The Runaway Groom

Chapter 247

Irene promptly cut Ricky short, disregarding his cries.” Don’t give me that! Just tell me–do you still hold a

grudge against me? Or did someone tell you to do this?!”

Ricky quickly shook his head. “You’re family, I’d never

hold a grudge… Someone threatened me.”

“Who?” Irene asked sharply.

Ricky took out his phone and gave it to her. “Look here-

it’s anonymous, so I don’t even know who it is. I can’t

track the guys down, either.”

Irene glanced at the screen and frowned. “Your mom’s supposed to be in prison, isn’t she?”

“I checked. She’s really gone,” Ricky admitted, coming clean now that he has nothing to hide. “Every text sent to me was encrypted, and they’re threatening me with my mother’s life! I can’t-”

“So they told you to hurt Tommy?” Irene cut him short.

fervently. “Yes! They seemed to know every detail about me, and gave me the substance by

just put

overcame her, and she gave Ricky a tight slap across the

then.

come to me first if you were in trouble? Did you think I’ll forgive you

he had to do things his way–had he slipped up even a little,

snarled, “This

I’m sorry!” Ricky hung his head, a bright

wasn’t about to accept his apology. “Tell me! What else did

to leak it to the media,” Ricky admitted. “I’m sure they want to stay anonymous, which

them.”

Stan telling her

J

to

cried as he dropped to his knees before Irene.

gravity of the situation, she was

through clenched teeth. “Whatever

almost killed my baby!”

sobbed, his eyes welling with tears. “I’m worried about my mom… Even if she was terrible to you, I can’t just leave her! She’s still

away. “I’ll settle this later, but the pressing thing right now is to find who they are. Otherwise, they’d

repeatedly. “Y–Yes,