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Chapter 4
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Reddington was sitting in the back of the black SUV, his eyes fixed on the large house in the distance, he looked up to see Dembe watching him in the rear view mirror, the younger man still angry and upset with him for what he had done to Kate.
"What do you want to do?" Dembe asked, a certain tone in his voice that Red didn't like.
"Until we know for sure that Agnes and Kirk are in there, we do nothing."
"We can't sit here all night."
"We can if that's what it takes, I'm not taking any chances with Agnes's life. I need confirmation that she's in there before we make our move."
Dembe looked away, instead focusing on his phone, waiting to hear from Elizabeth, regarding news of Kate. Red could see the frustration in Dembe's face when he looked at his phone, knowing only too well that there was something the younger man wasn't telling him.
"Bad news?" Red asked.
Dembe's head shot up, shaking his head, trying to keep his face neutral.
"No Raymond, I was just waiting on a message from my daughter, we were going to meet up this weekend."
"I see…you used to be a better liar Dembe."
"I don't know what you mean."
"Don't you? You think I didn't notice earlier this afternoon, how deep in discussions you were with Elizabeth."
"We were just talking."
"About Kate?"
"No we…"
"You don't have to lie, I know you were. I could see it on both your face, the anger…the disappointment."
Dembe went quiet, deciding there was no point arguing with him because in the end he would always find out the truth.
"If you think for one moment that I don't regret what I did to Kate…you're wrong."
"If you had any doubts at all, you wouldn't have done it."
"I didn't have doubts, I knew from the minute I found out she'd betrayed me what was going to happen."
"You were really intent on killing her?"
"The only two people I trust in my my life with everything is you…and Kate. She used that against me to help Elizabeth."
"Exactly she helped her."
"Without my knowledge, perhaps had she told me what she wanted to do I might have given it some serious thought, but she didn't give me that choice, instead she chose to betray me, my trust. Used me resources to help Elizabeth fake her death and then helping to get Elizabeth and Agnes out of the country. She may have thought she was doing what was best but as far as I'm concerned, I can't trust ever again."
"I don't believe that, you love her. You face when you came back from the woods, I could see it in your eyes I…"
"I regret killing her yes…I tried to stop myself from pulling that trigger but then I remembered the pain I was in when I thought Elizabeth was dead, and Kate stood by and watched me suffering and said nothing. I do regret killing her, and if I could take it back I would, but it's done…it's time to move on and focus on getting Agnes home safely."
Dembe wanted so much to argue back but he knew there was no point, he'd never change Red's mind.
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Kate's mind kept going over and over the moment Red had shot her, the moment she felt the searing pain in the side of her face, the way her body was thrown back with the impact of the bullet. She could hear herself screaming but she couldn't make herself stop, she just kept screaming and screaming. Kate felt strong hands on the sides of her arms, shaking her a little, hearing someone speaking to her.
"Come on lady, open your eyes…Katie open your eyes for me."
Kate's eyes flew open, seeing her captor leaning over her. She tried to move away but the pain in her back and her face prevented her from doing so. Looking up to see him watching her closely, she could almost swear she saw concern in his eyes.
"You're okay, you were having a nightmare."
"Let me go, please."
"Can't do that, there's people out there looking for you. Don't think you want the man in the hat tracking you down now, do you?"
"How do…how do you know about him?"
"I have my ways Katie, he's the one who shot you. Awful kind of man to do that to a lady."
Kate looked away for a moment, closing her eyes tightly at the memory.
"Is that what you were having a nightmare about, what happened to you?"
"Some might say I deserved it."
"No one deserves to have that happen to them, I can't imagine you did."
"You don't know me."
Kate was beginning to get angry, this complete stranger sitting there, judging who she was as a person when he didn't even know her.
"You don't know who I am, the things I've done…what I'm capable off."
"No need to be rude Katie…"
"STOP CALLING ME THAT."
She moved when she yelled at him, screaming out in pain as she moved the wrong way, her back seizing up.
"You're upset so I'm gonna let that one go."
"You claim to be my saviour, and yet you have me chained to this bed…what kind of man does that."
"Just wanted to make sure you didn't run off and cause yourself more pain."
"You're a beast, you're no better than Raymond is. If you cared about me at all, then you'd let me leave this place."
"You really think you'd get far?"
"I could try, please…let me go."
"No, no Katie…you need more time to heal. I wouldn't want to see anything bad happen to you."
He got up and walked away, tears falling from Kate's eyes.
"The worst has already happened." She whispered to herself as she looked away from him.
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To Be Continued…
