Martin rushed to his side, kneeling down to examine the bullet wound in his abdomen. It appeared that the bulled had pierced his liver.But one could not be sure. Not here.
"Norman?" he asked. The man didn't open his eyes.
"Ma-Martin...," he stuttered, hardly more than a whisper. “In- In the drawer.”He said.
Martin didn’t have much time to think. He needed to find the information Norman wanted him to have.
Next to Norman a drawer remained open, the papers torn out, but it was the first place Martin looked. He pulled it all the way open and noticed that whoever came searching before him had not discovered the false bottom, which lay undisturbed at the bottom of the drawer. As it was improperly set in place, Martin pulled it free with ease. The secret compartment was as messed up as the rest of the drawer, but there was a small silver box at the bottom. He opened it up to find a blue flash drive, and on it written in black sharpie was one word: ' Key'.
Martin took it.He quickly searched the bodies of the dead men. He didn't find anything of significance. He did not take anything from their body, lest that be traced back to him later. Two of the dead appeared to be of Korean descent. The other,the one who died by the window appeared to be a Latino muscleman. Martin hauled up Norman over his shoulders. Norman was writhing in pain.
Martin left the room with Norman on his back without another look. He needed to get back to Anita, and figure out what it was that Norman wanted him to know. But first he needed to save Norman. His thoughts were scattered when he ran from the house and toward the Jeep.
He opened the driver's door to the Jeep and something felt wrong. He looked inside.
"Anita?" he called, but there was no response.
She was gone. And since he knew there was no way Anita would leave, he discerned she was taken. But by who?
(To Be Continued Tomorrow...)
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