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”
out of the car. The driver kindly helped her with her suitcase
of the northern gate was Riverside Park With its lush vegetation and scarce traffic at night, it always gave
forcing her
the speeding van screeched to a halt before her. Two men wearing baseball caps and masks jumped out and forcefully dragged her into the
managed to get the words out before a calloused hand covered her mouth, and her
rang from the phone, but
removed and replaced with duct tape. “Just behave.
three men in the van, one driving, two holding her. Their actions were too practiced, they must do this often
so this was likely
could it
Courtney Kamp–Hartley?
said that Courtney wouldn’t bother her again, and she trusted
could it be?
pissed off during her
enough to go
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