Today’s excerpt is from Tears
And Terrorists, Book #4 of the nine-book Asps Series. Judy’s memory starting to come back…and some
of it isn’t too nice. They want his help
in finding the al-Qaida terrorist operating out of the area. Enjoy and have a great day.
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“Yeah. We bugged her room…just in case she has a
problem. Got speakers for the bugs all
over the damned place.”
Dan remembering
to turn the speaker on paid large dividends half an hour later, as they all
heard screaming from Judy’s bungalow.
Jim was nearest the tunnel connecting the pool room to the bungalow
section. He tore off in that direction,
with Dan right behind him and Janet last in line, but closing ground on the two
men as they raced down the tunnel. When
Jim reached the door, he opened it and stood aside to let Dan and Janet go in
first. Judy was having a violent
nightmare, and Janet rubbed her arm and said soothing things to her, until she
woke up shivering and crying. Janet
pulled her part way upright and held her tight, until Judy calmed down. Judy muttered, “Now I remember where the
scars on my ankles and wrist came from.
Oh, God, I wish I didn’t. It was
horrible.”
Dan reached out
and stroked her hair. “You tell us what
you want when you want. We don’t need to
know.”
Judy shook her
head. “No, this I’ve gotta tell
you. I tried to escape. Made it to the sea and was gonna try to swim
for it…or steal a boat or something. To
where, I didn’t know, but figured I might run into a ship that wasn’t
Iranian. By the way, it was the Iranians
who sank our boat and fished me out of the drink. Anyhow, they caught me there at ocean’s
edge. Took me back to the prison and
chained me up. They raped me over and
over again…all the guards must have had a turn.
Anyhow, the reason this is important—I saw Tommy when they brought me
back. He was in one of the cells…saw me
and cried.”
Jim gently
asked, “Do you have any idea how long ago that was?”
Judy smiled
faintly. “I don’t know when ‘now’ is…I
mean, what year and so forth. Or the
month, or anything.”
Jim told her and
Judy nodded, “In that case, about three years ago…no, more like two and a
half. They had us a long time, huh?”
Janet stroked
her hair. “Yeah, they did.”
Judy just
shivered as she remembered more, but couldn’t bring herself to tell the others
right then. She knew she’d have to get
it out, but she’d wait until it was just she and Janet. The men could find out from Janet. She was too embarrassed to tell them.
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