I didn't." I grumbled.
"You don't mean that, man." Corey said with a sigh. I nodded, not knowing what to say. I loved Julia.
I loved her more than I have ever loved anyone or anything.
I didn't regret loving her necessarily but I regretted it because she was the one who suffered.
She was used as collateral when she didn't deserve it. The fact she was in the place I feared for her the most, made my heart ache.
My thoughts were interrupted by my phone ringing, causing me to flinch slightly.
Nate and Jeremy have been searching for a couple days, trying to figure out where the cherry house was.
It was pissing me off how long this was taking because every minute we couldn't find it was another minute that Julia was there.
"Hello." I answered immediately. "We found it." Nate said causing me to sigh with relief.
"Get back here as soon as humanly possible. We'll discuss things then." I said then stood up and started pacing again.
"Will do. Give us like ten minutes." He said as I nodded. "Okay. Make sure nobody is following you." I said then hung up.
"What's going on?" Sam asked as I sighed. "They found it." I said causing Kat to gasp.
"Is Julia there?" She asked and bolted up. "I didn't ask. I want to make sure nobody is listening." I said with a sigh.
"That's smart." Sam said as I rolled my bottom lip between my thumb.
I was so stressed out that I felt like I was going to throw up. If Julia was there, I would have to save her which meant I would ultimately meet my demise.
It would probably not be a great idea but Julia was worth it. I would sacrifice myself if it meant she could be alive and well.
That's how you know I was completely and utterly whipped for her.
"What are you guys gonna do if they have her?" Tara asked with concern. "I'll have to go get her." I said as Sam shook his head.
"Not alone you won't." Sam said as I nodded. "Yes, alone. I'm not risking you guys for my own dumb ass mistake." I said as he clenched his jaw. "Enough of that." He said then looked away from me.
I knew he was annoyed with me but I wasn't going to let them get more caught up in this than they already were.
Plus, if I was going to die for this, I didn't want them there. I needed them to talk care of Julia when I was gone.
We sat in awkward silence, nobody knowing what to say.
Sam was just going to have to be pissed at me. If Julia was trapped with those sick fucks, I was going to have to get her out of there.
Once Nate and Jeremy got here Corey went to go get them from downstairs.
I felt sick to my stomach, knowing my fate was going to unfold in just the next couple minutes.
"Tell me everything." I said as soon as Nate and Jeremy were walking through the door.
"We went in, I was pretending to be a client." Nate said as they settled into the room.
"The guy was named Oliver and he walked me around. That's when I saw Julia." He said and looked at me.
"Fuck." I whispered and closed my eyes. "They were making her clean in fucking lingerie." He said with a hint of anger.
"Anyways. I tried to book her out but they said she has a long list and she won't be working through it until tomorrow." Nate explained as anger bubbled in my chest.
The crime world was a brutal place but brothels and sex trafficking was next level disgusting.
They deserved to rot in hell for doing that sort of thing.
"They sent her back to her room so I snuck into her room to talk to her." Jeremy said with a sigh. "She's terrified. She thought I was there to hurt her." He said causing me to close my eyes.
I hated myself for thinking she left me, when she was really in this horrible situation and scared out of her mind.
Jeremy had a nervous look on his face as I paced the room, my jaw clenched.
"What is it?" I asked, noticing how much of a pause he was taking.
"Will is a part of it." He said as I clenched my fists, fighting the urge to punch someone or something.
There was so much anger that was filling my whole body that I needed to let it out somehow.
Nobody spoke or even moved, knowing how angry I was. They knew that if they said or did anything I would snap.
I put a lot of faith and trust in Will and I hated that I let him take advantage of me like this.
I hated that I let Julia anywhere fucking near him.
"What else happened?" I asked after what felt like forever. "They're onto us." Nate said with some anxiety in his tone.
"They noted that Jeremy had dipped away for a little bit. I told them he went to the bathroom so I went to grab him before they got too suspicious." Nate explained.
"I book myself with a girl since Julia was unable to be booked out." He said as I nodded.
"When is that?" I asked, trying to keep myself composed.
"In two weeks." He said as I nodded. "I'm going to go instead of you." I said as Sam shook his head. "You're not doing this, Colby." He said as I clenched my jaw.
"You're not gonna stop me, Sam. Not this fucking time." I said as he stood up and got in my face.
"I know you love being the hero but we have almost no information on these guys." He said angrily.
"Since Will is apart it they know you and they know your weaknesses." He said as we stared each other down.
"He's right." Kat said quietly, her voice being totally opposite to the harsh tones Sam and I were using.
"We need more information before we do anything." Corey suggested.
I knew that they were right, but I seriously didn't want any of them getting hurt.
I already put them through so much, they didn't need to be put in danger for my own men betraying me.
It wasn't fair to them.
I could feel myself getting angry and emotional so I turned and stormed out of the living room and towards my bedroom.
I needed time to think or I would possibly make more mistakes.
Since Julia was taken I haven't really been in this room all that much. Seeing all of her stuff broke my heart and I didn't want to be near it.
Knowing she was going to be in hell for the next two weeks made me feel so fucking sick.
Everyone was right. If Will was in on this, he knew what I would do and that gave them the upper hand.
As much as I wanted to jump in my car right now and rescue Julia right this second, it had to wait.
We needed to get more information and get the upper hand again before we even attempted to fuck with these guys.
This meant that I would have to pretend like Will wasn't stabbing my back and that everything was okay between us.
That was going to be hard to deal with, knowing that he was holding the love of my life hostage just to sell her body.
As far as I was concerned he was going to be the first person I killed once I was able to get into that house.