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?”

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

to call him. Instead, she

just a woman. Shouldn’t this

doesn’t seem to care about things ‘staying between men’ when he’s putting

‘Hands on women.’

name clicked into place with terrifying clarity. If this was about Victoria, her abduction made a grim, horrible

is. If you’re a real man, face him directly. Why drag me

is irrelevant. What matters is that you’re about to find out exactly what I’m capable

her composure.

thirty minutes from the moment I call him to get to the location I name. If he’s late… I’ll provide you with company.

clawed its way up her throat. The scenario was horrifyingly familiar. A cold, damning realization washed over

her voice sharp. “She sent you to do

was Wendy. Your brother used Wendy to threaten Sharon-he crippled her hand. She