CHAPTER 15
“DO YOU KNOW THESE MEN?” Kennedy had a hundred questions and probably less than a minute to ask them all.
“No.” Jodie sniffed again.
Kennedy didn’t realize she had been holding her breath until she let out the next torrent of queries. “Are you hurt? Did they make you do anything you didn’t want to do? Did they ... did they force ...” She couldn’t finish the sentence.
Jodie shook her head, and relief radiated out of Kennedy’s core all the way to her fingertips, warming her whole body.
The older man stomped up the stairs. “Don’t let them out of your sight,” he called down.
Dustin didn’t look over at Kennedy and Jodie. “I know.”
Kennedy watched the older one pass out of view. Was he going to get the steamer, then? Jodie’s breathing was a little quieter, and Kennedy hoped he
