Chapter 36 

“Madam Avery hasn’t come home yet,” said Mrs. Cooper. “I’ve been waiting in the living room the whole time and I haven’t seen her all night.”

Elliot’s eyes turned dark.

If she did not come home, where could she have gone?

Did she lie to him about coming home to write her thesis?

“I’ll give her a call right now,” Mrs. Cooper said as she rushed toward the living room.

Avery had been abducted the moment she had set foot out of Forrance Villa, and now, she was on the other side of the city.

She had been dragged into a car, blindfolded, and her wrists were bound.

The car drove on for about an hour before coming to a halt.

She was taken into a room and thrown into a chair.

When her blindfold was taken off, she heard the unfamiliar voice of a strange man.

“Apologies, Miss Tate. We’re just doing our jobs. We won’t hurt you as long as you cooperate with us.”

Avery glanced around the white room until her eyes fell on the stranger’s face.

mask, so she could not see

don’t hurt me. However, I won’t do anything illegal

man chuckled lightly, then said, “I doubt a weak little

hands and connected her to a lie detector

questions truthfully. You won’t get past this test, otherwise. If you lie, you’re not leaving this place tonight.

gazed at the machine, stayed silent for a moment,

I won’t

said the man, then began the

“Avery Tate.”

the code to

“No.”

she answered, the man

were within the normal

you at Forrance Villa tonight? Who

Avery remained silent.

the man. “Don’t think too

you’d get shocked by

Fosters?”

“Who?”

Elliot Foster?” Avery

are you bringing him

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