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reasonable.”
    “If you say so.” Billy Clyde stood. “Theresa’s car has Track-Time. They should be able to tell me where her car is.”
    “Great . It might give us a place to start looking for her.”
    A phone rang. They looked at each other.
    “Not mine.”
    “Or mine.” Billy Clyde chimed in.
    “It’s c oming from the bathroom.” Dylan ran. His eyes scanned the bathroom. There it was. On the sink. He picked up the phone and ran back in the living room and tossed it to Billy.
    He caught the phone and opened it in one efficient move. “Hello.” Hit the speaker button after putting a finger to his lip.
    “Given enough time, I thought you’d be resourceful enough to get yourself untied.”
    “Oh, I’m plenty resourceful.”
    “So, I hear. ”
    “Where’s my wife?”
    “Don’t worry about your pretty little wife right now. She’s fine and she’ll stay that way as long as you cooperate with us.”
    “And what if I don’t?”
    “Then, that will be a problem.”
    T he coldness in the man’s voice chilled Dylan.
    “What do you want?” Billy’s dark eyes flashed with anger.
    “All in good time. I was mostly calling to see if you’d bled to death or managed to free yourself.”
    “I want to talk with Theresa.”
    “Not this time, maybe later.”
    “I said—”
    “I don’t care what you said. I’m the one in control, Addams, and it would do you well to remember that. Or maybe you don’t care about her as much as you pretend. Understand?”
    Billy gritted his teeth and then answered. “I understand.”
    “Good, then. Here’s what you need to know for the moment. Do not call the police, the FBI, or anyone else you think could help. You sit there and do nothing. Next time, I call I’ll have some instructions for you. Play nice, Addams or you’ll be attending your wife’s funeral.”
    “When will…” Billy’s voice trailed off. The man had hung up. Billy hit buttons on the phone and shook his head. “No call back number. His phone must be encrypted.”
    “Must be. What are we going to do, Billy Clyde?”
    “Get my wife back.”

 
     
    CHAPTER 9
     
    After checking and rearming all the security alarms on the property, they decided it had to have been Theresa’s remote that allowed the men into the cabin without Billy Clyde being alerted.
    “ Can’t you change the access codes?” Dylan stared at the huge computer monitor attached to the wall in Billy Clyde’s basement office.
    Dylan’s eyes scanned the basement, Billy Clyde’s play pen. One section had a fully equipped gym, another section a home theater, but his pride and joy was his office.
    His office took a full half of the huge basement and was encased in glass to keep it climate-controlled. He claimed it was best for his babies, the computers. Several large flat screen monitors hung on the wall. Smaller monitors sat on the counter along with several computers and key boards.             
    Billy Clyde rubbed the bandage on his arm. “I can, but what if Theresa escapes and can’t get back in the house. I won’t take that chance. I’ll let the dogs out. They’ll make sure no one gets in.”
    “If your arm’s hurting, why not take some pain meds?”
    Billy Clyde dropped his hand away from the bandaged wound. “Need a clear head.”
    “A couple of aspirin won’t—”
    “Maybe later, Monroe.”
    Now wa s not the time to argue. Dylan nodded. “What do you think is going on?”
    “Not sure, but they didn’t just happen to have an encrypted phone on them to give me. So this was planned. We need to make sure they aren’t hanging around the area.” Billy hit some keys on the keyboard. In seconds, the monitors began to fill up with scenes of Billy Clyde’s property. He pointed to the first monitor on the left. “This is the entrance gate.”
    The screen showed a peaceful pastoral scene. The gate blocking the entrance way was disguised with bushes and small trees making it look as if the road ended,