Initially, when the door was first kicked open, Chloe thought it was one of the other goons, which she hadn't seen since that first night that they'd kidnapped her but when the guy stepped in, the first thing she noticed was the shoe, since the rest of his figure was in the dark.Hid end, quality loafers…the kind that costs about $1000 per pair.Immediately, she knew that this must be the leader of this rag-tag gang and she stood up straight.Thankfully, her legs were bound and while the rope around her hands was a bit loose, she could handle it in such a way that he wouldn't know.Drake stiffened, moving back two paces when he saw the stranger. “S-sir, I didn't know you would be coming in today.”Today? What does Drake mean by today?Has this guy been coming around and she didn't know about it?This place must be bigger than she initially thought.“I thought I'd come in and see my investment up close.” The stranger's smooth baritone voice rolled out the words.That voice…It sounded

“Any sign of her yet?” Sean asked, crunching on his potato chips. Ivan was looking into the binoculars squinting so he could get a proper view of the house that they were trying to look into. “No, not yet.”“I think we should go in,” Sean suggested.Ivan turned around to look at him as if he was crazy. “Go in and do what? Or have you forgotten that this Camille lady could be armed to the teeth?” He queried. “If she is indeed the one that took Chloe, we need to be careful.”“You're right.” Sean agreed, having glossed over that fact.They spent the next couple of minutes in silence while Ivan was busy watching the house from this distance, trying to get any new information. So far, all they've gathered is that this Camille woman loves ordering pizza. If he was mistaken, she should have ordered at least five pizzas today.After that Clive's youngest brother gave us a tip on Camila, we let him loose with the promise of him not saying anything to anybody about our presence. To ensure he ke

Chloe stared down at her hands and saw that the thorn-like rope had left a pale red mark around her hands. She knew at that moment that she would forever be scared of ropes, and it was almost funny to her, she let out a small laugh to follow up the thoughts and it jolted the prison guard back to reality.“What is funny?” Drake asked her, iciness dripping from his voice. Since Clement came the day before, he had become aloof and indifferent with her, none of his previous kindness was existent, almost like she had hallucinated it. He hardly spoke and when he brought in her meals it was always in bad graces, muttering only monosyllabic responses.“Am I not free to have my own thoughts now?”Chloe snapped back at him and he leaned closer, his eyes glinting in rage.“I don’t want you going crazy under my watch. Because that means you wouldn’t be as useful to my boss and that’s a downside to me.” He said to her and she wondered how much they were even paid because this level of vileness had

They settled in a corner of the pub, Ivan and Sean on one side and Camille sat pretty opposite, she had the air of someone who felt in charge and her cockiness was enraging Sean.Ivan noticed and patted him on his arms, urging him to remain calm. Ivan leaned forward and pushed one of the beer bottles Fatima had brought, towards her. It was her third bottle.“So, you are here to see your former captor, get a closer look?” Camille asked as she took a large gulp of the lukewarm drink, Sean had taken a bottle and decided he had enough but she was still going at three. It definitely pointed to some kind of celebratory mood.“No actually, we need your help on something,” Ivan told her and Sean watched as his friend delved into an Oscar award-winning act, his face twisting into a concerned one.“Recently, one of our friends went missing, we didn’t know if it was a voluntary ghosting or an actual case so we are being more on the low profile side. She was last seen in this area, I was hoping s

Their plan was in motion and the girls had proved to be more useful than not. Sean had suggested Trevor stay back while the rest of them spread out in Aviline, a slim in downtown New York.It was a spot where the low or the lower class lived, just like Trevor had described.The young man was more useful than not and Sean was going to make sure he fulfilled his promise, but first…“Have you texted Clement?” Sean asked Ivan and he nodded, in response, bringing out the phone to show him the text.Amber and Maeve were standing a few feet away from them, lost in their own discussion. It was going to surprise Chloe to come out and see that her sister had made a friend in Amber who she originally hated a lot.Ivan flashed the phone in front of him reading the chat out loud.“Yes, you said ‘Chloe is missing, have you heard anything from anywhere that suggests foul play?’” “Well I guess that’s convincing enough. Andrea is back in the house as back up. She will call the cops if we don’t show up