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”
of the car. The driver kindly helped her with
northern gate was Riverside Park With its lush vegetation and scarce traffic at night, it always gave off
suitcase, was about to cross the street when a van sped by, forcing her to retreat to the curb, She decided
to a halt before her. Two men wearing baseball caps and
a calloused hand covered her mouth,
rang from the phone, but the kidnapped Cornelia couldn’t hear him anymore
mouth was removed and replaced with duct tape. “Just behave. No one’s
to speak, observed with her eyes, three men in the van, one driving, two holding her. Their actions
never crossed any thugs, so this was likely someone’s
it be?
Courtney Kamp–Hartley?
that
could it
off during her time
would be bold enough to go to these lengths to harm
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