I couldn't get my head around the fact that Max somehow survived that brutal attack. It was shocking that he even had to go through that vicious assault too. I don't think that I would be able to get through that if it was me and that is remembering my karate skills. That remind me once we get Kim sorted we have to get back into practice.

"I can't believe that his best friend was his assailant." Milton said as we sat in a back of a police car being escorted to the hospital.

"I can" i rested my head on the cold window watching the guys in plastic body suits mark off the area for evidence as we drove away. "I mean he physically and mentally abused his own daughter for goodness sake. I don't think anything else he does will surprise me now. He's capable of hurting anyone and anything"

What about Kim? Can she survive his attacks like Max did? At the very least I hope that she can find the strength to survive being his captive long enough so that we can find her alive. Hopefully Max will talk and help point us in the right direction of finding Kim so she won't be forced to fight much longer.

"Jack Max has asked for you not to be present when we question him" Sam told me once we made it to the hospital.

"But..."

Sam smiled "I want you to be there you have a right to listen to what he has got to tell us but we think he may not notice anyway so come with me and keep quiet."

I nodded and followed her down the corridor. She stopped for a brief moment "Listen Jack be prepared for what he looks like and prepare for what he may tell us. It may not be what we want to hear. Remember you are not meant to be in here with me"

I shrugged my shoulders "As long as he can help us to find where that bastard is hiding with my girlfriend so we can save her from his clutches. Nothing else matters right now"

Sam was right. It was a shock when we went into the cubicle. Max was lying down on his back, almost unrecognisable due to his facial injuries. The nurses has obviously tried to clean off some of the blood however there was still dried blood all over him.

"Hi Max I am DS Sam Nixon from Seaford Police Department. Max I need to ask you a few questions okay? It's regarding Lucas Crawford and his daughter Kim"

Max nodded slowly. I could tell he was trying to mask the pain it was causing him. "I will try to help you" He said grabbing hold of Sam's wrist. "He can't find out I am alive let alone that I am the one helping you to bring him down"

Sam shook him off "You have my word he will not hear it from me or any of my colleagues once we arrest him for good"

Sam looked at me. I nodded. I didn't say a word to him, obeying him for once since he said that he didn't want me to hear what he as to say. He wasn't going to speak if he knew I was listening. If luck would have it he had two black eyes, swollen so much that I assumed he couldn't see much out of them. He's going to be struggling for a few days now.

"Lucas...he attacked me...he attacked Kim first...i was trying to protect her. He's taking his revenge way too far.. He doesn't want to stop...he threatened to kill her. I blocked him. He grabbed me by my throat...i told him I didn't want to be involved any more." Max paused to take a breath. "he dragged me out of the room... And tossed me into the back of van...he laid into me some more...most of his assault into my stomach. He then drove us out to where you found me and then ditched me. I think he was going back to finish Kim" he started coughing violently. "Sorry...he's done a number on my lungs the doctor said I have a puncture"

Sam nodded. "I won't be long now I just have two more questions for you do you know where he is hiding with Kim? How do we find it?"

Max didn't answer for a few minutes, struggling to catch his breath after having coughing bursts. "if I tell you he mustn't find out it is me who has snitched on him. My life won't be worth living if he ever finds out that it was me.

Sam didn't respond as she wrote something into her little notepad.

"its an abandoned shipping yard. He has converted the empty containers into man caves but he kept a couple aside to convert into a dungeon or basement as such. A special torture chamber he had called it for Kim. He thought of it as their own special place. Creepy right? It's in the middle of nowhere it doesn't look like a average shipping yard it looks like a house on the outside but it isn't. I will try to draw you a map from where you found me"

Sam turned to leave. "Thank you for all of your help"

"Sam he's been planning it for a while. He's not going to let Kim go, not without a fight first" Max warned as I led Sam out of his cubicle.