Chapter Two - The Plan
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Caleb
It has been a good thirty minutes since Nate last spoke to his dad. We both sat for a while in silence after we drank our coffees. I don’t think Nate knew what to say to me, and to be honest, I didn’t know what to say to him. There was a chap on the glass door at the front of the shop.
“That should be my dad, but I need to make sure,” Nate said as he got up to go and answer the door.
“Sorry, we are closed today.” He shouted through the door.
He began walking back over, just as he got to the seat, the door chapped again.
“Why can people not read the closed sign on the door?” Nate said as he stormed back over to the door.
I had a chuckle to myself, probably the first time I have laughed in the slightest for a while. Then, I heard the door being unlocked. It must be Nate’s dad. I stood up and waited as I stared down the shop, then I heard footsteps.
I have not ever met Nate’s father. He was always away for work, and now I know why with the kind of work he does.
“Caleb, this is my dad, Brandon, Dad, this is Caleb,” Nate said, introducing us.
“Hello, Sir, it is nice to meet you. I wish it were in better circumstances,” I sigh.
“Me too, son,” he said.
Nate made him a coffee, and he took the seat next to me. I was anxious to know what he knew.
“So, what do you know?” I ask.
“Scarlett has been taken to London,” he said, “And you know by who,” he adds.
“Yes, well, I think I know who it is anyway,” I said questionably.
“The man who has taken her down to London is called Paul. He is also known as PJ.” Brandon said, “He has been asked by a gang from London, a gang which you know of, a gang you borrowed some money from.” He looked at me with raised eyebrows.
“How do you know about that?” I asked him.
“I know everything, and I have insiders.” Brandon grinned at me.
“Of course you do.” I gave a slight chuckle before leaning back and relaxing on my chair.
“I am waiting for more details from my inside guy,” he said, “But the moment we have the intel, we will come up with a plan,”
“And how long will that take? The longer she is with them, the more danger she is in,” I said.
“We need to make sure it is a tight plan because if we make one wrong move, everything could go to hell,” he said, “I need you to trust us,” he adds.
It isn’t that I don’t trust them, but I don’t have time to wait around! I don’t ever want Scarlett to be away from me again, especially never like this.
“I know you need to wait for people to get back to you with what’s happening, but I'm just struggling knowing that she is with some terrible people,” I said with a heavy heart.
“Mate, trust me, my dad will do everything in his power to get Scarlett back to you quickly,” Nate said with a slight half-smile.
“I know, mate,” I said quietly.
“Trust me, Caleb, I've been doing this for a long time, and I nearly always get the result I am after,” Brandon said, “I have a cracking team that works for me. They always give one hundred per cent to any task I set them to do.” He added.
I know they have specific rules that need to be followed, but right now, stupid rules are the last thing on my mind. I want to go right now! But London is a prominent place. They could have her anywhere. I swear see when I finally come face-to-face with PJ, he will be sorry that he ever met me! He was the bastard that took Scarlett to them.
“Is she hurt?” I ask.
“I don’t know as of yet,” Brandon said honestly.
I know no matter what, Scarlett will be putting up a good fight against them. And I can only hope that goes in her favour and not against her. I know she had a lot of training in her past, so I’m sure she will be doing fine. I need to keep telling myself that she will be fine or I am going to lose it.
“I need to make a phone call. I’ll be back shortly.” Brandon said as he stood up and left the table.
I was sitting with Nate in silence, trying to listen to what Brandon was saying on the phone, but it was quite hard as he was murmuring. I would often hear him saying “Yes, I understand” or a noise that sounded like he was agreeing with whatever the person on the other end of the phone was saying.
“Right, thanks for the update,” Brandon said quite loudly as he started walking back over to where we were sitting.
I looked over at him as he walked over, trying to see if I could read his facial expression, but he literally gives nothing away.
“Who was that? Do you know if she is ok?” I asked him as soon as he was near me.
“Yes, she is OK, a nasty cut to the head, but nothing life-threatening,” he said.
“And do we have a location?” I ask.
“Yes, and we are sending a team first thing tomorrow,” he said.
“Why tomorrow? Why not right now?” I snapped.
I didn’t mean to snap, but I don’t want to f*****g wait until tomorrow! I want to go to her, like right now!!!
“Caleb, it takes time to get the right team together,” Brandon said calmly.
“I want to come with your team,” I said to Brandon.
He just looked at me and shook his head.
“Please, Brandon, I need to be there when you find her,” I said.
“Caleb, I understand where you are coming from, but I cannot put you in any danger,” Brandon said firmly.
If he isn’t going to budge on this, I will just need to find out as much as I possibly can then make my own way down. I was going to London one way or another tonight! I still have some trusted people in London, and I will see if they can help me.
I was getting my girl back, and I am not waiting until everyone else is ready to do so!
“Nate, Brandon, thank you both for all your help,” I smiled as I stood up, “I’m going to head home for a bit. I’ll catch up with you both later.” I added.
“What do you mean you are going home?” Nate asked.
“I’m no use to anyone just sitting here, so I’ll head home for a bit,” I said.
Little did they know I had other ideas, like going home and getting some more stuff together before starting my journey down to London.
“I will keep in touch with you, Caleb, with any updates I get,” Brandon said.
“Thank you very much, Brandon,” I said as I headed to the door to leave.
I don’t know how this is going to go. I don’t even know if I was going to survive it, but one thing I do know, I am going to try.
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