Jamie was too overwhelmed to handle the tangled mess of emotions and threats. All she could focus on was Charlie's safety. Her voice cracked as she nearly begged Winnie. "He's your blood relative. What are you trying to do? Don't use him to threaten me. I'll help you."

Winnie let out a cold laugh.

"Jamie, you're nothing but a hypocrite. Without leverage, would you really be so willing to do what I ask?"

Jamie tried to reason further, but Winnie cut her off impatiently.

"Enough with the useless chatter. I need you to get Ben to meet me."

Jamie's heart sank. "What are you planning?"

Winnie's voice carried a mocking edge. "That's between me and him."

Jamie hesitated before replying, "Ben and I haven't been in contact for a long time. I might not be able to do it."

Winnie's tone turned icy and menacing. "That's your problem. I assume you still care about Charlie's safety, right?" Jamie fell silent.

had no choice but to try to stabilize Winnie. "Fine, I'll do it. But I need to see

agreed far too

problem, but don't even think about calling the police or telling anyone. That

hard, suppressing her trembling fear. "Alright," she said with

static. Jamie could only

a long pause, Jamie hesitated, her

"Winnie, I-"

line abruptly went dead. Winnie had hung

hovered over the phone

call, she closed her eyes, bracing herself. She had to steel herself for this, no matter how

thirty seconds, the call connected,

to speak first. "Mr.

deep breath, summoning her courage. "You've always wanted to know why I did what I did, haven't

tone carried a trace of curiosity, tinged

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255