#133 “I Want You to Listen to Me Now.”

Evelyn drummed her fingers anxiously on the car’s dashboard, her eyes darting to her wristwatch every ten seconds.

“Please calm down, Alexander will handle it,” Sandro muttered, slightly nervous, after another tap on the dashboard.

“It’s been twenty-five minutes, I can’t calm down. Where are they?” Evelyn asked, biting her lip.

“I guess they’re negotiating,” Sandro replied under his breath.

“For what? They stated their conditions, we fulfilled them, they should have already left,” commented Evelyn.

“We haven’t fulfilled them exactly…”Sandro admitted.

“What does that mean?” Evelyn turned to him, a sting of concern in her voice.

“Everything is under control,” Sandro assured her, though he couldn’t stop glancing at the entrance to the abandoned warehouse.

“How can you tell me that everything is under control, that you have not fulfilled the conditions? What have you done?” Evelyn’s voice raised in frustration.

Sandro turned to Evelyn and sighed. ” We didn’t give them all the money. We wanted to make sure Sophia was okay before we gave them the rest.”

normal? That’s not what they asked for. Call

her phone from her bag and handed

before calling, we might complicate the situation,”

situation is already complicated. Now call the police right away and tell them what’s going

Sophia and Alexander to appear at any moment. The clock ticked down

there’s my best

“I can’t lose

phone from her hands. He dialed 911, and as soon as he heard the dispatcher’s voice on the other end, he began to

to report

minds racing with the urgency

can try to pick the lock?” Alexander urgently proposed. Sophia, always a step ahead, chuckled and pointed to the floor next to the door, revealing a crumpled

ahead of you,” she quipped. “I have another hairpin, but breaking the door, and then what? The front is swarming with

maybe…” Alexander began, his voice drowned out

said, her eyes lighting up.

the elation could fully settle, the door burst

them out. Quick, quick,

However, Alexander’s

normally,” one of the gang scolded

tied. I have

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