The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2610

“Heh, stick with you, and we’ll be living the high life, no worries in the world!”

Just next door, they’d already pocketed their first share of the ransom-a few grand each, no less!

It was a sum they could hardly dream of back when they were grinding away at dead-end jobs. The thought of even more cash coming their way had everyone looking up to Jaxon with starry eyes.

They’d all wanted to turn over a new leaf after finally getting out of the slammer, having served hard time and yearning for a fresh start. But the lure of easy money was too strong to resist! This line of work paid way too fast.

Out there, breaking your back in odd jobs, you’d get nothing but disdainful looks, and after a year of toiling, you’d be lucky to have two pennies to rub together.

Sending some extra cash home, hoping to buy your folks a new set of clothes, was a pipe

dream.

But kidnapping? That was a different story.

And this was only the first haul, raking in big bucks.

to mention what they’d squeeze out of the Howard elders to get

thought of it was enough to make them giddy with

up and took him to the

two men remained, each hefting an iron bar. They approached with a menacing gait and gave them a thorough

so don’t get any funny ideas. You ain’t gonna get far even if

curled up, nodding vigorously. “Got it,

not completely blind,” he said, standing up to address his buddy, “Let’s

their voices were clear, the reek of booze was heavy on them, not something. you pick up

guards didn’t stay inside; instead, they lit a fire

the door left ajar, with only

1/2

draft was chilling them

closer and said,

the cold didn’t let up, they’d surely fall sick

be like salt in the

corner,