#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.”

you normal? That’s not what they asked for. Call the police immediately,”

retrieved her phone from her bag and handed it to Sandro, who

might complicate the situation,”

call the police right away and

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

there’s my

“I can’t lose

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

want to report

with the

a hairpin? We can try to pick the lock?” Alexander urgently proposed. Sophia, always a step ahead, chuckled and pointed

but breaking the door, and then what? The front is

maybe…” Alexander began, his voice drowned out by a sudden, loud, and piercing

her eyes lighting up. “Evelyn and

the door burst open, and a group of men

quick, quick…”one of them

men swiftly seized Sophia and Alexander, hustling them down the hall. However, Alexander’s hands were still bound, causing him to stumble as they

of the

my hands are tied. I have no

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