The Bound Between Us

Chapter 785

Jason had finally pieced together the situation and passed the information along to his colleagues at the precinct. Using the department's network, they managed to identify the man Daniel and Audrey had described.

The man was named David Gold, working for a debt collection agency.

Armed with this new information, Jason returned to the precinct, only to find that his colleagues had already brought David Gold in for questioning.

"Jason, do you want to take the lead on the interrogation, or should I?" asked Hank, one of his colleagues.

"I'll watch. You go ahead," Jason replied, opting to step back from the direct confrontation.

"You're really serious about quitting, huh?" Hank remarked, referring to the buzz around the precinct about Jason's impending resignation. No one could quite understand why he'd want to leave such a promising career.

"Let's not get into that right now," Jason said. "Let's concentrate on the interrogation. Isla's been missing for over eleven hours."

"Got it."

Inside the interrogation room, Hank began questioning David, while Jason listened from behind the one-way mirror.

Alisa. He was simply a debt collector, hired by a loan company to recover $50,000 that Alisa owed. And

Jason was taken aback. He hadn't realized Alisa was in so deep. Audrey's earlier comments suddenly made

to do with any kidnapping. I have no idea what other collectors might be doing, though. She's been completely uncooperative-won't pay a dime or even answer calls, so we had no choice but to try and

of the room and asked Jason, "Looks like he's not involved in anything illegal. Should we let him

handle it," Jason said. "I'm going to

and with every passing moment, Isla's safety seemed increasingly

before heading up. Just as he reached their floor, he

the elevator, he could hear Daniel's voice: "You can't just take or break

be repaid. If you don't pay up soon, we'll be forced to take

too afraid to come out. Only Daniel and Malia were in the living room, helplessly watching as their belongings were being

with relief. "Jason,

flashing his badge. "Put everything back. Anything broken will

for. You have no right to

collectors, you

the law. Which