Chapter 39

ALANA ‘CAN YOU WAIT HERE WHILE I FIND MY FRIEND?’ I ASKED THE CAB DRIVER AS we pulled up near Lucy’s location. He rolled his eyes but he nodded his agreement. ‘Thank you. I’ll be back as soon as I find her,’ I said as I handed him a fifty. That seemed to satisfy him and he smiled. ‘I’ll be right here.’ I grabbed my purse and jumped out of the cab as I looked up and down the street for any sign of Lucy. I dialed her cell but it went to voicemail. The neighborhood wasn’t a great one. The street was full of boarded up storefronts. I saw an alleyway and ducked inside it. If she was here, then she’d be hiding. Then I heard a scream. I ran in the direction of the sound until I found her, pressed up against the wall by a huge man with his hand around her throat. I saw her phone in pieces on the floor beside her. ‘Hey!’ I shouted. ‘Get your hands off her!’ He turned and glared at me and I ran towards him, the adre