#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.”

they asked for. Call the police

her bag and handed

calling, we might

the police right away

Sophia and Alexander to appear at any moment. The

there’s my best

softly. “I can’t lose

nodded and took the phone from her hands. He dialed 911, and as soon as he heard

to report

minds racing with the urgency of escape, hastily moved

try to pick the lock?” Alexander urgently proposed. Sophia, always

she quipped. “I have another hairpin, but breaking the door, and then

but maybe…” Alexander began, his voice drowned out by a

said, her eyes lighting up.

the door burst open, and a

them out. Quick, quick, quick…”one of them

and Alexander, hustling them down the hall. However, Alexander’s hands were still bound, causing him to

normally,” one of the

hands are tied. I have no

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