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”
driver kindly
vegetation and scarce traffic at night, it always gave off an
cross the street when a van sped by, forcing her
she know, the speeding van screeched to a halt before her. Two men wearing baseball caps and masks
are you doing?” Cornelia barely managed to get the words out before a calloused hand covered her mouth, and her phone clattered to
“Marcus’s anxious voice rang from the phone, but the kidnapped Cornelia couldn’t
and replaced with duct tape. “Just behave.
speak, observed with her eyes, three men in the van, one driving, two holding her.
had never crossed any thugs, so this was likely someone’s revenge
it
Courtney Kamp–Hartley?
said that Courtney wouldn’t bother her again, and she
could
pissed off during
enough to go to these lengths
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