#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 immediately,”

from her bag and

wait before calling, we might complicate the situation,”

situation is already complicated. Now call the police right

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

my

softly. “I can’t

hands. He dialed 911, and as soon as

want to

racing with the urgency of escape, hastily moved around the

proposed. Sophia, always a step

ahead of you,” she quipped. “I have another hairpin, but breaking the door, and then

right, but maybe…” Alexander began, his voice drowned

her eyes lighting

the elation could fully settle, the door burst open, and a group

Quick, quick, quick…”one of

hall. However,

of

can’t, my hands are tied. I have no balance,”

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