Reyona consciously relaxed her body, as Celia laid her hand on her back on their way to the house.While she kept a pleasant smile plastered on her face, her mind raced terribly in every other way.What was she going to do?How was she going to get the thirty million dollars within one hour?Though she didn’t have all the data in her head at the moment, she knew they did not have up to in the companies’ accounts at the moment.ReyDexter’s account had been drawn down recently to cover the expenses of Summit Edge, so she was sure what they had at the moment could be nowhere near that amount.Summit Edge was also not yielding much yet and what it had yielded so far was still going back into making the company a force to reckon with in all of Australia.The bulk of her personal money had been mostly used in her recent travels too.“What will I do?” she thought as she looked at Celia sideways.She knew the woman could help if she was shameless enough to ask, but how would she explain why s
In a few minutes, she was stepping out of the house in her casual wear as if she was just taking a walk.Thankfully, no one had noticed her as she stepped out of the back door.She continued walking towards the main road parallel to the driveway without actually stepping out onto the driveway where she could be seen by anyone looking out of the window.Maxwell’s home office where the men were having the meeting faced the driveway.Reyona looked at her phone and saw that she had fifteen minutes left.She sent the ready link to Maxwell and then deleted the message and every call she had made in the last few minutes.Then she hid the app on her phone.She suddenly crouched when she heard the sounds of vehicles going down the driveway.“That must be the men,” she thought, as she hoped they had been able to give Maxwell some hope.Grateful for the foliage that covered her from whoever was passing in the driveway, she finally stood up and moved a bit farther away from the driveway before sh
A hot slap jerked Reyona awake.The pain sang through her body, clearing her fuzzy head for a moment.She tried to reach for her stinging face and found out that she couldn’t lift her hand.She started panicking before she realised that her hands were tied to the iron chair she was sitting on.What?She blinked hard in the dark room as she tried to remove her hands from the tight bounds.“When you are done with your drama, let me know.” a rough voice said close to her ears.Reyona jolted and tried to talk.Her mouth was also tightly gagged and all that came out was just an incoherent muffle.“I am going to release one of your hands, then you will make the transfer. After that, you will be allowed to see the girl. Nod if you understand me.”Reyona quickly nodded as tears squeezed out of her eyes.She had never been more terrified in her life.She had never known that the worst feeling she would have in her life was one she would feel in the presence of a faceless man she couldn’t see i
His security men’s missed calls were the first thing he saw.Then he swore when he saw Officer Guy's missed call as well.He saw a message notification sign at the top of the screen as he dialled Officer Guy’s number back.“Hello”: he said as the officer picked up the call. “Sorry, I missed your call. I wasn't with my phone.”“It is fine, we found the van.” “What, where? Is she…” “No, she is not there. Not much clue here either. They strip it down. I am beginning to think we are dealing with some professionals here.” “But the van, plates and everything. It can lead you to…”“Yes, that was our initial thought as well, but we just released the van to a very happy grandfather a few minutes before you called. It was stolen, Mr. Rohan. They stole it from the man’s grandson, who decided to test his driving skills without telling the old man. It was reported stolen in another district the same day they kidnapped the girl. So it was a one-stop job.”They stole the car, then drove straight
Reyona had no idea how much time had passed before the door opened again.Never in her life did she know that she would be so grateful for that tiny slant of light.The light did not even reach where she was, but it was something.Something other than the crippling darkness that seemed to be seeping under her skin.Keeping Allysyn's face in her mind had been one of the things that had staved off the gloom.Reminding herself that the girl was alright was the goal.Maybe they can release Allysyn even if they keep her?Then she would remember Pat and sobbed behind her gag.When she started giving in to despair, she would remember Maxwell.He must be on his way already. He would surely get them out of this, and they could all go home.Then she would remember Junior and vow to open her heart to that delightful kid fully.Then her family would come to her mind and she would wonder what they would do if something happened to her.It was the darkness.It was doing something to her mind.It wa
“And then she ruined everything!” Susan’s crazed eyes shone at Reyona in the dark.She could see the way Allysyn jolted even though she couldn't see the girl’s face.“Please, make this stop” Reyona prayed in desperation as she continued trying to move her hands.At one point, she thought she felt the tie on the right hand slacken but soon realised it was just her imagination.The hands were tied separately and so tightly that she couldn't even move them an inch from the spot they were. At this point, her tears were mingling with her snot as she kept her eyes pinned on the spot where the girl stood rigidly while her crazy mother kept prattling on about how Reyona took everything from her and ruined her life.“You were nothing but a bet, you know. I could see your stupid virginal look in that gym that day and I told Tommy to ask you out. It was all a lie! I was behind every step of it the entire time.”Reyona was no longer surprised by anything again at that point.She just wanted to
“Hey, you! Stop!” Susan ran faster!They were not going to shoot!Cops don't just shoot at people randomly. If she could just get to the end of that alley with Rad, she would be safe!He would have activated their plan B already.If she could get to the alley at the same time as he did, she would be safe.Unless he chose to fuck her up and bail, those cops behind her have no chance.Though she was getting breathless and wished she could quickly get a puff to keep up her energy, she ran with everything in her.She had a third of thirty million waiting for her anyway.She wouldn't need to work anymore for the rest of her life.Fuck her kids and Tommy.The little bitch had chosen the life wrecker over her anyway.Whatever happened was not her fault!She just needed to catch up with Rad and her life was set forever.He was right…She frowned as she saw him trip and fall as he rounded the corner.What the…She knew something was wrong when he was not getting up immediately.She got to th
“Go, we will stay” Celia said when she saw the torn look on Maxwell's face.He looked back at the “In operation” sign still showing over the door, then back to Reyona's gurney and nodded, “Thank you” before he hurried after her bed.Celia moved closer to her husband, and they held each other as they waited.“I thought they don't do operations in the emergency room,” she said in contemplation.“They could, in peculiar cases,” Andrew said in a sombre tone. Urgent, peculiar cases.”“Oh, God. Please let her be okay” she prayed as she held him tighter.After a while, she said, “They should know.”“Her family?”Celia nodded and said, “They would hate themselves if they couldn't be here for her at this moment.”“Maxwell felt….”“It was good that we didn't tell them when she was still in danger, but not anymore. They need to know now.”“Okay, I guess you are right,” Andrew said as Celia put on her phone.“I can't believe they are having twins. Can you believe that?” Celia asked with a pensive