Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 834

Kathleen froze, every muscle locking up as if she'd seen a ghost. Her lips

trembled. "You... you..."

Did she remember?

Did she remember the kidnapping?

No-

Kathleen couldn't let herself think about what came after that.

But Madge saw right through the fear and panic in her eyes, letting out a bitter laugh. “So it's true. You made that noise on purpose. You wanted the kidnappers

to come after me. You- you wanted them to catch me instead!"

Years ago, the two of them had gone out shopping and ended up being kidnapped.

Their wrists and ankles had been bound, and they were taken to the outskirts of the city, dumped in an abandoned factory. It must have been a spur-of-the- moment crime. The men wanted something more than money.

When they went after Kathleen first, Madge had stepped up, desperately revealing her family background to protect her.

She'd pulled out the platinum credit card and a wad of cash from her purse, along with her ID-anything to convince the kidnappers that she was the one worth a fortune.

As for Kathleen...

hand-me-downs from me. She's only here today to carry my bags. What's the point in bothering with her? If you want ransom, call my family. Five hundred thousand? A

chin as she spoke, her eyes cold, every inch the entitled heiress she'd been

The kidnappers bought it.

fury flickering in Kathleen's eyes from her place in the corner, clothes torn, pride shredded.

was

How laughable.

men argued over ransom demands, Madge

shard of glass she'd hidden in her

fell and the kidnappers finally nodded off,

shook Kathleen awake and untied

sisters slipped out into the darkness, escaping

they were missing before

running for their lives, and asked her for a phone to call

was long gone, taken with her

been confiscated too, but Madge remembered she

That's

hadn't

arguing. She just dragged Kathleen with

was late,

road. Even if they found someone, would anyone have dared

best chance was to hide deep

search the whole forest. If they hid well enough, a day or two would be

it