Free Surrender: Keeping Her in the Dark Vol. 4 by Leslie Sansom Page A

something!”
    Kelly went to the sink and grabbed the roll of paper towels and started mopping up the water.
    “Well you aren’t sitting around doing nothing, you’re trying to plan a fundraiser,” she said.
    “Yes, which is so important right now! My husband is being entertained by human traffickers, while also trying to turn evidence over to the United Nations or the FBI or whoever wants these guys, and I’m trying to plan a dinner for 350 guests that are paying $1500 a seat to eat chicken and rice!” I sat down and ran my hands over my face.
    “Norah, you can’t do anything about that now. This is his thing. He is a big boy. Worrying about him is just going to make things worse. Try to focus on work. He would want you to focus on work and not worry about him.” She grabbed a handful of papers off my desk and sat down in the chair to organize them.
    “This isn’t even the worst part,” I went on like I hadn’t heard what she had just said. “The worst part is when this is over, it still isn’t over! He is going to come back here,….if he makes it back here, and then go right into his revenge plot for Nick. He won’t miss a beat. He will go right from one dangerous situation into another.” I started tapping my pen on the side of the desk. Kelly gave me an annoying look.
    I didn’t want him in harms way, but I understood why he had to do this. Meeting with these dangerous men in Paris would finally put behind us the issue of him buying me. Maybe when this was all over, since the government officials would forgive him, he could find a way to forgive himself.
    But the Nick situation wasn’t something I understood. I mean, I understood his cave man need to get revenge but it wasn’t necessary.
    “I just wish this whole thing was over. I wish he could let it go. I wish there was something I could do to help while he was gone, so he didn’t have to deal with this,” I paused and leaned up.
    “Oh no. I don’t like that look,” Kelly said.
    “Wait,” I held up my hand.
    “No. No waiting, Norah,” Kelly said and stood up. I stood up too.
    “I can do something,” I said.
    “I don’t like the way you say that,” she said.
    “I can do something,” I repeated.
    “No. No you can’t do anything. You should wait for him to get back and handle this together,” she paused. I started walking around my desk.
    “I can do this without him. I can handle Nick myself,” I stopped in front of her.
    “Ah, no. That isn’t a good idea at all. You want to handle the situation with a guy that kidnapped you? That isn’t a good idea at all!” She raised her voice a little.
    “Nick won’t hurt me. He wants me. I can control him.”
    “I don’t think so,” she said.
    “This is a good idea,” I said.
    “This is a horrible idea,” she replied. “But I have a feeling I am going to spend the next few weeks helping you get it done. Aren’t I?”
    “That’s the spirit!” I shook her and smiled. “Ok, I need to find out where he’s hiding. He has to be around here somewhere. Call Liam’s office and get me a current list of his board members,” she nodded and walked out.
    I jumped on my computer and started searching for any local sex clubs or places I thought Nick would hang out. He just purchased a new girl and he would want to show her off. I found a few clubs I thought he might like but not specific sex clubs.
    Kelly came back in and handed me a list of the board members at Liam’s company. Of course Nick’s name was on it and it gave a local address and phone number. But I couldn’t’ just walk up to his house and ring the bell. I would have to be smoother than that.
    I had Kelly hunt down any information she could find in New York and Florida about Nick Meyers. Those were two places I remembered being with him. I couldn’t remember what kind of business Liam had told me he was in.
    “It might be construction or architecture or maybe lumber. I don’t know. Something with wood is all I