Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 1044

Chapter 1044

The sharp click of leather soles echoed on the concrete floor, growing closer.

Johanna’s nerves pulled taut. She debated keeping up the act, pretending to be unconscious. Then, a distorted, robotic voice rasped through a modulator.

“I know you’re awake.”

Caught, she abandoned the pretense. “Who are you?” she demanded, her voice steadier than she felt. “What do you want? Money?”

The man’s reply was casual, chilling. “Money? I have all I need.”

A cold dread settled in her stomach. “Then what is this about?”

set a trap, and now we get to see if your brother is willing to walk into it. They say you two are close,

no fool. If Jamie didn’t come, she was dead. Still, she didn’t beg to call

“I’m just a

laugh. “Your brother doesn’t seem to care about things ‘staying between men’ when he’s

‘Hands on women.’

women for one reason: Victoria. The name clicked into place with terrifying clarity. If this was about Victoria, her abduction made a grim,

her voice controlled. “I’m innocent in whatever this is. If

I’m a ‘real man’ is irrelevant. What matters is that you’re about to find out exactly what

composure. “What

have thirty minutes from the moment I call him to get to the location I name. If he’s late…

up her throat. The scenario was horrifyingly familiar. A cold, damning

is Sharon, isn’t it?” she accused, her voice sharp. “She sent

for a beat. “Sharon? Why does everything come back to her? Maybe it was Wendy. Your brother used Wendy to threaten Sharon-he crippled her hand.