“She was locked in a room and they had guns. I heard them calling ahead to the cops on the mainland…there was nothing I could do,” he said heavily, shaking his head. “I eventually got back to where my boat should have been, but the rope had come loose. It was fucking gone, so I just jumped and swam for home. I lost my phone. I lost…everything.” His shoulders shuddered and JJ pressed a hand to his back as he shared a horrified look with me.