Chapter 182
Just as she sent the message, Marcus’s call came through. Cornelia hurriedly answered, President Hartley”
Where are you?” Marcus’s voice carried a hint of resignation
Cornelia checked her GPS, “I be home in two or three kilometers”
“Alright, hang up when you get home. Then his voice disappeared from the earpiece
If it werent for the call duration ticking away on her phone screen, she would have thought he had hung up.
The 3–kilometer journey didn’t take long. The taxi driver stopped the car across the street from the northern gate of her neighborhood, “Miss, they’re doing roadwork ahead I can’t turn the car around. You’ll have to go by yourself”
Cornelia got out of the car. The driver kindly helped her with
was Riverside Park With its lush vegetation and scarce
her to retreat to the curb, She decided to wait for
know, the speeding van screeched to a halt before her. Two men wearing baseball caps and masks
get the words out before a calloused hand covered her mouth, and
anxious voice rang from the phone, but the kidnapped Cornelia couldn’t hear
the van, the hand covering Cornelia’s mouth was removed and replaced with
unable to speak, observed with her eyes, three men in the van, one driving, two holding her.
never crossed any thugs, so
it
Courtney Kamp–Hartley?
that Courtney wouldn’t
could it
she pissed off during
would be bold enough to go to these lengths to harm her?
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